Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Radio Stations in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest radio stations in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 519 radio stations tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. MidWest Radio, RTÉ Radio 1 and Today FM lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 83k, and the largest, MidWest Radio, reaches around 1.1M people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each radio station, 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
1 MidWest Radio 1.1M 53.7 68.6%
2 RTÉ Radio 1 932k 48.0 63.4%
3 Today FM 719k 41.7 62.5%
4 Ocean FM (Ireland) 699k 44.9 58.6%
5 Newstalk 541k 47.3 60.1%
6 Galway Bay FM 406k 55.0 100.0%
7 FM104 315k 40.3 67.5%
8 RTÉ 2fm 300k 41.1 67.0%
9 BBC Radio 4 272k 44.6 67.9%
10 Radio 1 (Belgium) 207k 48.1 15.5%
11 Midlands 103 202k 44.4 59.7%
12 Radio 1 188k 42.6 55.5%
13 Dublin's Q102 176k 42.5 76.2%
14 WLR FM 153k 44.3 61.4%
15 Beat 102 103 145k 40.0 69.1%
16 Cork's Red FM 141k 43.7 83.0%
17 IRadio 136k 36.0 68.2%
18 Spin 1038 123k 34.3 69.1%
19 Red FM 117k 29.5 18.3%
20 BBC Radio 1 113k 39.6 54.4%
21 Talksport 110k 40.1 17.3%
22 Spin South West 85k 32.6 71.1%
23 The Rock (radio station) 68k 29.4 21.8%
24 BBC Radio 2 67k 37.8 50.8%
25 Radio Nova (France) 65k 21.2 54.3%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular radio stations compiled?

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

MidWest Radio currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.1M people in Ireland.

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