viewership
noun
view·er·ship
ˈvyü-ər-ˌship 
: a television audience especially with respect to size or makeup
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The other major leagues all have similar exemptions, and none of them are close to the NFL’s scale, revenue, viewership or cultural impact.
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Kimmel’s monologue broke his own YouTube viewership record, underscoring that as the primary place where people were engaging with the program.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Another Alloy film project that came out first in book form, but inspired by a script, and then to roaring viewership stats was the Netflix adaptation in 2022 Purple Hearts, starring Sofia Carson alongside Nicholas Galitzine.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
Still, given that the video has only been online for one day, and is likely to remain a topic of national discourse for some time, the video will continue accruing viewership, and has certainly outpaced recent monologues by a large factor.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Kimmel’s monologue broke his own YouTube viewership record, underscoring that as the primary place where people were engaging with the program.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Another Alloy film project that came out first in book form, but inspired by a script, and then to roaring viewership stats was the Netflix adaptation in 2022 Purple Hearts, starring Sofia Carson alongside Nicholas Galitzine.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
Still, given that the video has only been online for one day, and is likely to remain a topic of national discourse for some time, the video will continue accruing viewership, and has certainly outpaced recent monologues by a large factor.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Viewership.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viewership. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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