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

That’s a decent showing (good, not great), particularly because All’s Fair only had three days to rack up viewership during this interval. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025

At the end of September, YouTube TV dropped Univision, with Google alleging the price increases sought by parent company TelevisaUnivision were drastically out of line with viewership on the platform. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025

Moving the playoffs to May helps the league avoid its biggest games getting lost in the fall, where mindshare and viewership are dominated by the NFL and college football. —Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025

Live sports viewership across the ESPN networks and including ESPN on ABC was up 25% year over year. —Zev Fima, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for viewership

• authorship
• battleship
• censorship
• chairmanship
• chieftainship
• comradeship
• consulship
• craftsmanship
• dealership
• draftsmanship
• fellowship
• fingertip