readership
noun
read·er·ship
ˈrē-dər-ˌship 
Examples of readership in a Sentence
She holds a readership in chemistry.
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His readership is spliced along a generational divide, and Chao noted how, when the exhibition opened, an elderly couple who had never heard of Vuong-as-writer reacted emotionally to his work purely as a photographer.
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More than two-thirds of the newspaper’s readership base was located outside of Chicago by the start of World War I, according to the Defender.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
Fraudsters are increasingly posing as bestselling authors, publishers and Hollywood executives to trap authors hungry for readership and adaptation deals.
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As newspaper readership has consistently been found to increase political knowledge and engagement, and because of the increasingly inclusive public sphere that follows from that, this is a development that can have positive democratic consequences.
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Sarah Moroz, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
More than two-thirds of the newspaper’s readership base was located outside of Chicago by the start of World War I, according to the Defender.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026
Fraudsters are increasingly posing as bestselling authors, publishers and Hollywood executives to trap authors hungry for readership and adaptation deals.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
As newspaper readership has consistently been found to increase political knowledge and engagement, and because of the increasingly inclusive public sphere that follows from that, this is a development that can have positive democratic consequences.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for readership
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“Readership.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/readership. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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readership
noun
read·er·ship
ˈrēd-ər-ˌship
: a group of readers
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