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

Example Sentences

YouTube had already captured the lead spot in terms of audience share: January marked the 11th month in a row that YouTube topped Nielsen’s distributor index, with 12.5% of the total aggregated audience among major media companies, after passing Disney last February.

From MarketWatch

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

He’s losing audience share and, when he spoke out against antisemitism at AmericaFest, many in the audience booed him.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

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