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
76 Canberra Raiders 1.9k 42.0 33.9% Rugby
77 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 1.7k 43.2 35.7% Rugby
78 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 1.7k 40.8 33.6% Rugby
79 Wests Tigers 1.6k 41.1 38.7% Rugby
80 Fiji national rugby union team (sevens) 1.6k 32.3 65.7% Rugby
81 Tonga national rugby union team 1.6k 42.9 36.6% Rugby
82 Tonga national rugby union team (sevens) 1.5k Rugby
83 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1.4k 41.3 38.4% Rugby
84 Major League Rugby 1.2k 36.6 42.5% Rugby
85 New Zealand national rugby league team 1.2k 34.7 19.7% Rugby
86 New Zealand Warriors 1.2k 40.6 37.8% Rugby
87 Newcastle Knights 1.1k 41.3 37.2% Rugby
88 XV de France 1k 33.4 12.2% Rugby
89 Oyonnax Rugby 980 38.2 33.9% Rugby
90 North Queensland Cowboys 929 40.7 36.0% Rugby
91 Chiefs (rugby union) 760 43.5 59.9% Rugby
92 Gold Coast Titans 759 41.0 35.7% Rugby
93 Argentina national rugby union team 704 34.4 33.4% Rugby
94 St. George Illawarra Dragons 701 41.6 36.5% Rugby
95 Charles Piutau 635 36.7 43.8% Rugby
96 Women's rugby league 614 45.8 32.1% Rugby
97 Australia national rugby league team 512 40.2 28.3% Rugby
98 National Rugby League (France) 413 41.4 0.0% Rugby
99 Rugby World Cup Sevens 405 41.6 55.3% Rugby
100 Rugby Viadana 394 44.1 41.8% 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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