audience

noun

• 1the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting:he asked for questions from members of the audience
• the people who watch or listen to a television or radio programme:the programme attracted an audience of almost twenty million
• the readership of a newspaper, magazine, or book:the newspaper has a sophisticated audience
• the people giving attention to something:the report deserves consideration by a much wider audience

• 2a formal interview with a person in authority:he demanded an audience with the Pope

• 3 [mass noun] archaic formal hearing.