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THE THE UNITED STATES EDITION 2026

the United States’s
media & entertainment industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping media & entertainment in the United States. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

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Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Media & Entertainment illustration
Companies tracked 40,406Media & Entertainment ecosystem in the United States Disclosed funding $168.03B3,231 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 1,237With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 3,38431 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore the United States’s media & entertainment leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Media & Entertainment company highlights in the United States, snapshot 5 August 2026
Company
Spectrumspectrum.com$10.03B—101,100—
Xx.com$9.24B———
Mediacom Communicationsmediacomcable.com$6.46B—2,393—
Charter Communicationscharter.com$6.16B—101,100$889MFYFY2025 filing
Fanaticsfanaticsinc.com$4.93B—18,000—
Legendary Entertainmentlegendary.com$4.47B—139—
QVCqvc.com$3.88B—20,800—
iHeartMediaiheartmedia.com$3.61B—11,000$6.17BFYFY2017 filing
Light & Wonderlnw.com—13 roles6,500$3.31BFYFY2025 filing
Crunchyrollcrunchyroll.com—12 roles151—
Internet Brandsinternetbrands.com—12 roles3,782—
NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUPnexstardigital.com—12 roles288—
Sinclair Broadcast Groupsbgi.net—12 roles7,900$3.93BFYFY2022 filing
Taboolataboola.com—12 roles281—
Warner Broswarnerbros.com—12 roles850—
Ziff Davisziffdavis.com—12 roles1,430—
Amazon Primeamazon.com——50—
Comcastcomcast.com——186,000Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Discovery Communicationsdiscovery.com——35,300$37.3BFYFY2025 filing
Disneydisneynow.com————
Metameta.com——67,317Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Motionapple.com——161,000—
Netflixnetflix.com——13,095$45.18BFYFY2025 filing
News Corpnewscorp.com——25,000—
24 featured companies

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Media & Entertainment industry KPIs in the United States

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

5 August 2026
Hiring participation3.1%

1,237 of 40,406 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation9.1%

3,663 of 40,406 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share15.3%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$2M

Midpoint of 3,672 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 15.3% of disclosed capital, while 90.9% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How the United States media & entertainment has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

the United States media & entertainment
$0$5.23B$10.47B$15.7B$20.94B2016: $7.27B20162017: $16.53B20172018: $18.37B20182019: $18.26B20192020: $11B20202021: $15.35B20212022: $11.14B20222023: $4.24B20232024: $3.54B20242025: $9.98B2025
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Annual media & entertainment funding and company formation in the United States
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$7.27B1562336
2017$16.53B1513328
2018$18.37B1548320
2019$18.26B1661316
2020$11B1969305
2021$15.35B1648407
2022$11.14B1444371
2023$4.24B1199300
2024$3.54B757232
2025$9.98B318176
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Spectrum6.0%
  • X5.5%
  • Mediacom Communications3.8%
  • Other companies84.7%

Funding by stage

4,378 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel2080 47.5%
Series A–B1128 25.8%
Series C+ / PE387 8.8%
Grants, debt & other783 17.9%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
8 rounds

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Series F05/2026
Kalshi $1B

Backed by Coatue and Sequoia Capital and others.

Series F05/2026
Kalshi $200M

Backed by Baillie Gifford.

Series A05/2026
Nectar Social $30M

Backed by Menlo Ventures and True Ventures and others.

Seed05/2026
Nura Studios —

Backed by IGlobe Partners and Fellows Fund and others.

Series A05/2026
Status —

Backed by Abstract and General Catalyst and others.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Seed08/2018
Quibiquibi.com$1B

Backed by Alibaba Group and 21st Century Fox and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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USD · millions · consolidated

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2025 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 35 reporting entities from 88 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts$434,919.3m

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not the United States market sales.

Net profit / loss$91,309.5m

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin+21.0%

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue$1,134.4m

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities+51.4%

18 of 35 covered entities.

Top-five concentration+90.6%

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 35 reporting entities

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THE UNITED STATES · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does media & entertainment compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the the United States companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

1,805 of the 40,409 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (4.5%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 485,191 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Redditreddit.com5,404,451,44910062.5%
TikToktiktok.com2,464,743,69010059.7%
Yahooyahoo.com2,178,474,43710050%
The Weather Channelweather.com1,524,567,5389995.6%
MSNmsn.com1,450,709,743977.1%
Netflixnetflix.com1,345,273,61610019.3%
Pinterestpinterest.com1,219,010,92010037.9%
FANDOMfandom.com1,190,383,0119971.3%
Twitchtwitch.tv1,165,038,3029711.1%
Discorddiscord.com985,012,0399523.9%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

3,297 of these companies (8.2%) publish at least one Android app — 6,847 apps in all, carrying 36.7B installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVETikTok4.5B4Social
SnapchatSnapchat4.1B4.2Communication
NetflixNetflix3.5B3.9Entertainment
BriefingFlipboard2.1B3.2News & Magazines
PinterestPinterest1.5B4.3Lifestyle
Picsart AI Photo Editor, VideoPicsArt1.4B4Photography
Prime VideoPrime Video891.4M4.4Entertainment
Flipboard:Your Social MagazineFlipboard886.2M3.4News & Magazines
Camera KitSnapchat860.3M3.7Tools
StarMaker: Sing Karaoke SongsStarMaker618.9M4.4Music & Audio

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2024Q1–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Online Photos41610BSnapchat 4.1B
Social Platforms7888.8BTikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE 4.5B
Ott Video9018.6BNetflix 3.5B
Communication Apps215BCamera Kit 860.3M
Internet First Media9654.3BBriefing 2.1B
Music Tech6842.8BStarMaker: Sing Karaoke Songs 618.9M
Video Creation Tools141.5BPicsart AI Photo Editor, Video 1.4B
Tv Networks1011.2BDisney+ 567M

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q2: 1682023Q2: 1062023Q22023Q3: 1592023Q3: 1312023Q32023Q4: 1432023Q4: 962023Q42024Q1: 1762024Q1: 1502024Q12024Q2: 1542024Q2: 1042024Q22024Q3: 1402024Q3: 2402024Q32024Q4: 1602024Q4: 1782024Q42025Q1: 1672025Q1: 1862025Q12025Q2: 1282025Q2: 2462025Q22025Q3: 1662025Q3: 7542025Q32025Q4: 1602025Q4: 8802025Q42026Q1: 1892026Q1: 9012026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 6,620 of 6,847 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The the United States media & entertainment market map

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Consumer digital19,049
Enterprise tech5,801
B2c e-commerce4,474
Internet first news publishers2,617
Enterprise software2,086
Marketplaces2,005
Saas1,427
Real money gaming1,387
Loneliness economy1,267
Sports tech1,116
Internet first sports media935
Media & entertainment saas723

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Consumer digital

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

19049companies
2.4%have hiring activity

455 companies hiring · $77.71B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Advertising21,457
Subscription16,003
Commission on transaction9,907
Sponsorship9,549
Fee-for-service7,587
E-commerce - service7,277
E-commerce - product4,026
Affiliate marketing2,745
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Funding roundsmeta.com ↗

Meta Platforms is working with Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase on a roughly $13 billion financing package for a data center in El Paso, Texas.

Mergers & acquisitionsengadget.com ↗

Static Media acquires Engadget from Yahoo Backed by Novacap Management, Static Media has acquired Engadget from Yahoo.

Mergers & acquisitionscrownandcaliber.com ↗

Tenet acquires Crown Tenet has acquired Crown, a developer of air freight trucking and transportation management software.

Mergers & acquisitionsziffdavis.com ↗

Ziff Davis, the digital media company behind CNET, Mashable and TheSkimm, has acquired three of the design world’s most influential titles, Dwell, Domino and Business of Home, from Recurrent Ventures, marking a significant expansion of the company’s portfolio into the lifestyle and home category.

Mergers & acquisitionswindstream.com ↗

D&E has agreed to be sold to Windstream, based in Little Rock, Ark., for $330 million in cash, stock and assumed debt.

Mergers & acquisitionsapple.com ↗

Apple bought the rights to Apple TV’s Severance.

Mergers & acquisitionsamazon.com ↗

The acquisition allows Amazon to enhance its portfolio of AI and customer experience solutions.

Mergers & acquisitionsviewlift.com ↗

DAZN has agreed to acquire ViewLift, in a move designed to accelerate its expansion in the US market and strengthen its proposition for sports rights holders.

Mergers & acquisitionshubtoken.org ↗

Global post-trade solutions provider OSTTRA has acquired SaaS AI-enabled solutions provider, HUB.

Funding roundsauddia.com ↗

Auddia Inc. (NASDAQ: AUUD) announced Tuesday that it has successfully completed a $12 million financing, positioning the company to accelerate the closing of its transformational merger with Thramann Holdings, LLC.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 13,968 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Leadership moves
2,658
Company announcements
2,169
Earnings
2,114
Mergers & acquisitions
1,553
Lawsuit
1,332
New products
897
Contracts
714
Regulatory
661
Job creation
471
Funding rounds
413
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Leadership moves

77 tracked people moves

Motion ↗
John Ternus

Appointment Chief Executive Officer

Motion ↗
Tim Cook

Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer

Dave Rodrian

Promotion Senior Vice President of Connectivity Products

Carl Leuschner

Retirement Previously Senior Vice President of Internet and Voice Products

Spectrum ↗
Carl Leuschner

Retirement Previously Senior Vice President, Internet and Voice Products

Spectrum ↗
Dave Rodrian

Promotion Senior Vice President, Connectivity Products

Netflix ↗
Reed Hastings

Departure Previously Chairman of the Netflix board

Motion ↗
Steve Jobs

Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Motion ↗
A20 / A20 Pro processors

System-on-Chip (SoC)

Auddia ↗
FlightFix MVP

Agentic AI platform

Auddia ↗
Voyex

Digital travel agency

Snap ↗
AI Sponsored Snaps

Advertising format

Pressero 360

Product

Polymarket ↗
Spot Order Book v2

Decentralized Prediction Market Platform

Polymarket ↗
Liquidity Reward Program

Feature

theCUBE AI Video Cloud

AI‑powered Video Analytics

Workforce actions

29 companies with reported reductions

Scale not stated rolescost reduction

Meta ↗

7,800 rolesefficiency drive

Motion ↗

78 rolesdeclining mall conditions

Quixote ↗

70 rolescost reduction

Disney ↗

Scale not stated rolescost reduction

Chegg ↗

388 rolesnew realities of AI

Regulatory events

85 recorded events

Motion ↗

demanded release of financial informationCompetition Commission of India

Motion ↗

found abuseCompetition Commission of India

approvedFederal Communications Commission and Justice Department

Polymarket ↗

fined for operating without a valid licenseCommodity Futures Trading Commission

Litigation

35 tracked suits

Company
Paramount+ subscribers v paramount, warner bros. discovery

merger blockingCivil · Filed

Company
three current subscribers to Paramount Global’s Paramount+ s v paramount global, skydance media, warner bros. discovery

antitrust challenge to proposed mergerAntitrust · Filed

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

166companies
2,200period observations
9.0%median reported growth

Median across 1,814 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Elon Musk→Twitter ↗Announced2026-07-26$44.0B
Skydance→paramount globalAnnounced2026-07-07Not stated in snapshot
Skydance→national amusementsAnnounced2026-07-03$1.8B
Paramount→Warner Bros DiscoveryAnnounced2026-07-01$110.0B
News Corp→BSkyBPending2026-06-14$11.6B
Comcast→NBC Universal2026-06-03$30.0M

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

78,776 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 122,150-posting snapshot covers 1,845 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Delivery Driver1,981
Work From Home1,855
Software Development Engineer1,266
Warehouse1,203
Customer Service Representative1,094
Forklift Operator965
17 internship postings

3,034 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

32,789 postings specify a level.

unspecified
89,361
manager
17,610
senior
8,962
lead
2,966
intern
1,684
entry
1,567

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 122,150 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Excel
1,366
Registers
1,229
Ipad
1,198
Python
979
Sql
841
Salesforce
681
Aws
571
Microsoft Office
493
Powerpoint
493
Word
466
ADVERTISED PAY$80.0K/ year

Median across 7,749 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

Salary by seniority

manager$115.6K/ year1,465 postings
senior$130.0K/ year661 postings
lead$151.1K/ year278 postings
intern$41.6K/ year96 postings
entry$33.2K/ year171 postings

Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

9,440 founders and chief executives across 7,370 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

1,257 profiles with education records.

Stanford University
223
Harvard University
155
University of Pennsylvania
82
Columbia University
80
Harvard Business School
78
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77
University of California (Berkeley)
77
Cornell University
71

Prior employers

407 profiles with prior-work records.

Google
105
Microsoft
74
Facebook
52
Amazon
44
Apple
35
Goldman Sachs
29
McKinsey
20
Cisco
20

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

3,540,597 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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3,540,597articles in the measured year
699,035articles in 2026Q1
36.8%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Media & Entertainment coverage across United States · articles per complete quarter

0492,628985,2561,477,8841,970,5122021Q2: 702,1492021Q22021Q3: 759,5882021Q4: 719,2572022Q1: 776,5192022Q2: 785,5092022Q22022Q3: 794,7142022Q4: 863,1302023Q1: 915,1522023Q2: 917,0402023Q22023Q3: 835,6742023Q4: 806,6732024Q1: 888,0152024Q2: 847,2102024Q22024Q3: 877,8742024Q4: 922,7112025Q1: 1,241,3822025Q2: 874,5792025Q22025Q3: 1,713,4892025Q4: 585,1342026Q1: 699,0352026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q2702,149
2021Q3759,588
2021Q4719,257
2022Q1776,519
2022Q2785,509
2022Q3794,714
2022Q4863,130
2023Q1915,152
2023Q2917,040
2023Q3835,674
2023Q4806,673
2024Q1888,015
2024Q2847,210
2024Q3877,874
2024Q4922,711
2025Q11,241,382
2025Q2874,579
2025Q31,713,489
2025Q4585,134
2026Q1699,035

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
883,850 positive · 1,027,130 neutral · 631,129 negative
2022
1,111,061 positive · 1,291,385 neutral · 812,933 negative
2023
1,269,089 positive · 1,326,306 neutral · 874,215 negative
2024
1,515,842 positive · 1,040,087 neutral · 974,287 negative
2025
1,620,414 positive · 1,449,305 neutral · 1,338,302 negative

Leading coverage topics

Media & Entertainment coverage across United States · ranked by full-period article count.

Administrative And Political Subdivisions4,359,357 articles in the full recorded period
950,455 recent · 829,713 prior
Geopolitical Disputes And Contested Areas320,899 articles in the full recorded period
109,066 recent · 85,082 prior
International And Transnational Geographic Entities320,731 articles in the full recorded period
109,010 recent · 85,018 prior
International Political Relations217,657 articles in the full recorded period
62,723 recent · 51,671 prior
Security And Defense Policies158,276 articles in the full recorded period
51,838 recent · 35,026 prior
Celebrity Fashion And Style Updates106,866 articles in the full recorded period
21,237 recent · 22,083 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy96,818 articles in the full recorded period
25,185 recent · 23,789 prior
Professional League Updates90,547 articles in the full recorded period
20,682 recent · 23,183 prior
Political Satire And Commentary89,269 articles in the full recorded period
24,937 recent · 28,345 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements84,290 articles in the full recorded period
29,600 recent · 36,112 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Media & Entertainment coverage across United States

KeywordRecentPriorChange
national security strategy7,6983,518119%
foreign policy analysis7,4605,30841%
stablecoin fx impact4,3231,818138%
countries4,0151,980103%
netflix3,9742,82741%
conceptual rock albums3,8373461009%
vaccine decision-making3,4671,90082%
investment deal3,3771,81386%
anti-vaccination sentiment3,3751,79888%
vaccine misinformation impact3,2931,75887%
tariff negotiations15,02222,548-33%
college playoffs5,21413,613-62%
historic nba games84112,151-93%
nba team legends2,24112,148-82%
ncaa updates4,90111,464-57%

Event and signal lenses

Media & Entertainment coverage across United States

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

2,604,815 classified articles

territories, disputed islands, tariff negotiations

37.9% critical · 26.3% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

496,947 classified articles

inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies, investment deal

36.2% critical · 42.9% positive
Rising

Growth

587,035 classified articles

nba expansion teams, nba team legends, historic nba games

35.2% critical · 44.2% positive

Media & Entertainment coverage across United States. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

DEMAND, SUPPLY & PLACE

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — the United States

Compare demand signals in the United States’s newsflow with the media & entertainment categories mapped to each signal.

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HOW TO READ THE GAP

Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.

The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.

COMPARISON PERIOD2025-07-01 to 2026-07-01Against 2024-07-01 to 2025-07-01Explore the signals ↓

The opportunity, in one view

Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.

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7 the United States demand signals compared with mapped media & entertainment supply
Signal familySignal percentileSupply percentileRelative gapGap (points)Signal share vs prior year
Streaming & OTT ↗Adoption Shift75.010.0+65.0+44.8%
Box office & theatrical ↗Demand Driver75.010.0+65.0+56.6%
Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure91.770.0+21.7+57.7%
Social platforms ↗Adoption Shift16.740.0-23.3+29.4%
Gaming & esports ↗Demand Driver8.370.0-61.7-0.5%
Creator economy ↗Demand Driver33.3100.0-66.7+17.7%
Data & privacy regulation ↗Compliance Pressure50.0—No matching category—+55.4%

Showing all 7 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.

Where the signals are loudest

All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. the United States is highlighted.

Mentions per 10,000 articles

Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.

Mississippi136.1

Streaming & OTT · Box office & theatrical · Creator economy

Nevada111.2

Streaming & OTT · Creator economy · Layoffs & income shocks

Missouri100.2

Streaming & OTT · Box office & theatrical · Layoffs & income shocks

Arkansas98.2

Layoffs & income shocks · Streaming & OTT · Box office & theatrical

Utah85.8

Streaming & OTT · Creator economy · Box office & theatrical

Kansas83.9

Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks · Box office & theatrical

Louisiana82.9

Streaming & OTT · Creator economy · Layoffs & income shocks

North Carolina82.7

Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks · Box office & theatrical

Tennessee79.2

Layoffs & income shocks · Creator economy · Streaming & OTT

Indiana71.2

Streaming & OTT · Layoffs & income shocks · Box office & theatrical

Nebraska69.1

Streaming & OTT · Box office & theatrical · Layoffs & income shocks

Iowa65.6

Layoffs & income shocks · Streaming & OTT · Creator economy

Inside the leading signals

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ADOPTION SHIFTStreaming & OTT+65.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Streaming adoption can pull content, platform and monetisation demand with it.

25.99mentions per 10,000 articles+44.8%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Media & Entertainment Saas723

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United States coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0102031412024Q3: 182024Q32024Q4: 182024Q42025Q1: 152025Q12025Q2: 202025Q22025Q3: 182025Q32025Q4: 352025Q42026Q1: 282026Q12026Q2: 302026Q2
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Streaming & OTT in the United States coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3319518.75
2024Q4328318.51
2025Q1383415.32
2025Q2328620.62
2025Q3517318.98
2025Q4427535.42
2026Q1415628.79
2026Q2236730.75

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Mississippi59.1 / 10,000
Utah41.9 / 10,000
Nevada36.8 / 10,000
DEMAND DRIVERBox office & theatrical+65.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Theatrical swings can move where content money goes next.

8.67mentions per 10,000 articles+56.6%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Media & Entertainment Saas723

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United States coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

04913172024Q3: 52024Q32024Q4: 62024Q42025Q1: 42025Q12025Q2: 62025Q22025Q3: 62025Q32025Q4: 102025Q42026Q1: 82026Q12026Q2: 142026Q2
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Box office & theatrical in the United States coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q310025.88
2024Q410826.1
2025Q111054.42
2025Q210076.32
2025Q316536.07
2025Q4132110.95
2026Q112138.4
2026Q2114314.85

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Mississippi53.4 / 10,000
Missouri29.8 / 10,000
Nebraska15.6 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSURELayoffs & income shocks+21.7percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.

24.69mentions per 10,000 articles+57.7%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Real Money Gaming1,387

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United States coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

091827362024Q3: 152024Q32024Q4: 142024Q42025Q1: 132025Q12025Q2: 192025Q22025Q3: 242025Q32025Q4: 312025Q42026Q1: 192026Q12026Q2: 242026Q2
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Layoffs & income shocks in the United States coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3269215.79
2024Q4265714.98
2025Q1345713.81
2025Q2305519.17
2025Q3668724.54
2025Q4376131.16
2026Q1284319.69
2026Q2188524.49

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Tennessee44.9 / 10,000
Arkansas41.1 / 10,000
Iowa26.8 / 10,000
ADOPTION SHIFTSocial platforms-23.3percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Platform shifts can reshuffle distribution — and the tools built on top of it.

1.2mentions per 10,000 articles+29.4%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Loneliness Economy1,267

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United States coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

001122024Q3: 02024Q32024Q4: 02024Q42025Q1: 12025Q12025Q2: 12025Q22025Q3: 12025Q32025Q4: 12025Q42026Q1: 12026Q12026Q2: 02026Q2
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Social platforms in the United States coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q31260.74
2024Q4920.52
2025Q12751.1
2025Q22091.31
2025Q33481.28
2025Q41501.24
2026Q11701.18
2026Q2690.9

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

North Carolina5.5 / 10,000
Tennessee1.7 / 10,000
DEMAND DRIVERGaming & esports-61.7percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Gaming engagement can pull platform, publishing and esports demand.

2.64mentions per 10,000 articles-0.5%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Real Money Gaming1,387

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United States coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

012342024Q3: 12024Q32024Q4: 22024Q42025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 32025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 22025Q42026Q1: 32026Q12026Q2: 22026Q2
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Gaming & esports in the United States coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q33071.8
2024Q44182.36
2025Q17903.16
2025Q24963.11
2025Q36622.43
2025Q43062.54
2026Q14463.09
2026Q22102.73

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

North Carolina5.9 / 10,000
Nevada5.3 / 10,000
Arkansas4.9 / 10,000
DEMAND DRIVERCreator economy-66.7percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Creator activity can pull tooling, monetisation and brand-deal demand around it.

8.2mentions per 10,000 articles+17.7%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

  • Internet First News Publishers2,617
  • Internet First Sports Media935

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United States coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

04811152024Q3: 62024Q32024Q4: 82024Q42025Q1: 52025Q12025Q2: 82025Q22025Q3: 62025Q32025Q4: 132025Q42026Q1: 62026Q12026Q2: 82026Q2
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Creator economy in the United States coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q310586.21
2024Q414528.19
2025Q114605.83
2025Q213118.23
2025Q318486.78
2025Q4159513.22
2026Q19816.8
2026Q26188.03

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Nevada34.0 / 10,000
Louisiana21.2 / 10,000
Utah21.1 / 10,000
COMPLIANCE PRESSUREData & privacy regulation—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Privacy rules can land as engineering requirements — consent, data handling and audit tooling follow.

2.89mentions per 10,000 articles+55.4%share change vs prior year

Mapped media & entertainment categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s media & entertainment market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of the United States coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

012342024Q3: 12024Q32024Q4: 12024Q42025Q1: 22025Q12025Q2: 12025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 32025Q42026Q1: 32026Q12026Q2: 22026Q2
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Data & privacy regulation in the United States coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q32691.58
2024Q42141.21
2025Q16192.47
2025Q23071.93
2025Q36142.25
2025Q44163.45
2026Q15273.65
2026Q22202.86

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Oregon6.2 / 10,000
Arizona4.5 / 10,000
Iowa4.1 / 10,000
RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

Related research and changing coverage

the United States media & entertainment coverage

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2018

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2019

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2018

Investigating the Influence of Social Media Consumption on Punitive Attitudes Among a Sample of U.S. University Students

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23 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2022

The Great and Powerful Dr. Oz? Alternative Health Media Consumption and Vaccine Views in the United States

Journal of Communication

22 citations in the snapshot

What is growing in this coverage

the United States coverage of this page's demand families

KeywordRecent articlesPrior articlesShare change
streaming-cable packages12021604.3%
catch-up tv services11824506.0%
indie film company10625422.6%
paramount+24867356.2%
emmy-winning drama18855321.3%
network television6426203.4%

Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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Media & Entertainment in the United States: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

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