user base
English
Alternative forms
Noun
user base (plural user bases)
- (computing) The established group of users for a particular computer program, technology, etc.
- Synonym: usership
- A corporate takeover of this project is likely to alienate the user base.
- 2013 December 10, James Vincent, “Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer rumoured to be interested in popular photo-sharing site Imgur”, in The Independent[1], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 July 2025:
- The site has more than 100 million users and would increase Yahoo's already substantial portfolio of social sites with young user bases
- 2024 November 28, Dan Milmo, “Reddit overtakes X in popularity of social media platforms in UK”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 November 2024:
- Reddit, renowned for its devoted user base who refer to one another as Redditors, appears to have been boosted by updates to Google’s search engine this year.
- 2025 October 26, Jordyn Holman, “How Pinterest Is Courting Gen Z With ‘Safer’ Social Media”, in The New York Times[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 October 2025:
- More than half of Pinterest’s user base now hails from Gen Z, who browse and buy products directly from the site’s pinboards.
- 2025 November 26, Queenie Wong, “Snapchat is nearing 1 billion monthly users. Why can’t it turn a profit?”, in Los Angeles Times[4], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2025:
- In India, Snapchat monthly users have surpassed 250 million, making up more than a quarter of its user base, according to numbers Snap released in July.