Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Virgin Media Target Market in Ireland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Virgin Media in Ireland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Virgin Media has an estimated audience of 959,859 people in Ireland.

Virgin Media has an estimated audience of 959,859 people in Ireland. 53.5% are female, 46.5% are male, average age 42.8. Top brand affinities: Paddy Power, Boylesports, Allied Irish Banks, Racing Post, Bank of Ireland.

Top brand affinities include Paddy Power, Boylesports, Allied Irish Banks, with strongest over-indexing on Paddy Power (1.71× the country average).

Demographically, the Virgin Media audience skews balanced with an average age of 42.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Social Media Usage.

The typical Virgin Media fan in Ireland is balanced, around 42.8 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Paddy Power.

Category: Technology & Electronics · Type: Brand

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-14.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Virgin Media profile in Ireland.

Audience size
960K
in Ireland
Gender
53.5%
46.5% male
Age
42.8
average years
Country rank
#391
Brand in Ireland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-16%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Customer demographics of Virgin Media

53.5% are female, 46.5% are male, average age 42.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.5%
Female
46.5%
Male
Demographic split for Virgin Media audience in Ireland
MetricValue
Female53.5%
Male46.5%
Average age42.8
Estimated audience size959,859
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.8
average years
Age distribution of the Virgin Media audience in Ireland
Age bracketShare%
16-1912%
20-2915%
30-3921%
40-4926%
50+26%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

6.1%

of the worldwide Virgin Media audience comes from Ireland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Virgin Media
CountryShare
United Kingdom83.3%
Ireland6.1%
India2.2%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Virgin Media audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Virgin Media audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sky GoMovies & TV2.31×
024K resolutionTechnology & Electronics2.09×
03Roy KeaneSports1.83×
04BoylesportsGames1.78×
05Celtic FCSports1.72×
06Paddy PowerGames1.71×
07Racing PostSports1.69×
08At the RacesSports1.68×
09William Hill (bookmaker)Games1.59×
10Television networkMovies & TV1.58×
11Channel 4Movies & TV1.58×
12RTÉ SportSports1.56×
13Allied Irish BanksBusiness & Career1.55×
14Bet365Games1.55×
15Tesco MobileTechnology & Electronics1.54×
16Pádraig HarringtonSports1.53×
17Bank of IrelandBusiness & Career1.52×
18Aviva StadiumSports1.52×
19Sports bettingGames1.51×
20Aston Villa F.C.Sports1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Virgin Media audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Virgin Media audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.14×
Social Media UsageJOY1.11×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.06×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Virgin Media audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndividualismJOY0.62×
TravellingTHRILL0.77×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.00×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Ireland who actively search for Virgin Media. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Ireland. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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