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 fan base has been screaming for accountability while Cashman continued to sell patience. — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

There is zero pressure on this team from a fan base whose attention span, and passion, will soon be distracted by the arrival of another football season. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026

This current regime has ran this franchise into the ground and doesn't seem to have any respect for their fan base and trying to win at the highest level. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Melbourne and Paris, where Ellis says the league’s fan base has grown past 14 million, are also expected to draw big crowds. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 4 Aug. 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