Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Universities in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest universities in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.6k universities tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. University College Dublin, University of Limerick and Children's University Hospital, Temple Street lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 576k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 34k, and the largest, University College Dublin, reaches around 256k people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each university, 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 Columbia University 33k 33.2 61.3% University
27 University of London 33k 34.5 62.6% University
28 University of California 31k 39.2 59.7% University
29 Boston University 31k 43.0 47.3% University
30 Stanford University 28k 41.2 62.6% University
31 University of Manchester 27k 30.4 66.2% University
32 Brown University 27k 31.8 64.5% University
33 University of Texas at Austin 26k 36.4 57.6% University
34 University of Virginia 25k 59.0 100.0% University
35 University of Toronto 24k 36.8 58.1% University
36 National University of San Marcos 24k 44.0 51.8% University
37 Princeton University 24k 36.2 61.8% University
38 University of Notre Dame 24k 41.5 44.9% University
39 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 23k 54.1 77.2% University
40 University of Leeds 22k 30.4 61.6% University
41 Queen's University 22k 40.7 60.1% University
42 Yale University 22k 36.2 50.3% University
43 University of North Texas 21k 38.4 74.8% University
44 Saint Joseph University 21k 44.1 49.4% University
45 Florida State University 21k 34.5 62.1% University
46 University of Glasgow 21k 28.2 69.4% University
47 University of St Andrews 21k 47.8 93.8% University
48 Saint Joseph's University 19k 41.3 71.2% University
49 University of Houston 18k 42.7 54.1% University
50 Texas A&M University 18k 33.6 59.8% University

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular universities compiled?

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

University College Dublin currently leads with an estimated audience of 256k people in Ireland.

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