Audience

The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business.

An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers.

the part of the general public interested in a source of information, entertainment, or a product/service; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions"