listenership

noun

lis·​ten·​er·​ship ˈli-sᵊn-ər-ˌship 

ˈlis-nər-

: the audience for a radio program or recording

also : the number or kind of that audience

Examples of listenership in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to Apple, the top 10 podcasts in the United States are selected based on listenership. —Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025

To be clear, plays/views on Spotify and YouTube do not paint a complete picture of the audience for each show: Apple Podcast users could comprise anywhere from 20-50% of the total listenership, not to mention podcast player apps like PocketCasts, Overcast, and iHeart. —David Zucker, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025

His appearances on Kill Tony, a podcast hosted by the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, helped raise his profile; the show has achieved both a huge listenership and notoriety for its crude, taboo-busting sensibility. —David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025

Since 2020, the U.S. podcast industry has seen listenership more than double, reaching 160 million listeners in 2024. —Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for listenership

• apostleship
• apprenticeship
• assistantship
• championship
• chancellorship
• citizenship
• companionship
• copartnership
• dictatorship
• directorship
• discipleship
• editorship