fan base

noun

plural fan bases

: a group of fans for a particular sport, musical group, celebrity, book or film franchise, etc.

… the Los Angeles Lakers and the Milwaukee Bucks—the last two NBA champions—had fan bases spending the most money on team merchandise and gear.

—Corey Davis

Yet her three albums with the Epic label failed to earn her a popular audience, beyond country's traditional fan base …

—Martha A. Hostetter

But sales figures don't fully capture the fan base among shojo readers, who can whip through a volume in half an hour in a bookstore and often pass along copies to friends.

—Sarah Glazer

The fervent passion of [Justin] Bieber's fan base almost obscured the rampant self-indulgence of his hour-and-a-half set.

—Ben Fisher

Examples of fan base in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The film’s title is taken from a song by Riley's band The Coup — specifically from Pick a Bigger Weapon, their 2006 album — giving the project deep roots in Black cultural history and an existing fan base primed to engage. —Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

After building a fan base in New York, the designer took his runway shows on the road to Paris in January of last year. —Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 27 May 2026

Check attendance records for the Tampa Rays and Miami Marlins home games and me tell how excited their fan base, or lack thereof, is. —Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026

But there’s another faction of the fan base that is enamored with Cameron Boozer. —Tony Jones, New York Times, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fan base

• abase
• airspace
• apace
• backspace
• biface
• birthplace
• blackface
• boldface
• bookcase
• braincase
• briefcase
• carcase