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

Today on Amazon Music more than a third of Latin music is now consumed outside Latin America, and in the last three years alone the listenership for Karol G has grown by more than 250%.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

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

The listenership at the time was just as modest, its numbers overshadowed by crosstown public radio peer KUSC.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

“We’re seeing huge jumps in listenership every year, huge jumps in advertiser interest,” she adds.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2023