audience share

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of audience share

First recorded in 1970–75

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audience share

The band, the venue’s team and the audience share an undesirable connective tissue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

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

This measure also marks the first time that broadcast TV’s audience share sank below 20%, a stat that begs for a pulse check.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2025

Channel 4 says its coverage of the Paralympics reached 20 million viewers across linear and streaming - up 23% on the Tokyo 2020 Games, helping the channel to its biggest audience share in 12 years.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024

Are there two destinies? and must all this audience share one or the other?

From New Tabernacle Sermons by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)