: a television audience especially with respect to size or makeup

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Baseball does have the benefit of booming attendance, TV viewership and engagement from younger fans. Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 July 2026 Clark and Angel Reese, whose college rivalry helped transform women’s basketball viewership, played on the same team for the first time. Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 In regions such as Indonesia, a surge in basketball viewership is overlapping with a rise in mobile-first digital investment platform adoption. Agung Dwi Sandi, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Record-breaking viewership and attendance have led to historic revenue targets. Annie Costabile, New York Times, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for viewership

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First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of viewership was in 1952

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“Viewership.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viewership. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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