peoplemeter

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noun

A device installed in a household to track which occupants watch which television shows, for the purpose of measuring viewing habits in the population.

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Meanings

nounpeoplemeter (plural peoplemeters)

plural peoplemeters · alternative people meter

  1. broadcastingA device installed in a household to track which occupants watch which television shows, for the purpose of measuring viewing habits in the population.

    […] a peoplemeter-like box to measure viewing […]

    2013, James Webster, Patricia Phalen, Lawrence Lichty, Ratings Analysis: Audience Measurement and Analytics, page 33
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    These machines could not indicate if anyone was actually sitting in front of the TV watching it. But new machines called peoplemeters can tell which members of the family are watching […]

    1990, Lynne S. Gross, The New Television Technologies, page 7

Origin

people + -meter

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peoplemeter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peoplemeter

MLA

“peoplemeter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peoplemeter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peoplemeter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peoplemeter.

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