Standard Lemma guide

viewership

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: V Y UW1 ER0 SH IH2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English viewer Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English viewership From viewer + -ship.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 收視率 /收视率 (shōushìlǜ) — percentage of viewers
  • Dutch: kijkerspubliek — percentage of viewers
  • Finnish: katsojakunta — percentage of viewers
  • Finnish: katsojat — percentage of viewers
  • French: audience — percentage of viewers
  • Georgian: მაყურებლები (maq̇ureblebi) — percentage of viewers
  • Georgian: აუდიენცია (audiencia) — percentage of viewers
  • Greek: θεαματικότητα (theamatikótita) — percentage of viewers
  • Greek: τηλεθεαματικότητα (tiletheamatikótita) — percentage of viewers
  • Greek: τηλεθέαση (tilethéasi) — percentage of viewers
  • Japanese: 視聴率 (shichōritsu) — percentage of viewers
  • Korean: 시청률 (sicheongnyul) — percentage of viewers
  • Māori: hunga mātakitaki — percentage of viewers
  • Polish: oglądalność — percentage of viewers
  • Russian: телевизионная аудитория (televizionnaja auditorija) — percentage of viewers
  • Russian: зрительская аудитория (zritelʹskaja auditorija) — percentage of viewers
  • Russian: телезрители (telezriteli) — percentage of viewers
  • Spanish: audiencia — percentage of viewers
Real reading context

viewership in complete knowledge articles