How to say "listener" in Japanese

• リスナーCommon
  nounThe loanword for listeners of radio programs and streaming audio content; it can also mean the audience as a whole. A radio host addressing the program's audience is a typical setting.
• 聞き手ききてCommon
  nounThe hearer: the person on the receiving side of what is said, as in conversation or a talk, or an audience collectively. Choose it when the emphasis is on listening as opposed to speaking.
• 視聴者しちょうしゃCommon
  nounPrimarily a viewer — of television or streaming video — or the viewership as a whole; its 'listener' sense is only occasional, so for radio or audio listeners リスナー is the safer choice.
  テレビは視聴者しちょうしゃに娯楽ごらくばかりではなく、知識ちしきも与あたえる。↗

  Television enlightens the viewers as well as entertains them.

For radio and streaming-audio audiences use 「リスナー」; for the hearer on the receiving side of spoken words use 「聞き手」; 視聴者 means viewer above all, serving as 'listener' only occasionally for radio or audio streaming.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• リスナーlistener (of radio, streaming audio content, etc.)
• 聞き手ききてhearer
• 視聴者しちょうしゃviewer (esp. of television, streaming video content)
• 聴者ちょうしゃlistener
• 聴取者ちょうしゅしゃlistener (of radio, streaming audio content, etc.)
• 受け手うけて(referring to a person) receiver
• 聞き方ききかたlistener