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audience share

American

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of audience share

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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Zillow’s overarching strategy is to narrow the gap between its audience share in home search and the share of transactions it monetizes.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

At the end of two hours, let the audience share in the triumph and the celebration.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025

KUSC, which airs on 91.5 FM in Los Angeles, pulled a 3.0 audience share in December, according to Nielsen.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025

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 • Jul. 15, 2024

It is the intense concreteness of Fechner, his fertility of detail, which fills me with an admiration which I should like to make this audience share.

From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by James, William

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