The 100 largest Media Corporations 2023

The media companies in the ranking are defined as companies that responsibly produce and/or distribute written content in mass media and generate a significant proportion of their revenue from rights/licences and/or advertising and do not act purely as telecom or technology providers. Furthermore, companies are included that have a significant influence on the communicative environment of a broad audience through production and/or distribution.

Landannual revenue
1.Alphabet Inc. (Google, YouTube)US€ 284,280 billion
2.Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram)US€ 123,760 Mrd.
3.Comcast CorporationUS€ 112,430 billion
4.ByteDance Ltd. (TikTok)CN€ 101,730 billion
5.The Walt Disney CompanyUS€ 82,214 billion
6.Amazon.com, Inc.US€ 80,565 billion
7.Tencent Holdings Ltd.CN€ 79,500 billion
8.Apple Inc.US€ 78,794 billion
9.Charter Communications Inc.US€ 50,500 billion
10.Sony CorporationJP€ 48,000 billion
11.Microsoft CorporationUS€ 47,645 billion
12.Warner Bros. DiscoveryUS€ 38,214 billion
13.NetflixUS€ 31,190 billion
14.Paramount GlobalUS€ 27,420 billion
15.Altice France/Altice USA, Inc.FR€ 24,844 billion
16.News Corp./New FoxUS€ 22,930 billion
17.Liberty/Qurate Retail, Inc.US€ 21,674 billion
18.BertelsmannDE€ 20,169 billion
19.Baidu Inc.CN€ 17,570 billion
20.VivendiFR€ 16,500 billion
21.KuaishouCN€ 14,813 billion
22.NetEaseCN€ 13,512 billion
23.Spotify ABSE€ 13,247 billion
24.Bloomberg L.P.US€ 11,560 billion
25.S&P GlobalUS€ 11,560 billion
26.The Hearst CorporationUS€ 11,400 billion
27.Universal Music GroupNL€ 11,108 billion
28.Echostar (Dish Network)US€ 11,700 Mrd.
29.Nintendo Company Ltd.JP€ 10,538 billion
30.RELX GroupGB€ 10,530 billion
31.London Stock Exchange Group plcGB€ 9,635 billion
32.Access Industries (Warner Music, DAZN, Deezer)US€ 9,028 billion
33.beIN Media GroupQA€ 8,300 billion
34.ARDDE€ 7,250 billion
35.Electronic Arts Inc.US€ 6,868 billion
36.NaverKR€ 6,751 Mrd.
37.BBCGB€ 6,582 billion
38.Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.JP€ 6,514 billion
39.Yahoo! (ehem. Verizon Media)US€ 6,473 Mrd.
40.Rogers Communications, Inc.CA€ 6,400 billion
41.Thomson Reuters CorporationUS€ 6,283 billion
42.Wolters Kluwer nvNL€ 5,584 billion
43.Take-Two Interactive, Inc.US€ 4,978 billion
44.Nexstar Media Group (incl. Tribune Media)US€ 4,562 billion
45.TelevisaUnivisionMX€ 4,558 Mrd.
46.Yomiuri Shimbun / Nippon TelevisionJP€ 4,472 Mrd.
47.Banijay GroupFR€ 4,381 billion
48.SnapUS€ 4,260 billion
49.Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)JP€ 4,237 billion
50.Pearson plcGB€ 4,224 billion
51.ITV plcGB€ 4,165 Mrd.
52.Alibaba Group Holding LimitedCN€ 4,110 billion
53.Asahi Shimbun Group/TV AsahiJP€ 4,073 billion
54.IAC Inc.US€ 4,037 billion
55.Axel Springer SEDE€ 4,000 billion
56.ProSiebenSat.1 SEDE€ 3,852 billion
57.Quebecor Inc.CA€ 3,723 billion
58.Fininvest (MFE, Mondadori)IT€ 3,715 Mrd.
59.InformaGB€ 3,668 billion
60.DirecTVUS€ 3,616 Mrd.
61.Georg von HoltzbrinckDE€ 3,600 billion
62.Lionsgate Entertainment CorporationUS€ 3,564 Mrd.
63.Fuji Media Holdings, Inc./Sankei ShimbunJP€ 3,524 billion
64.iHeart MediaUS€ 3,469 billion
65.Nielsen Holdings plcUS€ 3,350 billion
66.Embracer GroupCN€ 3,280 billion
67.X (vorher: Twitter)US€ 3,144 billion
68.Gray TVUS€ 3,031 Mrd.
69.France Télévisions S.A.FR€ 3,001 Mrd.
70.MultichoiceZA€ 2,964 billion
71.BilibiliCN€ 2,937 billion
72.Hubert Burda MediaDE€ 2,921 Mrd.
73.SinclairUS€ 2,898 billion
74.Kakao Corp.KR€ 2,833 Mrd.
75.Pinterest, Inc.US€ 2,825 billion
76.Grupo GloboBR€ 2,800 Mrd.
77.Nexon (Südkorea)JP€ 2,785 billion
78.TEGNA Inc.US€ 2,692 billion
79.RobloxUS€ 2,589 billion
80.ZDFDE€ 2,564 Mrd.
81.RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana Holding S.p.A.IT€ 2,513 Mrd.
82.AMC NetworksUS€ 2,508 billion
83.GannettUS€ 2,464 billion
84.TBS Holdings, Inc.JP€ 2,422 billion
85.Nikkei, Inc.JP€ 2,411 billion
86.Egmont GroupDN€ 2,377 billion
87.Playtika Holding Corp.IL€ 2,374 billion
88.37 Interactive EntertainmentCN€ 2,318 billion
89.TF1 S.A.FR€ 2,294 Mrd.
90.Square EnixJP€ 2,259 billion
91.New York Times CompanyUS€ 2,244 billion
92.Advance PublicationsUS€ 2,220 billion
93.Sega Sammy HoldingsJP€ 2,219 billion
94.Bauer Media GroupDE€ 2,200 billion
95.Bell MediaCA€ 2,136 billion
96.MediacomUS€ 2,127 billion
97.E.W. Scripps CompanyUS€ 2,121 billion
98.Konami GamesJP€ 2,068 billion
99.Bonnier ABSE€ 1,991 Mrd.
100.McGraw-Hill EducationUS€ 1,942 billion