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

Now Kylie has followed in Kim’s footprint to forge the biggest online fan base in the family—and lodged herself firmly into household-name, center-of-culture stardom. —Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026

His fan base eclipses the entire following of progressive American media companies such as The Huffington Post and Mother Jones. —Jay Stahl, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026

Now Charlotte’s cult-favorite cookie boutique, Honeybear is known for its over-the-top cookies, weekly changing flavors and its ravenous, devoted fan base. —Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026

Their videos, which send up everything from dinner parties to morning routines, attracted a large online fan base early on. —William Earl, Variety, 9 Mar. 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