viewership

noun

view·​er·​ship ˈvyü-ər-ˌship 

: a television audience especially with respect to size or makeup

Examples of viewership in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And yet, the numbers don’t lie — ratings from the first two rounds ranked second best in tournament history, coming in at 43 percent higher than in 2023, which now stands as the third-best year in tournament history viewership. —Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025

The latter was a Chris Pratt action film that represented one of the label’s rare flagship hits (at least, according to vague viewership data released by Prime Video at the time). —Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025

Kate Hudson’s Netflix basketball comedy Running Point made a big bow on Nielsen’s latest streaming viewership snapshot even as Prime Video’s Reacher led the chart overall for the week. —Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025

The streamer is reportedly losing money based on its relatively paltry viewership overall. —Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for viewership

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• fellowship
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