From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing, Collegereadershipread‧er‧ship /ˈriːdəʃɪp $ -ər-/ noun [countable, uncountable]1TCNall the people who read a particular newspaper or magazine regularlyreadership ofa magazine with a readership of 60,000They are hoping that the paper will have quite a wide readership.2SECthe job that a Reader has in a Britishuniversitya readership in linguisticsExamples from the Corpusreadership• Like a personalchair, a readership is usually conferred on an individual for merit in scholarship, research and published work.• The magazine has a readership of 60,000.• The newspaper now has a readership of more than 500,000.• This paper is an evening paper and has a very high readership.• The political affiliations of a newspaper, its locality and the demographics of its readership should all be taken into account.• Newspaper and magazine readership is measured by written questionnaires.• Most newspapers have a few pages of features, and that's another kind of readership.• Such agencies utilise consumerpanels, readershipsurveys and televisionaudiencemeasurement to generate their information. 17.• The paper was returned because it did not suit the magazines's readership, but was accepted by Infection and Immunity.• Such treatment may reflect the readership the authors had in mind.• The magazine now hopes to attract a widerreadership.• These books are obviously written for a young readership.wide readership• Possibly a good choice for a Christmas gift for it will amuse a wide readership.• Hufbauer's pioneeringapproachdeserves a wide readership.• It is an interesting, well written book and I anticipate that it will gain a wide readership.• Upstarts and Livewire have received a wide readership already.• Within a singlevolume a range of topics is covered that will also be of interest to a wider readership.• In the hundred years after he died, the Pilgrim's Progress found an increasingly wide readership among Nonconformists.• By bringing it out as an A-format, 4ドル.99, mass-marketpaperback we hope to attract a much wider readership.• This would preventquestionablefindingsinfluencing a much wider readership.From Longman Business Dictionaryreadershipread‧er‧ship /ˈriːdəʃɪp-ər-/ noun [countable, uncountable]the people who read a particular newspaper or magazineThe magazine has a largely male readership.Readership of the ‘Birmingham Evening Mail’ fell about 10.6% last year.