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viewership

/ˈvjuːəʃɪp/

viewership noun: percentage of viewers that watched television programs or other video broadcasts.

Noun

viewership (countable and uncountable, plural viewerships)

  1. (collective) percentage of viewers that watched television programs or other video broadcasts.
    • After the pandemic, MLG lost a lot of its viewership and profits which led it to close. The MLG Twitter account is no longer active and the mlg.com website directs to Battlenet instead of its old website.2023 October 13, Daniel Appleford, “Fans support MLG being brought back under Microsoft acquisition”, in Dexerto

Forms of viewership

pluralviewerships

Origin of viewership

From viewer + -ship.

Questions about viewership

What does viewership mean?
Viewership means percentage of viewers that watched television programs or other video broadcasts.
What part of speech is viewership?
Viewership is a noun.
How do you pronounce viewership?
Viewership is pronounced /ˈvjuːəʃɪp/.
What is the plural of viewership?
The plural of viewership is viewerships.

Words near viewership in the dictionary

  1. viewed someone's etchings
  2. viewer
  3. viewerbase
  4. viewerbases
  5. viewers
  6. viewership
  7. viewerships
  8. viewest
  9. vieweth
  10. viewfinder
  11. viewfinders

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