Comcast Corporation has more Pay TV subscribers than any other provider, with 17.5 million pay TV subscribers as of December 2021. The number of subscribers has slipped significantly in recent years, with no provider having more than 20 million subscribers, and a total subscriber base of 70.4 million people.
Pay TV subscribers in the U.S. - additional information
The number of pay TV households is expected to keep falling, reaching 57.2 million by 2026. Despite the decline, North America, led by the U.S., is forecast to continue to be the largest pay TV market in world. The U.S. is also home of the two largest pay TV providers in the world – the Philadelphia-based Comcast and the Texas-based AT&T. These two providers are also leaders in the competitive pay TV market in the U.S. in number of subscribers. AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV in July of 2015 did not have a direct impact in the volume of subscriptions, as DirecTV has been able to maintain its number of subscribers fairly consistently.
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Informitv. (March 13, 2022). Pay TV providers ranked by the number of subscribers in the United States as of December 2021 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/251793/pay-tv-providers-with-the-largest-number-of-subscribers-in-the-us/
Informitv. "Pay TV providers ranked by the number of subscribers in the United States as of December 2021 (in millions)." Chart. March 13, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251793/pay-tv-providers-with-the-largest-number-of-subscribers-in-the-us/
Informitv. (2022). Pay TV providers ranked by the number of subscribers in the United States as of December 2021 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251793/pay-tv-providers-with-the-largest-number-of-subscribers-in-the-us/
Informitv. "Pay Tv Providers Ranked by The Number of Subscribers in The United States as of December 2021 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251793/pay-tv-providers-with-the-largest-number-of-subscribers-in-the-us/
Informitv, Pay TV providers ranked by the number of subscribers in the United States as of December 2021 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251793/pay-tv-providers-with-the-largest-number-of-subscribers-in-the-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Pay TV providers ranked by the number of subscribers in the United States as of December 2021 (in millions) [Graph], Informitv, March 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/251793/pay-tv-providers-with-the-largest-number-of-subscribers-in-the-us/