readership

noun

read·er·ship ˈrē-dər-ˌship

: the office or position of a reader

: the quality or state of being a reader

: the mass or a particular group of readers

a magazine's readership

Examples of readership in a Sentence

She holds a readership in chemistry.

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At the same time, new technology allowed magazines—previously aimed at elite audiences—to become less expensive and more focused on cultivating a mass readership. —

Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024 As the readership grew, Nakamura branched out and opened Giant Robot stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, which stocked toys, books, and stationery. —

Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024 According to Memo readership data shared Axios, in the last 30 days, New York Times opinion articles saw 37% more readers than its general news coverage, while op-eds in the Wall Street Journal attracted a whopping 571% more eyeballs than general news. —

Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024 There were no precedents, no analytics to track engagement and no targeted audiences beyond a general sense of Wired’s readership. —

Sergii Denysenko, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for readership