Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Music Festivals in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest music festivals in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 409 music festivals tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Electric Picnic, Eurovision Song Contest and Creamfields lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 589k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 19k, and the largest, Electric Picnic, reaches around 258k people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each music festival, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Ireland and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Ireland. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Ireland, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Ireland. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Primavera Sound 13k 25.4 54.9% Music festival
27 Rewind Festival 13k 51.4 56.8% Music festival
28 Sziget Festival 13k 26.8 47.5% Music festival
29 Wireless Festival 12k 22.5 38.3% Music festival
30 Hideout festival 10k 34.3 86.3% Music festival
31 Latitude Festival 9.9k 45.8 54.0% Music festival
32 Greenfield Festival 9.1k 37.7 38.6% Music festival
33 Mercury Prize 8.6k 46.8 44.0% Music festival
34 BST Hyde Park 8.3k 43.0 64.3% Music festival
35 Record Store Day 8.2k 43.2 41.0% Music festival
36 Soundwave (Australian music festival) 7.5k 38.1 59.8% Music festival
37 Melt! Festival 7.3k 29.2 47.7% Music festival
38 Sónar 7k 39.3 39.0% Music festival
39 Green Man Festival 6.9k 43.8 52.0% Music festival
40 Fête de la Musique 6.6k 42.8 56.5% Music festival
41 PARKLIFE FESTIVAL 6.5k 20.5 65.6% Music festival
42 Academy of Country Music Awards 6.5k 49.9 64.1% Music festival
43 Dekmantel 6.4k 26.0 55.2% Music festival
44 Hard (music festival) 6.2k 33.1 49.6% Music festival
45 Laundry Day 6k 36.5 74.3% Music festival
46 Rise Festival 5.8k 36.9 75.6% Music festival
47 Groovin' the Moo 5.5k 34.7 56.3% Music festival
48 Edinburgh Festival Fringe 5.2k 45.7 48.7% Music festival
49 Ultra Music Festival 5.2k 31.5 48.2% Music festival
50 Hellfest 5k 42.0 36.1% Music festival

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular music festivals compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Ireland and ranks each music festival by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest music festival in Ireland?

Electric Picnic currently leads with an estimated audience of 258k people in Ireland.

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