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
51 Dan Biggar 8.6k 37.2 39.1% Rugby
52 Brisbane Broncos 8.5k 41.0 37.2% Rugby
53 Leigh Halfpenny 8.1k 41.8 35.2% Rugby
54 RC Toulonnais 7.2k 44.3 25.4% Rugby
55 Jonny Wilkinson 6.7k 22.5 39.2% Rugby
56 Sonny Bill Williams 6.6k 28.1 47.1% Rugby
57 Ma'a Nonu 6.6k 24.9 4.2% Rugby
58 Warrington Wolves 6.3k 39.6 49.7% Rugby
59 Stade Français 6.2k 43.1 26.6% Rugby
60 Castres Olympique 6.1k 45.2 27.3% Rugby
61 Handre Pollard 6k 36.6 42.5% Rugby
62 Hull F.C. 5.6k 39.2 46.6% Rugby
63 Penrith Panthers 4.5k 41.1 36.9% Rugby
64 Currie Cup 3.6k 26.9 54.0% Rugby
65 Sydney Roosters 3k 41.4 36.2% Rugby
66 Section Paloise 2.9k 33.6 46.6% Rugby
67 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2.8k 40.8 35.5% Rugby
68 Michael Hooper 2.7k 36.6 42.5% Rugby
69 Official Lions Rugby 2.7k 38.6 22.9% Rugby
70 Catalans Dragons 2.6k 37.9 29.2% Rugby
71 Welsh Rugby Union 2.6k 33.5 33.1% Rugby
72 Castleford Tigers 2.4k 39.6 42.7% Rugby
73 Fiji national rugby union team 2.4k 45.8 66.6% Rugby
74 Aviron Bayonnais 2.1k 38.5 24.7% Rugby
75 Parramatta Eels 2.1k 43.0 32.9% 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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