Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Sports in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 390 sports tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Soccer, Golf and Rugby union lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 332k, and the largest, Soccer, reaches around 1.6M people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each sport, 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
51 Marathons 215k 40.6 55.8% Sport
52 Snowboarding 211k 39.4 46.4% Sport
53 Bowling 199k 36.5 51.5% Sport
54 Spearfishing 195k 46.9 45.4% Sport
55 Paddleboarding 192k 42.2 52.3% Sport
56 Motorcycle sport 191k 35.2 26.3% Sport
57 Squash (sport) 184k 44.5 71.4% Sport
58 Karate 184k 36.3 26.3% Sport
59 Half marathon 180k 40.5 56.7% Sport
60 Backcountry skiing 173k 33.6 50.6% Sport
61 Freestyle swimming 172k 41.2 62.4% Sport
62 Acrobatics 167k 43.2 59.7% Sport
63 Angling 165k 45.3 36.3% Sport
64 Yin yoga 165k 40.5 78.1% Sport
65 Wakeboarding 162k 34.6 51.0% Sport
66 Parachuting 162k 45.4 60.1% Sport
67 Bicycle touring 158k 39.1 31.4% Sport
68 Electronic sports 158k 35.6 23.0% Sport
69 Harness racing 157k 44.6 31.4% Sport
70 Motocross 157k 38.2 25.6% Sport
71 Surfing 156k 40.9 57.5% Sport
72 Kickboxing 155k 36.4 33.4% Sport
73 Triathlons 152k 40.2 49.2% Sport
74 Fencing 146k 43.8 33.3% Sport
75 Diving 145k 41.3 45.5% Sport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sports compiled?

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

Soccer currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.6M people in Ireland.

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