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noun read·er·ship \ -ˌship \

Definition of readership

1 a :the office or position of a reader

b :the quality or state of being a reader

2 :the mass or a particular group of readers

a magazine's readership

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Examples of readership in a Sentence

She holds a readership in chemistry.

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Subsequent articles about Diana performed unexpectedly well on The Express website, which has a younger readership than the print edition, Mr. Palmer said.

— patrick kingsley, New York Times, "In Memories of Diana, Princess of Wales, a Vast Generational Divide," 29 Aug. 2017
Who in the numberless, amorphous readership of the world cares about you and your son?

— paul daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Doc: One and Dunn for Reds Hall," 22 Aug. 2017
Judging by online readership, this might be the No.

— don sweeney, sacbee, "Everything you need to know about the eclipse in Sacramento," 18 Aug. 2017
My master was Chartbeat, a site that provides writers, editors, and their bosses with a real-time accounting of web traffic, showing the flickering readership of each and every article.

— franklin foer, The Atlantic, "When Silicon Valley Took Over Journalism," 8 Aug. 2017
Instead, stories about heroes are part of an almost desperate strategy to boost readership and viewership.

— bruce peabody, Washington Post, "Everyone agrees that McCain is a hero. That’s exceptional in our era.," 24 July 2017
As with the last one, this survey will help us get a better picture of the kinds of stories the Ars readership is interested in reading and what kinds of things you folks are worried about and might like more coverage of.

— lee hutchinson, Ars Technica, "Ars Asks, part two: Electric IT bugbear boogaloo, cloud edition," 13 July 2017
The old agreement, that the critic should de-emphasize self in deference to the art work and a presumed diversity of readership, has fallen apart.

— chris jones, chicagotribune.com, "Like it or not, we are in the midst of a second arts revolution," 30 June 2017
THR.com hit 21.5 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S. in May, according to comScore, with readership surging 50 percent year-over-year.

— thr staff, The Hollywood Reporter, "Hollywood Reporter Website Sees Record-Breaking Audience Growth," 23 June 2017

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: the number or group of people who read a particular newspaper or magazine
: the position of a reader at a university

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