readerbase

English

Etymology

From reader +‎ base.

Noun

readerbase (plural readerbases)

1. (rare) The established group of readers for a particular publication, etc.
   • 1993, BPB Publications, “Meet Asia’s Largest Largest Publisher of Computer & Electronic Books”, in Tom Duncan, Electronics for Today and Tomorrow, New Delhi: BPB Publications, →ISBN:

     With such adornments as 2500 publications, about 50 million books sold over the year and about the same number of readerbase, it is a matter of no surprise that BPB titles are perscribed^[sic] as standard courseware at most of the leading schools, institutes and universities in India.

   • 2002 January, Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda, “Foreword”, in chromatic, Brian Aker, Dave Krieger, Running Weblogs with Slash (Creating a Web Community), Sebastopol, Calif.: O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., →ISBN, page x:

     And it followed us as our readerbase grew and changed until I sat back and was just amazed that the discussions were actually just as important, if not more so, as the words I was writing.

   • 2013, Brad Guigar, The Webcomics Handbook: The Cartoonist’s Guide to Working in the Digital Age, Philadelphia, Pa.: Greystone Inn Comics, →ISBN, page 190:

     Know your readerbase. Who reads your comic?

   • 2015 August, Grumpy Oi! [pseudonym], “Bo Baroni of Boot Party”, in Smeared in Ink, volume 1, Dallas, Tex.: Crowd Control Media, page 21:

     First, we’d like to thank you for taking the time to answer some questions and opening yourself up to the scrutiny of our highly opinionated readerbase.

   • 2018 October, Molly Lee, “Translator’s Column”, in Sadanatsu Anda, translated by Molly Lee, edited by Adam Fogle, Kokoro Connect, volume 2 (Kizu Random), J-Novel Club:

     I’ll bet a certain subset of the readerbase was thrilled to get so much quality Inaba content, too.