Lazycog

Have to admit that no, haven’t used Ryanair since 2019 sorry :(

I’m from Europe so my experiences are mostly from here:

My experience is that if you check in immidiately when you can and being at the airport early enough will be enough to get on. It’s usually the late bees that get notified of overbooking issue.

Just check in asap when it becomes available and be at the airport early enough to be at the top of the line during boarding. I always check in 24/48 hours before the flight and have only once been notified of overbooking and possibility of not getting onboard. I immidiately went through security and was waiting for boarding close to the gate - got in.

Edit: also have only once selected seats in advance, didn’t do so on Ryanair flight.