listenership
noun
lis·ten·er·ship
ˈli-sᵊn-ər-ˌship 
ˈlis-nər-
: the audience for a radio program or recording
also
: the number or kind of that audience
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Kendrick Lamar’s crowd-pleasing Super Bowl halftime show certainly made viewers want to listen to more of the rapper’s music as his Spotify listenership increased drastically after Sunday night’s performance.
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Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025
But Lamar’s superpower has long been his unique ability to navigate this exact tension between message and reach: to tell stories of American pain and oppression without coming off as preachy; to challenge audiences lyrically and musically while widening his listenership.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
After Frye’s post, multiple podcasters, including Warder, went on to allege that Flowers was routinely stealing their content, without giving them credit nor directing any of her massive listenership toward their shows.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Not everybody loved Lamar’s halftime show, but there’s no denying its standing as a cultural lightning rod with a long tail of listenership — exactly what the NFL, and Kendrick himself, must have wanted.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2025
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Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025
But Lamar’s superpower has long been his unique ability to navigate this exact tension between message and reach: to tell stories of American pain and oppression without coming off as preachy; to challenge audiences lyrically and musically while widening his listenership.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
After Frye’s post, multiple podcasters, including Warder, went on to allege that Flowers was routinely stealing their content, without giving them credit nor directing any of her massive listenership toward their shows.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Not everybody loved Lamar’s halftime show, but there’s no denying its standing as a cultural lightning rod with a long tail of listenership — exactly what the NFL, and Kendrick himself, must have wanted.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Listenership.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/listenership. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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