1. The audience reached by written communications (books, magazines or newspapers etc.)
   "The magazine's readership increased after the redesign"
    
2. The number or type of people who read a particular publication
   "The magazine boasts a readership of over 1 million"
    
3. The position or status of a reader at a university
   "He held a readership in English Literature at Oxford"

Derived forms: readerships

Type of: audience

Part of: audience measurement

Encyclopedia: Readership