listenership

[ lis-uh-ner-ship, lis-ner- ]

noun

1. the people or number of people who listen to a radio station, record, type of music, etc.:

   The station has a listenership of 200,000.

listenership

/ ˈlɪsnəˌʃɪp /

noun

1. all the listeners collectively of a particular radio programme, station, or broadcaster

Word History and Origins

Origin of listenership¹

First recorded in 1940–45; listener + -ship

Example Sentences

Rogan's backing could carry significant weight with his young, male listenership - which is also a demographic that Trump has been working hard to court ahead of the 2024 vote.

From BBC

Podcast listeners are commonly understood to have tuned out hard news in favor of like-minded communities, which includes Cooper’s primarily Gen Z Daddy Gang listenership.

From Salon

I saw it as low-key racial bias, because MS-13’s victims were mostly poor Central American immigrants, the kind of people we didn’t think our affluent white listenership would pay attention to.

From Slate

“I don’t think they have gotten to the point where they feel as safe to be at country shows… the broad listenership in country music is going to be reflected in the streaming world,” said Davenport.

From Seattle Times

Their standout success during the 1980s and beyond can be attributed, Golland presciently reveals, to a bedrock audience that includes a working-class listenership that could accept the Motown sound as peddled by a white band with the chops to back it up.

From Salon