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 47k, 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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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 Paul O'Connell 40k 42.8 15.1% Rugby
27 England national rugby league team 40k 32.9 26.2% Rugby
28 Jonah Lomu 40k 43.5 42.3% Rugby
29 Ilona Maher 38k 39.9 37.6% Rugby
30 Crusaders (rugby union) 38k 44.9 38.5% Rugby
31 All Blacks 36k 33.9 39.8% Rugby
32 Scarlets 36k 43.3 100.0% Rugby
33 France national rugby union team 36k 42.2 29.4% Rugby
34 Italy national rugby union team 35k 43.4 30.9% Rugby
35 New Zealand national rugby union team (sevens) 33k 44.4 0.0% Rugby
36 Jamie Heaslip 25k 37.9 48.0% Rugby
37 South Africa national rugby union team (sevens) 23k 42.8 38.8% Rugby
38 Japan national rugby union team 22k 48.4 18.3% Rugby
39 Beauden Barrett 20k 36.6 42.5% Rugby
40 State of Origin series 16k 41.1 32.7% Rugby
41 James Haskell 15k 40.5 0.0% Rugby
42 Faf de Klerk 12k 36.6 42.5% Rugby
43 Saracens F.C. 11k 29.5 0.0% Rugby
44 Cardiff Blues 11k 39.4 34.2% Rugby
45 Racing 92 11k 24.0 0.0% Rugby
46 Wigan Warriors 11k 38.9 35.4% Rugby
47 Richie McCaw 11k 43.0 50.0% Rugby
48 Exeter Chiefs 11k 30.3 0.0% Rugby
49 Dan Carter 10k 36.1 48.6% Rugby
50 Stade Toulousain 8.6k 27.0 15.7% 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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