Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 15 most popular Philosophers in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 15 largest philosophers in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud and Plato lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 115k people. Across all 15 entries the average audience size is 15k, and the largest, Karl Marx, reaches around 47k people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each philosopher, 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 15, 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 Karl Marx 47k 44.8 58.2% Philosopher
2 Sigmund Freud 38k 49.0 74.9% Philosopher
3 Plato 30k 41.0 68.8% Philosopher
4 Socrates 25k 44.3 62.6% Philosopher
5 Aristotle 24k 41.5 40.8% Philosopher
6 Fyodor Dostoyevsky 13k 32.1 59.9% Philosopher
7 Friedrich Nietzsche 13k 42.7 53.9% Philosopher
8 Immanuel Kant 8.5k 39.5 60.6% Philosopher
9 Michel Foucault 8.1k 48.2 73.6% Philosopher
10 Voltaire 6.1k 24.7 71.2% Philosopher
11 Leo Tolstoy 4.8k 29.0 48.8% Philosopher
12 Rudolf Steiner 4k 40.0 78.0% Philosopher
13 Daniel Dennett 1.6k 36.1 93.5% Philosopher
14 Ken Wilber 1.1k 47.0 66.7% Philosopher
15 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 649 33.3 73.4% Philosopher

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular philosophers compiled?

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

Karl Marx currently leads with an estimated audience of 47k people in Ireland.

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