Top Facebook Pages Ireland – 2010

Ireland loves music, booze and Ryanair!

A visitor to this blog asked where she could find out which Irish corporates had the most popular Facebook pages. The answer wasn’t immediately clear to me and a after a little digging I discovered that this information isn’t readily available.

Here is my best stab at the most popular Irish brands on Facebook ranked by the number of people that “like” their page. I’ve only included the pages that are managed by Irish brands. The data has been pulled from a number of sources but principally from a search of Facebook’s pages directory.

1. U2
   http://www.facebook.com/u2
   3,364,402
2. Baileys
   http://www.facebook.com/Baileys
   850,305
3. Westlife
   http://www.facebook.com/Westlife
   410,063
4. Guinness GB
   http://www.facebook.com/Guinnessgb
   289,963
5. Guinness Ireland
   http://www.facebook.com/GuinnessIreland
   129,026
6. Oxegen
   http://www.facebook.com/oxegen
   102,714
7. Jameson Whiskey
   http://www.facebook.com/jamesonwhiskey
   90,171
8. Captain Morgan
   http://www.facebook.com/CaptainMorganIreland
   59,918
9. Ryanair
   http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ryanair/24694184960
   46,454
10. The Saw Doctors
    http://www.facebook.com/sawdoctors
    47,321
11. Hostel World
    http://www.facebook.com/hostelworldcom
    42,937
12. Electric Picnic
    http://www.facebook.com/ElectricPicnic
    41,278
13. Munster Rugby
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Limerick-Ireland/Munster-rugby-club-fan-page/36613502000
    30,733
14. Smirnoff Ireland
    http://www.facebook.com/SmirnoffIreland
    28,346
15. Pogues
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pogues/
    25,910
16. Spin 1038
    http://www.facebook.com/spin1038
    24,543
17. Guinness Rugby Supporters Ireland
    http://www.facebook.com/GuinnessRugbyIreland
    24,118
18. Irish Cancer Society
    http://www.facebook.com/IrishCancerSociety
    23,812
19. Tourism Ireland
    http://www.facebook.com/Ireland
    23,452
20. Leinster Rugby
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dublin-Ireland/Leinster-Rugby/25793755239
    21,533
21. Discover Ireland GB
    http://www.facebook.com/DiscoverIrelandGB
    19,409
22. Starbucks Ireland
    http://www.facebook.com/starbucksireland
    19,232
23. Allhorse
    http://www.facebook.com/Allhorse
    18,735
24. Jagermeister Ireland
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jagermeister-Ireland/184728954003
    18,020
25. Ireland Deserves Sun
    http://www.facebook.com/IrelandDeservesSun
    17,967
26. Barry’s Tea
    http://www.facebook.com/BarrysTea
    17,220
27. Mr Tayto
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Tayto/6763632581
    15,690
28. Irish Blood Transfusion Service
    http://www.facebook.com/giveblood
    15,669
29. Special Olympics Ireland
    http://www.facebook.com/SpecialOlympicsIreland
    15,181
30. IRISH RUGBY TEAM
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/IRISH-RUGBY-TEAM/50621768957
    14,907
31. Amnesty International Ireland
    http://www.facebook.com/amnestyinternationalireland
    13,736
32. Meteor
    http://www.facebook.com/meteor
    13,557
33. Topflight Holidays
    http://www.facebook.com/topflight
    12,438
34. 98FM
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/98FM/70730467584
    12,433
35. Champion Sports
    http://www.facebook.com/championsportsireland
    11,736
36. Pigsback
    http://www.facebook.com/pigsback
    11,460
37. Ben & Jerry’s Ireland
    http://www.facebook.com/BenandJerrysIreland
    10,470

I’m bound to have missed plenty, so if you know of some that I’ve omitted please leave a comment below and I’ll update the list.