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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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What happened next was described by one reviewer as one of Rai's bleakest ever live broadcasts, when its flagship Rai 1 channel had an audience share of more than 46%.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

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

A single audience share point decline in the Nielsen ratings can mean about $10 million less in ad revenue.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2025

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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