viewership

noun

view·​er·​ship ˈvyü-ər-ˌship 

: a television audience especially with respect to size or makeup

Examples of viewership in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And that’s all the more important in this age of declining viewership, when all forms of entertainment are fighting for the public’s attention. —Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025

Swift is credited with increasing female NFL viewership and ticket sales as their relationship unfolded. —Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025

Overall viewership fell 32% from the prior week, according to Nielsen, and 54% among viewers between 25 and 54 — the demographic coveted most by advertisers in news programming. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025

After Paramount+ canceled its live-action series adaptation, starring Pablo Schreiber as Master Chief, the show found new life and new viewership when the existing episodes debuted on Netflix. —Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for viewership

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