listenership

American  

[lis-uh-ner-ship, lis-ner-] / ˈlɪs ə nərˌʃɪp, ˈlɪs nər- /

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.

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listenership British  

/ ˈlɪsnəˌʃɪp /

noun

1. all the listeners collectively of a particular radio programme, station, or broadcaster

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Etymology

Origin of listenership

First recorded in 1940–45; listener + -ship

Example Sentences

Nearly half of all ad revenue goes to just 500 podcasts, according to analytics platform Magellan AI, and Edison data shows top-10 shows account for about 40% of weekly podcast listenership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Podcast listeners are commonly understood to have tuned out hard news in favor of like-minded communities, which includes Cooper’s primarily Gen Z Daddy Gang listenership.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

Outside of hip-hop, Mack worked to increase Latino listenership by programming freestyle music, a subset of dance music that rose to popularity in the mid- to late 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

He says: "Despite uptake in listenership, production of new podcasts is down since the pandemic because many 'have-a-go' podcasters created shows but have since lost appetite to keep going."

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2023

What’s likely the most important factor in All-In’s listenership, however, is the hosts’ engagement with their hardcore fans.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2023