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
51 University of East Anglia 17k 46.0 49.8% University
52 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 17k 37.8 42.7% University
53 University of Florida 17k 42.0 73.8% University
54 Cornell University 17k 38.9 56.2% University
55 University of California, Los Angeles 17k 38.2 46.0% University
56 Middlesex University 16k 44.1 75.5% University
57 George Washington University 16k 42.5 69.5% University
58 University of Baghdad 15k 30.5 65.7% University
59 University of Edinburgh 15k 27.1 70.2% University
60 Newcastle University 14k 30.2 67.7% University
61 Chulalongkorn University 14k 39.3 57.1% University
62 Tokyo University of Science 14k 51.3 100.0% University
63 Berklee College of Music 14k 40.8 0.0% University
64 Macquarie University 13k 35.5 66.8% University
65 University of Georgia 13k 35.9 71.6% University
66 Lancaster University 13k 33.3 46.4% University
67 University of Kent 13k 46.0 50.5% University
68 University of Westminster 13k 42.6 69.4% University
69 Purdue University 13k 40.1 73.9% University
70 Rice University 13k 46.5 48.9% University
71 Stockholm University 13k 38.8 60.0% University
72 Thammasat University 13k 37.6 55.9% University
73 Grand Valley State University 12k 40.1 74.9% University
74 University of Bristol 12k 30.4 60.3% University
75 Northwestern Health Sciences University 12k 38.7 66.5% 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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