How to Use viewership in a Sentence

viewership

noun
  • Of course, this kind of thing doesn’t seem to have hurt the series in terms of viewership.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Sahara One used to broadcast free to air in the U.K., but ceased in 2013 due to a lack of viewership.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
  • None of the Stanley Cup games reached that level of viewership in the US last year.
    Harry Enten, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
  • The movie’s been out for a short while, and it’s been setting a number of Disney+ viewership records.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Then the viewership spiked, the Emmys rolled in and Netflix begged Hwang for more.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Fox News has made the case that the size of its viewership would be an aid to both candidates.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
  • San Diego had the largest viewership with a 12.2 rating.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 16 July 2021
  • This marks a drop in viewership of about 85.9 million hours from the week before.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 19 July 2022
  • And a lot of the viewership in theaters has been driven by this idea of FOMO.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • This puts James in a unique position to look at how the game has changed and why there has been a steep drop in viewership.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • San Diego, which at the time had the Padres and Chargers, was not lacking for sports viewership options.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The cost of doing the Super Bowl and the advertisement and the viewership is so intense.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Bowl game viewership has shown a 53 percent bump with the Broncos.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Most viewership on a video happens based on the first 20 seconds.
    Yec, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The result was a worldwide first-week viewership of over 50 million, a record for the platform.
    Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Amazon, of course, would be banking on MrBeast’s huge reach to drive viewership to the Prime Video show.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Musk’s post added that Lemon is still welcome to use the X platform to build viewership for his new program.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Within two months of release, the player count dropped by 95% and viewership on Twitch fell 97%.
    PCMAG, 4 May 2022
  • The games feature the best matchups, the viewership is massive, the history is star-studded.
    Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Take a look at the viewership data in Netflix’s weekly Top 10 lists.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The strong ratings were a welcome sign for the NBA, which is struggling with lower viewership this year.
    Kristian Burt, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Season 2 already didn’t quite hit the viewership heights the show’s first season hit.
    Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Like last year, streaming could play a big role in viewership this season.
    Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Dahmer, the drama, has been on top of Netflix’s charts for weeks with half a billion hours of viewership.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
  • That was done in part to get back to finishing next season in June, which the league views as a better time for TV viewership.
    Brian Mahoney, Star Tribune, 8 July 2021
  • All told, by next year, six races will run live within the U.S. time zones; a key factor in viewership numbers.
    Maury Brown, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • This ad-dollar boom aligns with a spike in women’s sports viewership.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Like the Super Bowl, the acts play for free — though as viewership has risen, the slots have become more competitive.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Its viewership increased by more than 30x the prior week, Netflix said, when Pope Francis was ailing but still alive.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Season six broke records, with viewership up 25 percent from the previous season.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 8 Apr. 2025

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