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

Of all the dietary supplements out there, creatine is perhaps the one with the most fervent fan base. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 7 July 2026

Argentinian fans are the ones KC’s singles most want to date, while Brazil tied with Argentina as the hottest fan base. — Lisa Gutierrez july 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

Such shenanigans are more or less expected, and certainly haven’t forever sullied the American soccer fan base, at least here at home. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 July 2026

The reality of Butler’s injury, along with the ongoing knee issue that caused Curry, now 38, to miss more than two months last season, is hitting home for the fan base more than ever. — Nick Friedell, New York Times, 4 July 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