viewership

American  

[vyoo-er-ship] / ˈvyu ərˌʃɪp /

noun

1. an audience of viewers, especially of television, either generally or of a particular kind or program.

   Viewership is at its peak in the evening hours.

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Etymology

Origin of viewership

First recorded in 1950–55; viewer + -ship

Example Sentences

Amazon is obligated by contract to make Thursday night football available to local broadcasters, but Amazon might do so anyway for a technical reason—to avoid egg on its face if local bandwidth infrastructure isn’t up to delivering an unbuffered game to neighborhoods with the most concentrated and engaged viewership, say Philadelphia during an Eagles game.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite the network’s attempts to inject new life into the franchise with senior-citizen-focused spinoffs “The Golden Bachelor” and “The Golden Bachelorette,” viewership still declined.

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Streamers are seeking more data to determine how much of the drop in share of viewership can be attributed to the adoption of ARF data as opposed to actual viewing shifts since January.

From The Wall Street Journal

Peacock was the only streaming platform to see a lift in the February data, to 2.7% of total viewership from 1.9% in January.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Streaming viewership is expected to continue to grow,” the company said.

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