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|X Ads|Mar 8, 2026

Ireland X Ads Audience: Reach by Age Bands 2026

Ireland X Ads Audience: Reach by Age Bands 2026

X Ads provides a built-in forecast of how many accounts you can potentially reach in Ireland based on your targeting selections. Unlike most ad platforms, X does not let you target any arbitrary age band. Instead, you can select from fixed options such as 18+, 18-24, 25-49, 35-49, 35-54, and 50+.

To make the dataset usable for planning, we compiled two views. The first is the forecasted audience size for the age ranges that are actually available for targeting in X Ads.

Audience size available for targeting in X Ads in Ireland

Age ranges available for targeting 18+ 18-24 25-49 35-49 35-54 50+
Woman 459,800 109,900 261,100 99,100 121,400 88,700
Men 1,000,000 196,100 664,300 286,600 340,500 191,600
Total 1,459,800 306,000 925,400 385,700 461,900 280,300

The second is our estimated gender and age structure by generations, derived by matching and reconciling the available age ranges. That second view is useful for understanding distribution, but it cannot be targeted directly on the platform (for example, 25-34 is not an age option in X Ads).

Estimated gender and age structure by generations in X Ads in Ireland

Estimated data Affect by generation 18-24 25-34 35-54 55+ Total
Woman 109,900 162,000 121,400 66,400 459,700
Men 196,100 377,700 340,500 137,700 1,052,000
Total 306,000 539,700 461,900 204,100 1,511,700

Methodology. The analysis is based on the X Ads forecast tool and uses the minimum available 30 day audience estimates. The data reflects only users with a specified gender and age range, excludes overlap with other targeting layers, and does not include unknown gender or unknown age. Treat these numbers as technical reach in unique users. Converting accounts into an estimate of real people requires additional calibration. The generation-level estimates can be slightly higher or lower due to rounding in the forecast tool, and the deviation should remain within 4-5% inside each stated segment.