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

Finally, Marsh struck out to end the inning, but the Nationals and its fan base were completely dejected entering the bottom of the ninth. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2026

Woodall first garnered acclaim for his breakout performance in the second season of HBO’s Emmy-winning series The White Lotus before expanding his fan base with his turn in Netflix’s chart-topping limited series One Day. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 June 2026

The city is one of North America’s most passionate football markets, with a diverse fan base and strong family traditions around the sport. — Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026

This chef got her big break on Gordon Ramsay's Next Level Chef and subsequently turned a viral mac-n-cheese TikTok into a loyal fan base of at-home chefs. — Steven Bertoni, Forbes.com, 23 June 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