''Spectator'' or ''The Spectator'' may refer to: *

Spectator sport A spectator sport is a sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its competitions. Spectator sports may be professional sports or amateur sports. They often are distinguished from participant sports, which are mor ...

, a sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its matches *

Audience An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called "readers"), theatre, music (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), or ...

Publications

Canada

* '' The Hamilton Spectator'', a Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, newspaper published since 1846

Colombia

* ''

El Espectador ''El Espectador'' () is a nationally circulated Colombian newspaper founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez in 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá. It was initially published twice a week, 500 issues each, but some years later became ...

'', a daily newspaper

India

* ''The Spectator'' (Indian newspaper), an Indian newspaper

United Kingdom

* ''

The Spectator ''The Spectator'' is a weekly British political and cultural news magazine. It was first published in July 1828, making it the oldest surviving magazine in the world. ''The Spectator'' is politically conservative, and its principal subject a ...

'', a British weekly current affairs magazine * ''The Spectator'' (1711), a British publication between 1711 and 1712

United States

* '' The American Spectator'', a conservative political magazine * ''American Spectator'' (literary magazine), a literary magazine published from 1932 to 1937 * '' New-York Spectator'', a New York City newspaper published as ''The Spectator'' from 1797 to 1804, ''New-York Spectator'' from 1804 to 1867, and ''New York Spectator and Weekly Commercial Advertiser'' from 1867 to 1876. * '' Spectator Magazine,'' a BDSM/sex newspaper in San Francisco, California, published from 1978 until 2005 * '' The Washington Spectator'', a liberal magazine, begun in 1971. A newspaper called the ''Spectator'' was published in Washington before the Civil War. ;Student publications * ''

Columbia Daily Spectator The ''Columbia Daily Spectator'' (known colloquially as ''Spec'') is the student newspaper of Columbia University. Founded in 1877, it is the second-oldest continuously operating college news daily in the nation after '' The Harvard Crimson'', a ...

'', the student newspaper of Columbia University * ''The Spectator'' (Stuyvesant High School), the student newspaper of Stuyvesant High School * ''The Spectator'', the student newspaper of

Hamilton College Hamilton College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York, Clinton, New York. It was established as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and received its c ...

* ''The Spectator'', the student newspaper of

Valdosta State University Valdosta State University (VSU or Valdosta State) is a public university in Valdosta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1906, it launched in 1913 as an all-girls college. VSU is one of the four comprehensive universities in the University System ...

* ''The Spectator'', the student newspaper of University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire

Film and TV

* ''The Spectator'' (film), a 2004 Italian film starring Barbora Bobulova

Other uses

* ''Spectators'' (album), an album of the German synthpop duo Wolfsheim * ''Spectators'', an album by Amelia Curran (musician) * Spectatoring * Spectator shoe, a shoe style constructed from two contrasting colors