audience vs following

audience

noun
  • A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. 

  • The readership of a book or other written publication. 

  • A following. 

  • An audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it. 

  • A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program. 

  • A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary. 

following

noun
  • A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage. 

  • A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after. 

  • Vocation; business; profession. 

adj
  • About to be specified. 

  • Blowing in the direction of travel. 

  • Coming next, either in sequence or in time. 

prep
  • After, subsequent to. 

How often have the words audience and following occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )