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United States

United States Media Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Active military personnel 1.43 million 2012 1st out of 3
Average cost of local call 0.09 1998 3rd out of 6
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 3,803 1996 2nd out of 72
Broadcast media 4 2008
Cable TV subscribers 252 2005 6th out of 18
Cinema > Number of cinemas 6,356 2006 1st out of 61
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 819 2011 3rd out of 82
Cinema attendance 1.42 billion 2003 2nd out of 78
Cinema attendance per capita 4.9 2003 2nd out of 77
Cinemas > Annual attendance 1.47 billion 1999 1st out of 52
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita 5.25 1999 2nd out of 51
Cinemas > Per capita 0.116 per 1,000 people 1997 5th out of 59
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 193.19 2004 18th out of 77
Films produced 611 2003 2nd out of 50
Films produced per million 2.11 2003 18th out of 48
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,227.11 per 1,000 people 2004 36th out of 176
Households with television 97.84% 2002 14th out of 142
How I Met Your Mother > International broadcasters > Series Premiere September 19 2005 2005
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $991.69 billion 2009 1st out of 69
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 82.06 billion min. 2004 1st out of 73
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 167.13 2005 15th out of 114
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 88.52 million 2012 2nd out of 188
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 281.99 2012 22nd out of 188
Internet > Hosts 316 million 2008 1st out of 226
Internet > Hosts per 1000 1,039.15 2008 2nd out of 198
Internet > IP addresses per capita 4,911.96 2014 2nd out of 233
Internet > ISP 7,000 2002 1st out of 27
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 970,953.5 Mbps 2004 1st out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 3,306.44 Mbps per 1 million peop 2004 19th out of 129
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 3,316.04 Mbps 2004 19th out of 127
Internet > Internet Service Providers 7,000 2003 1st out of 229
Internet > Internet penetration 81% 2013 29th out of 209
Internet > Internet users 254.3 million 2013 2nd out of 209
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 81.03 2012 26th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 803.03 2013 28th out of 205
Internet > Percent using internet 81.03% 2012 24th out of 200
Internet > Users 208 million 2006 2nd out of 155
Internet > Users > Per capita 695.68 per 1,000 people 2006 9th out of 154
Internet > Users per 1000 697.1 2006 8th out of 152
Internet users 245 million 2009 2nd out of 206
Internet users > Per 100 people 75.77 2008 11th out of 186
MTV Video Music Awards Latin America > Awards 1 2006 7th out of 7
Mobile phone subscribers 201.65 million 2005 2nd out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 680.31 per 1,000 people 2005 49th out of 168
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 682.36 2005 50th out of 167
Mobile phones 48.81 per 100 people 2002 29th out of 43
News Agencies > List of news agencies

Associated Press

Bloomberg Business News

UPI

2012
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 1,486 2004 2nd out of 163
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 57.35 million 2004 4th out of 83
Newspapers > List of newspapers

USA Today - national daily

Wall Street Journal - business daily

Christian Science Monitor - church-owned daily


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2012
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 198.23 per 1,000 people 2000 16th out of 57
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 198.27 2000 16th out of 57
Personal computers 223.81 million 2004 1st out of 155
Personal computers > Per capita 762.15 per 1,000 people 2004 4th out of 155
Personal computers per 1000 764.36 2004 3rd out of 153
Radio > List of radio stations

NPR (National Public Radio) - non-commercial network of member stations; news, information and cultural programmes

Clear Channel - America's largest commercial radio operator, owns more than 1,200 stations

CBS Radio - major commercial operator with nearly 180 stations in major markets


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2012
Radio broadcast stations AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 2006
Radio receivers 575 million 1997 1st out of 187
Radio receivers > Per capita 2.11 per capita 1997 1st out of 181
Radio receivers per 1000 2,108.88 1997 1st out of 179
Radios 575 million 2003 1st out of 221
Radios per 1000 1,982.02 2003 1st out of 196
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 139 million 2012 2nd out of 211
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 44.41 2012 23th out of 202
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 327.58 million 2014 3rd out of 66
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 303.05 million 2012 3rd out of 199
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 310 million 2012 3rd out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 98.17 2012 111th out of 200
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 987.53 2012 110th out of 200
Telecoms > Telephone lines 139 million 2012 2nd out of 203
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 442.8 2012 25th out of 203
Telephone mainlines per 1000 607.73 2004 8th out of 173
Telephone system > General assessment a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system 2013
Telephone system > International country code - 1; multiple ocean cable systems provide international connectivity; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) 2011
Telephones > Main lines in use 146 million 2011 2nd out of 189
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 541.94 per 1,000 people 2007 9th out of 124
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 459.63 2009 20th out of 193
Telephones > Mobile cellular 290.3 million 2011 3rd out of 192
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 846.78 per 1,000 people 2007 59th out of 162
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 932.29 2009 78th out of 187
Television > List of TV stations

ABC - major commercial network

CBS - major commercial network

NBC - major commercial network


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2012
Television broadcast stations 2,218 2006 1st out of 38
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 7.42 per 1 million people 2006 17th out of 36
Television receivers 219 million 1997 2nd out of 184
Television receivers > Per capita 803.21 per 1,000 people 1997 1st out of 178
Television receivers per 1000 803.21 1997 1st out of 176
Television viewing 28 hours per person per wee 2002 1st out of 13
Television viewing per million 0.0973 hours per person per wee 2002 13th out of 13
Televisions 219 million 2003 2nd out of 214
Televisions per 1000 754.89 2003 3rd out of 191

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel (The list); Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; OECD Communications Outlook 2005; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.; Internet Movie Database 2003; Internet Movie Database 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: How I Met Your Mother; World Information Technology and Services Alliance, Digital Planet: The Global Information Economy, and Global Insight, Inc.; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://www.iana.org/numbers; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users ("Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012" , International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; Wikipedia: MTV Video Music Awards Latin America; International Telecommunication Union; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; CIA World Factbook, December 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996); Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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In response to Frank and Iwekei

<p>There are 219,000,000 <a href=/graph/med_tel>televisions</a> in the United States. This is equivalent to 754 <a href=/graph/med_tel_cap>televisions per 1000 people</a></p>

<p>As three-quarters of Americans do not <a href=/graph/peo_one_per_hou>live alone</a>, it is reasonable to assume that many people will share a television with other household members (particularly small children).</p>

<p>According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2001 98% of households had at least one television set. Many homes have more than one television with an average of 2.4 sets per household. As an average household has 2.57 members, this equates to approximately 280,000,000 television viewers (assuming everyone living in a house with a television watches it occasionally).</p>

Posted on 12 May 2005

Edria Murray, Staff Editor

Edria Murray, Staff Editor

  • United States media is also called the Fourth Estate. It is a term indicating the press maintains equal status with the other branches of the government. Local television is the major option of American adults for news. There is an audience increase in TV for the first time in five years. However, there are fewer networks producing original news compared to 2012. This is mainly the result of television procurement that left a handful of corporations in control of more stations. ¼ of 952 American television stations that air newscasts do not produce their own news programs. Instead, these facilities have forged sharing arrangements where content is produced outside their own newsrooms. Effects on consumers vary according to market. Some news organizations have reduced the number of staff or content production for cost efficiency.

    In the field of digital news, there has been extensive overlapping between public relations and news as shown during the 2013 State of the News Media report. Website content is now subsidized by commercial advertisers. It is still written by journalists (who are staff members) and placed on the news page of publishers. At times, this makes it impossible to differentiate from a regular news item. Major dailies like New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal have started or declared their intentions to assign personnel staff to this new technique in advertising. It will be part of the so-called “custom content division.” The latest projection by electronic marketers in this industry is that native ads spending will reach $2.85 billion by the end of this year.

    Social and mobile developments have also contributed to developments in the US media system. According to industry research, 50 percent of social network users share or repost news stories, images or videos while nearly as many as 46 percent talk about news issues or events on social networking sites like FB and Twitter.

    jaacosta47 20 May 2014

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