fan base

[ fan beys ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the fans of a celebrity, team, media franchise, etc., when considered collectively: The studio marketed the sequels heavily to the franchise’s established fan base.
The fan base was crushed when the team moved to a different city.
The studio marketed the sequels heavily to the franchise’s established fan base.

An Americanism dating back to 1975–80

The female fan base tends to hold steady at 38 percent, according to Amanda Regan, a spokeswoman for Feld Motor Sports.

Morgan hopefully has a beloved support network, and of course a large fan base to cheer him on.

No one agreed more than the members of an ardent and motivated fan base within the CIA.

What better way to reconnect with his fan base than to play the heartthrob he was once best known as?

Even my social networks were deleted, my videos removed, the fan base I had built lost forever.

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