Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Newspapers in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 725 newspapers tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Irish Independent, Daily Mail and Algemeen Dagblad lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 15M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 341k, and the largest, Irish Independent, reaches around 7.9M people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each newspaper, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Ireland and are refreshed weekly.

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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
1 Irish Independent 7.9M 44.0 62.0% Newspaper
2 Daily Mail 3.7M 44.0 63.1% Newspaper
3 Algemeen Dagblad 3.5M 43.4 60.3% Newspaper
4 Racing Post 1.8M 45.0 29.4% Newspaper
5 The Guardian 1.8M 45.6 66.8% Newspaper
6 The Irish Times 1.4M 44.5 61.4% Newspaper
7 Daily Mirror 1.1M 42.7 62.0% Newspaper
8 Limerick Leader 1M 42.8 63.5% Newspaper
9 Evening Echo 942k 43.1 73.7% Newspaper
10 Daily Star (United Kingdom) 831k 50.6 0.0% Newspaper
11 Daily Express 711k 48.0 73.1% Newspaper
12 The Independent 579k 46.2 57.2% Newspaper
13 Belfast Telegraph 550k 47.6 57.9% Newspaper
14 The Times 437k 47.6 63.9% Newspaper
15 Manorama Online 425k 39.3 34.4% Newspaper
16 The Daily Star (Bangladesh) 346k Newspaper
17 The Stranger (newspaper) 322k 41.8 61.1% Newspaper
18 El País (Uruguay) 314k 48.6 53.4% Newspaper
19 Meath Chronicle 302k 44.5 64.8% Newspaper
20 Marca (newspaper) 270k 44.4 34.4% Newspaper
21 The Sun News 262k 45.7 69.3% Newspaper
22 The Journal News 257k 44.7 64.6% Newspaper
23 El País 236k 43.4 58.0% Newspaper
24 Liverpool Echo 226k 45.1 52.8% Newspaper
25 Western People 217k 47.4 59.4% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular newspapers compiled?

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

Irish Independent currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.9M people in Ireland.

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