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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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 Hip-hop dance 142k 36.5 63.6% Sport
77 Badminton 142k 37.8 24.6% Sport
78 10,000 metres 142k 43.2 67.4% Sport
79 Handball 140k 39.6 46.8% Sport
80 Taekwondo 136k 35.2 23.1% Sport
81 Table tennis 135k 33.9 35.2% Sport
82 Mountaineering 133k 43.0 51.9% Sport
83 Skateboarding 132k 35.3 46.9% Sport
84 Skimboarding 130k 43.8 41.3% Sport
85 Lacrosse 123k 36.7 72.7% Sport
86 Beach volleyball 120k 34.7 38.5% Sport
87 Freediving 119k 44.0 45.9% Sport
88 Parkour 119k 40.9 68.5% Sport
89 Australian rules football 118k 37.7 42.2% Sport
90 Equestrian vaulting 118k 45.7 61.9% Sport
91 Rafting 114k 41.9 57.2% Sport
92 Darts 110k 30.8 37.7% Sport
93 Road cycling 109k 38.5 34.9% Sport
94 Women's soccer 109k 35.8 29.8% Sport
95 Pool (cue sports) 109k 38.0 39.9% Sport
96 Cross-country cycling 108k 38.5 25.1% Sport
97 Japanese martial arts 107k 40.9 29.3% Sport
98 Aikido 106k 41.4 26.4% Sport
99 Canadian football 105k 38.3 33.4% Sport
100 Iyengar Yoga 101k 40.7 68.6% 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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