Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Musical Genres in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musical genres in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 490 musical genres tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rock music, Pop music and Classical music lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 341k, and the largest, Rock music, reaches around 1.5M people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each musical genre, 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 Electro (music) 414k Musical genre
27 Hard rock 377k 41.9 47.8% Musical genre
28 Celtic music 365k 48.4 54.1% Musical genre
29 Funk 362k 34.0 50.0% Musical genre
30 American folk music 350k 45.0 52.3% Musical genre
31 Pop rock 327k 38.7 60.3% Musical genre
32 Disco 312k 38.2 49.1% Musical genre
33 New wave music 309k 39.8 46.7% Musical genre
34 Jazz fusion 307k 44.4 49.2% Musical genre
35 Afrobeat 293k 38.7 53.3% Musical genre
36 Indie pop 291k 35.4 53.3% Musical genre
37 Music school 291k 39.7 53.7% Musical genre
38 Folk music of Ireland 290k 46.0 58.1% Musical genre
39 Reggae 289k 35.2 51.7% Musical genre
40 Electronica 280k 38.8 45.7% Musical genre
41 Southern rock 276k 45.2 51.4% Musical genre
42 Irish dance 276k 45.0 71.1% Musical genre
43 West Coast hip hop 267k 33.3 56.4% Musical genre
44 Film score 259k 45.2 53.6% Musical genre
45 East Coast hip hop 255k 27.6 62.4% Musical genre
46 Alternative hip hop 245k 32.5 55.8% Musical genre
47 Progressive rock 243k 43.1 49.1% Musical genre
48 Vocal music 241k 45.4 50.6% Musical genre
49 Hardcore punk 233k 39.5 51.8% Musical genre
50 Bounce music 232k 27.7 65.1% Musical genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular musical genres compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Ireland and ranks each musical genre 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 musical genre in Ireland?

Rock music currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.5M people in Ireland.

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