readership
noun
read·er·ship
ˈrē-dər-ˌship 
Examples of readership in a Sentence
She holds a readership in chemistry.
Recent Examples on the Web
Starting your own publication always suggests a desire for connection and community, casting about for fellow-oddballs, willing a readership into existence.
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Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024
Mid-Michigan Cadillac News has been publishing since 1872 and today serves a readership throughout Wexford, Osceola, Missaukee and eastern Lake Counties with a daily print newspaper.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
With print readership declining in most markets, many media outlets are publishing stories online before printing them.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Big-screen enterprises, particularly those adapted from books with a huge, fiercely loyal readership, often have a ponderousness built in to every image.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Thank you, deeply, for your readership and support throughout the years.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 7 Mar. 2024
Sports editors and journalists throughout the country voted on top-10 placements in various writing, website, print newspaper and photography categories, which were split into four divisions based on newspaper circulation or digital readership size.
—Staff Report, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
Editors in wide-circulation newspapers want their puzzles to be solvable by a large portion of their readership.
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
For three decades, websites large and small have depended on search to help build their readership; now they’re caught in a philosophical quagmire.
—Longreads, 16 Feb. 2024
Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024
Mid-Michigan Cadillac News has been publishing since 1872 and today serves a readership throughout Wexford, Osceola, Missaukee and eastern Lake Counties with a daily print newspaper.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
With print readership declining in most markets, many media outlets are publishing stories online before printing them.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Big-screen enterprises, particularly those adapted from books with a huge, fiercely loyal readership, often have a ponderousness built in to every image.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Thank you, deeply, for your readership and support throughout the years.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 7 Mar. 2024
Sports editors and journalists throughout the country voted on top-10 placements in various writing, website, print newspaper and photography categories, which were split into four divisions based on newspaper circulation or digital readership size.
—Staff Report, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
Editors in wide-circulation newspapers want their puzzles to be solvable by a large portion of their readership.
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
For three decades, websites large and small have depended on search to help build their readership; now they’re caught in a philosophical quagmire.
—Longreads, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Readership.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/readership. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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readership
noun
read·er·ship
ˈrēd-ər-ˌship
: a group of readers
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