The phrase "audiences were compared" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing a study, analysis, or evaluation involving different groups of audiences.
Example: "In the research, audiences were compared based on their reactions to the new marketing campaign."
Alternatives: "audiences were contrasted" or "audiences were evaluated".
The social networking offerings of Yahoo and Google are also tiny when their American audiences are compared with that of the market leader: MySpace's audience is 10 times as big as Yahoo 360, and 200 times that of Orkut, Google's answer to Friendster.
So KYA gives publishers a KYA score — a number between 1 and 100 indicating how engaged their audience is compared to other sites.
While Jay Leno was in the midst of beating out Conan O'Brien for The Tonight Show, everything from their jokes to their audience loyalty was compared.
I do think there is a vast audience for entertaining, engaging human stories but that audience should not be compared to the audience that is going to the broad comedies.
"The Birth of Venus" is clearly intended to appeal to a popular audience and will be compared to various recent historical novels about passionate and courageous women who resist the confines of the benighted societies that enslave them.
This research is a good reminder that, as I tell my audiences, you're always being compared to another organization there are no orphans in decision making.
And, as on Tuesday, opening night, the audiences were sparse compared with those that usually rise to the bracing challenges of Mr. Dohnanyi's programming in New York.
The survey for the Motion Picture Association of America MPAAA), the US's ratings body and also the main representative body for Hollywood studios, suggests that 54% of cinema audiences were white, compared to 23% Latino, 12% Asian and 11% African American last year.
We need recognition that premium inventory opportunities can't be compared to scaled audience buying.
