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subscriber

subscriber

105 2.9
A person who pays regularly to receive a magazine or online service
  • noun
  • /səbˈskraɪbər/
translation icon : suscriptor
  • I'm up to 500 subscribers on YouTube.
  • paying subscribers
  • a listserv subscriber
  • subscribers only

So thank you for being a subscriber here to the channel.

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Examples

  • But we've got 500,000 subscribers, which is very exciting.

  • The cell phone industry, nonexistent before 2001, had nearly eight million subscribers by the end of 2008.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So thank you for being a subscriber here to the channel.

  • If you are already a subscriber, I love you.

  • Not just a number, not just subscribers, but a family.

  • Like, oh, I got a million subscribers and then then what?

  • When the project is ready to start again, all current subscribers will be notified.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Some topics attract very dedicated subscribers, others not so much.

  • As a long-time subscriber to this magazine, I look forward to each new issue.

  • She decided to become a subscriber to the streaming service to watch her favorite shows.

Synonyms

sub
vssubscriber
  • Slang
19 7.5

A person who signs up to a channel or service to get its content

is the neutral term used in formal contexts for the same paying member

Compounds

1 3.6

A fast internet connection that uses a telephone line

subscriber line
  • Specialized
1 4.0

A telephone wire that connects a home or building to the local phone exchange

How Committed

to sponsor
362 3.7
patron
61 3.5
subscriber
105 2.9
member
1.4
follower
  • Texting
138 1.8

Surface Forms

subscriber singular
subscribers plural

Morphology

subscriber = subscribe (transparent) = subscribe + er

A regular agentive formation: 'subscribe' (to sign up/pay) + '-er' = a person who subscribes; meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Subscriber comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and scribere 'to write', and it originally meant someone who 'wrote under' a paper to show agreement. So a subscriber is like someone who 'signs up'—often by paying—to receive a service, magazine, or regular updates.