audience share

noun

1. the percentage of households with television sets in use or tuned to a particular station during a specific period of time.

Word History and Origins

Origin of audience share¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

The limit was set in 2004, years before streaming video started eating away at traditional TV’s audience share.

From Los Angeles Times

The match, which was also shown on ITV, brought in a peak TV audience of 17.8m on BBC One with a TV audience share of 63%.

From BBC

In the world of Christian influencers, with intense competition for audience share, things can get weird fast.

From Salon

In present circumstances, there is no way that "House of Cards" could be as popular, quite apart from the fact that lead actor Kevin Spacey’s real-life misadventures might repel a significant potential audience share.

From Salon

According to the NFL and Nielsen, the audience share for ages 2 to 11 was up 4% while 12 to 17 increased 5%.

From Seattle Times