readership

noun

read·​er·​ship ˈrē-dər-ˌship 

1

a

: the office or position of a reader

b

: the quality or state of being a reader

2

: the mass or a particular group of readers

a magazine's readership

Examples of readership in a Sentence

She holds a readership in chemistry.

Recent Examples on the Web

Association leaders pushed back, too, on claims that lower print news readership has rendered the public notice law obsolete. —Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2025

Although financially strong at the time, trade publications, like the rest of the media industry, started to struggle in response to digital competition and declining subscriptions, readership and advertising revenue. —Jodi Amendola, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025

The author, who has forthcoming projects with Netflix and Prime Video, is one of the first modern comic-book writers to draw a large female readership. —Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025

Driving the news: Marker Collective — which consists of PR firms Outcast, Archetype and Nectar — has partnered with media insights platform Memo to make readership metrics readily available to their more than 450 clients. —Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for readership

• authorship
• battleship
• censorship
• chairmanship
• chieftainship
• comradeship
• consulship
• craftsmanship
• dealership
• draftsmanship
• fellowship
• fingertip

Kids Definition

readership

noun

read·​er·​ship ˈrēd-ər-ˌship 

: a group of readers