Top 100 Cable Systems
Source: Multichannel News research, published March 17, 2008. For more information, click here.
Rank System Basic Subscribers
1 Cablevision Greater New York 3,123,000
2 Comcast Greater Chicago Region 2,200,000
3 Comcast San Francisco Bay 1,700,000
3 Time Warner Cable Los Angeles 1,700,000
5 Comcast New Jersey 1,400,000
5 Time Warner Cable of N.Y. and N.J. 1,400,000
7 Comcast Michigan Region 1,300,000
8 Bright House Tampa Bay 1,108,000*
9 Comcast Maryland/Delaware/Richmond 1,100,000
9 Comcast Philadelphia Metro 1,100,000
9 Comcast Potomac 1,100,000
9 Comcast Washington State 1,100,000
13 Comcast Mid-South Region 1,030,779
14 Cox Arizona 954,762
15 Time Warner, Northeast Ohio 947,000
16 Bright House Central Florida Division 938,000*
17 Comcast Atlanta 925,000
18 Comcast Three Rivers Region 850,000
19 Comcast Colorado 820,000
20 Comcast South Florida 753,813
21 Comcast Central Calif. 750,000
22 Comcast Central Pennsylvania 730,000
22 Comcast Houston Region 730,000
24 Time Warner Cable Eastern Carolina 727,000
25 Comcast Connecticut-West Region 705,000
26 Comcast Indianapolis Region 700,000
27 Comcast Northern New England Region 700,000
28 Time Warner Cable Southwest Ohio 643,000
29 Comcast Metro Boston Region 640,000
30 Time Warner Cable Central New York 622,000
31 Comcast-West Palm Region 620,000
32 Comcast Gulf Coast 600,000
32 Time Warner Cable Mid-Ohio 600,000
34 Comcast Oregon./SW Washington 595,000
35 Comcast Southeastern Massachusetts Region 580,000
36 Time Warner Cable Southeast Wisconsin 577,000
37 Comcast Delta Region 560,703
38 Charter Central States 560,200
39 Comcast Twin Cities Region 553,683
40 Cox San Diego 534,985
41 Charter South Carolina 530,900
42 Time Warner Cable Southwest Texas 518,000
43 Charter Wisconsin 514,700
44 Time Warner Cable North Texas 479,000
45 Mediacom Iowa 450,000
46 Cox Kansas & Arkansas 447,800
47 Cox New England 441,059
48 Time Warner Cable Central Texas 440,000
49 Cox Oklahoma 436,646
50 Cox Las Vegas 432,991
51 Time Warner Cable Charlotte 431,000
52 Time Warner Cable San Diego 423,000
53 Charter Tennessee 411,500
54 Oceanic Time Warner Cable Hawaii 411,000
55 Time Warner Cable South Carolina 405,000
56 Cox Hampton Roads 397,362
57 Time Warner Cable Albany 393,000
58 Charter Southern California 390,400
59 Time Warner Cable San Antonio 365,000
60 Time Warner Cable Greensboro 363,000
61 Charter New England 352,400
62 Time Warner Cable New England 346,000
63 Charter Minn./Neb. 334,800
64 Time Warner Cable Rochester 334,000
65 Charter Alabama 332,900
66 Comcast Southwest Area 305,000
66 Time Warner Cable Western New York 305,000
66 Insight Louisville 302,806
69 Time Warner Cable Kansas City 302,000
70 Cox Greater Louisiana 297,523
71 Charter North Central California/Nevada 292,300
72 Charter Georgia 288,800
73 Comcast Jacksonville 280,000
74 Cox Orange County/Palos Verdes 277,599
75 Comcast Utah 256,567
76 Charter Northwest 255,600
77 Cox Northern Virginia 240,082
78 Cox Omaha/Sun Valley, Idaho 222,487
79 WOW! Michigan 204,000**
80 Suddenlink Charleston/Beckley/Parkersburg/Logan, W.V 202,000
81 Charter East Michigan 201,200
82 Charter North Michigan 199,900
83 Charter West Michigan 196,000
84 Cox New Orleans 189,419
85 Blue Ridge Communications 170,000
86 Cox Gulf Coast 166,685
87 Charter Fort Worth 163,000
88 Charter Louisiana 157,200
89 Mediacom Georgia 130,000
90 Toledo Buckeye CableSystem 127,880
91 Mediacom Florida 127,000
92 Mediacom Illinois-Indiana 126,000
93 RCN Pennsylvania 120,100**
94 Bright House Bakersfield 119,000*
94 Bright House Indianapolis Division 119,000*
96 Mediacom Minnesota 115,000
97 Bright House Birmingham Division 112,000*
98 Cox Central Florida 105,135
99 Service Electric Cable TV 101,175
100 Insight Columbus 100,092
* Bright House only releases numbers for "customer relationships" rather than basic subscribers.
** RCN and WOW! do not release numbers for local systems. The numbers cited here are estimates, which the companies refused to comment on.
Source: Multichannel News research based on company data.
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