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

A young listenership means audio presents the chance to reach an audience entering or already in their prime spending years.

From Digiday

While listenership did drop initially, it quickly recovered.

From Digiday

This is surprising to me as I expected podcast listenership to decrease with the rise of work from home.

From Search Engine Land

Use this as an opportunity to showcase your interviewing skills and grow your existing listenership before getting in front of bigger names in your niche.

From Search Engine Watch

But has the latter revelation sat poorly with his red-state, working-class listenership?

From The Daily Beast