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
76 Ohio State University 12k 45.6 53.3% University
77 Palestine Polytechnic University 12k 44.2 100.0% University
78 MIT Sloan School of Management 12k 39.4 52.6% University
79 University of Pittsburgh 12k 45.0 61.2% University
80 University of Birmingham 12k 28.3 62.8% University
81 McGill University 12k 33.6 72.9% University
82 California State University 12k 45.3 9.2% University
83 University of Louisville 12k 38.8 53.0% University
84 IACT College 11k 31.5 58.0% University
85 Pennsylvania State University 11k 43.1 44.7% University
86 University of Southampton 11k 29.1 73.7% University
87 Complutense University of Madrid 11k 41.0 49.8% University
88 University of Arizona 11k 32.7 59.9% University
89 Western Washington University 11k 37.0 64.9% University
90 QS World University Rankings 11k 40.2 69.2% University
91 University of Pisa 10k 44.8 68.2% University
92 University of Delaware 9.7k 37.0 64.1% University
93 University of Warwick 9.6k 27.4 70.0% University
94 Nottingham Trent University 9.6k 29.9 69.7% University
95 University of Oklahoma 9.6k 43.3 53.5% University
96 German University in Cairo 9.5k 26.2 47.7% University
97 California State University, Fullerton 9.4k 47.9 37.0% University
98 American University in Cairo 9.3k 26.3 45.3% University
99 Monash University 9.3k 26.3 59.2% University
100 Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design 9.2k 28.6 74.6% 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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