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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New episodes usually drop once or twice a week; listenership for each usually numbers in the thousands.
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Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
So far, the pinnacle moment has increased listenership for country music, boosting the streams of several other Black female artists, like Guyton, Tanner Adell, and Reyna Roberts.
—Njera Perkins, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2024
Only news/talk WBAL-AM, boosted by listenership for its Baltimore Oriole broadcasts, managed to break V-103’s string of first-place finishes in the spring.
—Eric Siegel, Baltimore Sun, 26 Oct. 2018
But as rap grew up, Eminem has had to reckon with a changing listenership that increasingly views Slim’s trademark blue bars as inappropriate and offensive.
—Damien Scott, Billboard, 17 July 2024
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Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
So far, the pinnacle moment has increased listenership for country music, boosting the streams of several other Black female artists, like Guyton, Tanner Adell, and Reyna Roberts.
—Njera Perkins, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2024
Only news/talk WBAL-AM, boosted by listenership for its Baltimore Oriole broadcasts, managed to break V-103’s string of first-place finishes in the spring.
—Eric Siegel, Baltimore Sun, 26 Oct. 2018
But as rap grew up, Eminem has had to reckon with a changing listenership that increasingly views Slim’s trademark blue bars as inappropriate and offensive.
—Damien Scott, Billboard, 17 July 2024
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“Listenership.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/listenership. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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