Audience

Updated: 03/12/2022 by Computer Hope

Audience may refer to any of the following:

Thousands of people crowded into an e-sports tournament arena.

1. An audience is a group of people who participate in an event. For example, those who go to an e-sports event to watch others play a game are part of an audience. The picture shows thousands of people gathered into a crowd at an arena to watch an e-sports event. Those who don't go to the event and watch it remotely on a service like Twitch are considered viewers. If the event was not visual (e.g., listening to someone play music), you'd be a listener.

2. A person or group of people you're targeting or want to reach. For example, when writing for Computer Hope readers, we think of our audience as new computer users and users who want to learn more about their computer and computer-related topics.

Before writing about any topic, it's good to understand your audience to make your writing as helpful as possible. For example, if we didn't think about our audience before writing, we may use acronyms and complex terminology that would confuse most of our audience. To help determine your audience, review your analytics, conduct surveys and market research, and assess the competition.

3. The term audience describes a formal interview with a person in authority. For example, someone may request an audience with the Pope or President.

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