Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Rugby in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest rugby in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 117 rugby tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rugby World Cup, Six Nations Championship and National Rugby League lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 48k, and the largest, Rugby World Cup, reaches around 567k people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each rugby, 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 Rugby World Cup 567k 38.0 38.4% Rugby
2 Six Nations Championship 528k 39.1 38.0% Rugby
3 National Rugby League 474k 35.7 40.7% Rugby
4 Offaly GAA 393k 39.8 46.9% Rugby
5 Ireland national rugby union team 327k 46.3 37.4% Rugby
6 Super Rugby 273k 34.4 42.3% Rugby
7 English Premiership (rugby union) 156k 36.3 30.7% Rugby
8 Irish Rugby Team 121k Rugby
9 Brian O'Driscoll 104k 44.4 24.0% Rugby
10 Owen Farrell 102k 45.7 32.6% Rugby
11 National Rugby League (France) 101k 41.4 0.0% Rugby
12 Johnny Sexton 94k 36.7 43.8% Rugby
13 England Rugby 88k 36.4 30.6% Rugby
14 Top 14 87k 36.0 21.0% Rugby
15 Scotland national rugby union team 86k 43.3 30.2% Rugby
16 Wales national rugby union team 84k 41.4 30.6% Rugby
17 Heineken Cup 63k 41.1 31.8% Rugby
18 Scotland Rugby 58k 38.5 27.7% Rugby
19 Finn Russell 52k 36.7 43.8% Rugby
20 Australia national rugby union team 49k 40.6 22.9% Rugby
21 Stuart Hogg 49k 36.7 43.8% Rugby
22 Maro Itoje 48k 37.2 39.1% Rugby
23 Challenge Cup 44k 45.4 64.9% Rugby
24 The Rugby Championship 42k 40.9 32.4% Rugby
25 Melbourne Storm 41k 42.7 48.5% Rugby

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular rugby compiled?

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

Rugby World Cup currently leads with an estimated audience of 567k people in Ireland.

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