viewership
noun
view·er·ship
ˈvyü-ər-ˌship 
: a television audience especially with respect to size or makeup
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The event attracted fans from all 50 states and 64 different countries, while breaking viewership records.
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Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Per Paramount, that is up 41% versus the Season 1 finale, with the average viewership for Season 2 up 46% compared to Season 1.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Within three days of multi-platform viewing, the audience had ballooned to 6.69M viewers, pacing well ahead of the season’s average viewership (6.13M), per ABC.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
Last year’s final round of the Masters averaged 9.59 million viewers, down 20 percent from 2023 (a big caveat is that the 2023 final round aired on Easter Sunday and benefited from large out-of-home viewership).
—Richard Deitsch, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Per Paramount, that is up 41% versus the Season 1 finale, with the average viewership for Season 2 up 46% compared to Season 1.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Within three days of multi-platform viewing, the audience had ballooned to 6.69M viewers, pacing well ahead of the season’s average viewership (6.13M), per ABC.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
Last year’s final round of the Masters averaged 9.59 million viewers, down 20 percent from 2023 (a big caveat is that the 2023 final round aired on Easter Sunday and benefited from large out-of-home viewership).
—Richard Deitsch, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Viewership.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viewership. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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