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
26 Euronews 219k 47.7 53.4%
27 NBC News 204k 45.3 50.8%
28 Sprout (TV network) 203k 41.6 78.9%
29 Sky Sports F1 201k 41.4 34.4%
30 E! News 200k 36.5 85.5% TV series
31 TV3 (Ireland) 191k 39.4 60.3%
32 BBC World News 174k 44.2 50.9% TV series
33 WREX 168k 43.7 63.2%
34 Eurovision (network) 165k 43.8 62.9%
35 Slice (TV channel) 161k 40.0 72.3%
36 E4 (TV channel) 154k 37.7 52.3%
37 Channel 5 (UK) 152k 41.5 70.1%
38 RT (TV network) 152k 42.7 41.0%
39 Nickelodeon 149k 34.5 67.8%
40 ESPN 148k 32.1 35.2%
41 Racing UK 141k 44.5 23.9%
42 The Weather Channel 135k 42.8 63.9%
43 TVN24 133k 39.2 64.6%
44 PBS 132k 40.2 62.5%
45 Amazon Prime Video 129k 34.6 54.5% TV / music streaming
46 Eurosport 128k 42.1 36.5%
47 Sky Sports 127k 36.8 35.6% Pay TV
48 CBeebies 121k 42.0 56.9%
49 Sky Television (New Zealand) 120k 36.3 14.8%
50 CBS Sports 114k 41.7 48.4%

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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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