readership

noun

1. the people who read or are thought to read a particular book, newspaper, magazine, etc.: The periodical has a dwindling readership.
2. the duty, status, or profession of a reader.
3. (especially in British universities) the position of instructor or lecturer.
4. the state or quality of being a reader: appealing to a higher level of readership.

noun

1. all the readers collectively of a particular publication or authora readership of five million; Dickens’s readership
2. mainly British the office, position, or rank of university reader