viewership

V4I1E1W4E1R1S1H4I1P3
/ˈvjuːəʃɪp/

noun

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

UncommonScrabble 21

Meanings

nounviewership (countable and uncountable, plural viewerships)

plural viewerships

  1. collectivecountableuncountablepercentage 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 The MLG Twitter account is no longer active and the mlg.com website directs to Battlenet instead of its old website.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

Origin

  1. Englishviewer
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. Englishviewership

From viewer + -ship.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 收視率 /收视率
  • 收視率 /收视率 (shōushìlǜ)percentage of viewers
Dutch kijkerspubliek
  • kijkerspubliekpercentage of viewers
Finnish katsojakunta, katsojat
  • katsojakuntapercentage of viewers
  • katsojatpercentage of viewers
French audience
  • audiencepercentage of viewers
Greek θεαματικότητα, τηλεθεαματικότητα
  • θεαματικότητα (theamatikótita)percentage of viewers
  • τηλεθεαματικότητα (tiletheamatikótita)percentage of viewers
  • τηλεθέαση (tilethéasi)percentage of viewers
Japanese 視聴率
  • 視聴率 (shichōritsu)percentage of viewers
Korean 시청률
  • 시청률 (sicheongnyul)percentage of viewers
Māori hunga mātakitaki
  • hunga mātakitakipercentage of viewers
Polish oglądalność
  • oglądalnośćpercentage of viewers
Russian телевизионная аудитория, зрительская аудитория
  • телевизионная аудитория (televizionnaja auditorija)percentage of viewers
  • зрительская аудитория (zritelʹskaja auditorija)percentage of viewers
  • телезрители (telezriteli)percentage of viewers
Spanish audiencia
  • audienciapercentage of viewers
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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