viewership

noun

view·​er·​ship ˈvyü-ər-ˌship How to pronounce viewership (audio)
: a television audience especially with respect to size or makeup

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Ami and Justin McClure are also parents to twin sisters Ava and Alexis, 12, who star in their videos alongside their younger son, Jersey, 7. Episode 4 of Born to Be Viral explores how creators can boost their viewership by making videos that follow a trending format. Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 11 July 2025 That would be like saying the NFC has better viewership than the AFC so the NFC is going to get eight teams in the playoff and the AFC is only going to get four. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025 Season 3 appears to be on track to match the success of the first two seasons, achieving Netflix’s best-ever 10-day viewership with 106.3 million views and having already landed at No. 3 on the streamer’s list of its most popular non-English-language series ever in that short amount of time. Selome Hailu, Variety, 10 July 2025 Nielsen’s data backs up a Luminate report from last month that said the reality series was generating huge viewership within two weeks of Season 7’s debut. Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for viewership

Word History

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 19 Jul. 2025.

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