Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular TV Channels in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.1k tv channels tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Sky Sport, CNN Newsroom and RTÉ Sport lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 12M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 295k, and the largest, Sky Sport, reaches around 8.9M people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each tv channel, 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 Sky Sport 8.9M 48.9 18.8%
2 CNN Newsroom 1.5M 43.9 35.7% TV series
3 RTÉ Sport 1.3M 43.6 45.0%
4 NBC 911k 42.7 56.5%
5 Netflix 832k 37.9 59.8% TV / music streaming
6 Sun News (India) 806k 42.2 44.5%
7 CNN 684k 43.0 50.3%
8 Sky News 676k 43.5 48.8%
9 Cineworld (Glasgow) 609k
10 BBC 602k 43.3 56.2%
11 RTÉ One 575k 45.5 73.3%
12 Channel 4 488k 41.2 56.8%
13 Cocomelon 484k 39.4 62.4%
14 Now TV 442k 39.8 43.1%
15 BBC Sport 419k 41.2 27.1%
16 CBS 401k 42.8 52.4%
17 Fox News Channel 381k 44.3 51.2%
18 History (Australian TV channel) 374k 52.2 35.0%
19 BBC iPlayer 268k 42.0 61.9%
20 CNBC 258k 44.1 40.8%
21 Sky Go 244k 41.3 43.0% Pay TV
22 RTÉ Two 236k 36.2 61.0%
23 Prime (New Zealand) 231k
24 BBC News 230k 42.5 59.4%
25 TG4 221k 46.9 50.3%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular tv channels compiled?

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

Sky Sport currently leads with an estimated audience of 8.9M people in Ireland.

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