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
26 New York Post 208k 42.4 69.4% Newspaper
27 Financial Times 197k 45.7 45.6% Newspaper
28 Manchester Evening News 177k 45.7 69.7% Newspaper
29 The Times (Shreveport) 172k 43.4 60.9% Newspaper
30 Göteborgs-Posten 170k 44.7 52.3% Newspaper
31 Corriere della Sera 150k 45.0 51.3% Newspaper
32 Limerick Post 146k 48.3 95.0% Newspaper
33 Leitrim Observer 146k 47.5 64.8% Newspaper
34 USA Today 143k 40.8 65.2% Newspaper
35 Bild 140k 40.8 47.1% Newspaper
36 Connacht Tribune 119k 42.5 59.6% Newspaper
37 The Telegraph 117k 45.0 46.9% Newspaper
38 The Wall Street Journal 114k 45.0 51.9% Newspaper
39 The Irish News 111k 50.4 61.1% Newspaper
40 La Repubblica 109k 45.2 55.9% Newspaper
41 Galway Advertiser 106k 42.9 62.6% Newspaper
42 News and Star 87k 45.6 58.1% Newspaper
43 The Washington Post 87k 46.2 48.5% Newspaper
44 The Observer 83k 46.2 62.3% Newspaper
45 The Jerusalem Post 79k 47.3 57.8% Newspaper
46 Le Monde 78k 39.9 54.6% Newspaper
47 The Times of India 76k 31.1 53.8% Newspaper
48 The Atlantic 75k 46.2 42.8% Newspaper
49 Daily News and Analysis 69k 46.7 36.6% Newspaper
50 Eenadu 66k 33.0 15.1% 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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