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

Both teams also had a loyal fan base that expressed itself emphatically throughout the contest. —Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026

Taylor’s continual reinvention has meant that her fan base is wide, diverse, and representative of the US population across various demographics. —Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026

For example, 24-year-old streamer Kai Cenat has spoke about his own reading on stream, potentially influencing his young fan base’s reading habits. —Essence, 20 Jan. 2026

The girls are not threatened by me, so why is the fan base? —Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 20 Jan. 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