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Top U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: Q2 2001
We rank U.S. Consumer ISPs by overall subscriber numbers, regardless of connectivity method. It's that time again to update our ranking. A Sisyphean task perhaps, as the second quarter of the year is a wrap.
Managing Editor ISP-Planet [August 17, 2001] |
 |
Nielson Net Ratings says the percentage of U.S. households online as of July 2001 grew 58 percent over last year. According to TRI, the number of U.S. households subscribing to online services rose to 70.7 million during the second quarter of 2001, with the number of free ISP users dropping by 11.3 percent. New users are there for the taking and free ISP access is all but history. Read more...
|
Rank
|
ISP
|
Subs.
(millions) |
Date
& Source
|
Market
Share |
|
1
|
America
Online |
23.5
*
|
[July
18, 2001]
AOL TW Quarterly Earnings |
33.2%
|
|
2
|
MSN
|
6.5
|
[July
24, 2001]
MSN Subscribers Rise to 6.5 Million |
9.2%
|
|
3
|
EarthLink
|
4.9
|
[July
19, 2001]
Second Quarter Financial Results |
6.9%
|
|
4
|
NetZero
|
3.4
±
|
[August
1, 2001]
NetZero Makes Strategic Changes |
4.8%
|
|
5
|
Prodigy [Plus SBC Narrowband] |
3.3
|
[June
30, 2001]
Corporate Press Release |
4.7%
|
|
6
|
Juno Online |
3.3
±
|
[July
26, 2001]
Juno Reports Second Quarter Results |
4.7%
|
|
7
|
@Home |
3.3
|
[July
23, 2001]
Excite@Home
Reports Second Quarter 2001 Results
|
4.6%
|
|
8
|
CompuServe [AOL Owned] |
3.0
|
[July
18, 2001]
AOL TW Quarterly Earnings |
4.2%
|
|
9
|
BlueLight.com |
2.8
±
|
[July
30, 2001]
No More Loitering At BlueLight |
4.0%
|
|
10
|
Gateway.net [AOL Alliance] |
1.7
|
[January
31, 2001]
AOL Time Warner Annual Release |
2.4%
|
|
11
|
Road
Runner (AOL Owned) |
1.4
|
2.0%
|
|
|
12
|
AT&T WorldNet |
1.3 |
[January
29, 2001]
AT&T Fourth Quarter 2000 |
1.8%
|
|
13
|
AT&T
Broadband [AT&T@Home, AT&T-Road Runner] |
1.3
|
[August
6, 2001]
Best
Buy, AT&T Broadband Finalize Retail Agreement
|
1.8%
|
|
14
|
Verizon |
1.0
|
[July
31, 2001]
Second QuarterHighlights |
1.4%
|
|
15
|
Comcast |
.950
|
[August 1, 2001] Comcast Reports Strong Second Quarter Results |
1.3%
|
|
16
|
BellSouth |
.735
|
[July
23, 2001]
BellSouth
Reports Second Quarter Earnings
|
1.0%
|
|
17
|
Cox Cable |
.669
|
[July
23, 2001]
Cox Communications Announces Second Quarter Results
|
0.9%
|
|
18
|
PeoplePC |
.450
|
[July
31, 2001]
What is PeoplePC all about? |
0.6%
|
|
19
|
Charter Cable |
.419
|
[June
30, 2001]
Charter Exceeds Revenue ... |
0.6%
|
|
20
|
Cablevision |
.368
|
[August 9, 2001] Cablevision Reports Second Quarter 2001 Results |
0.5%
|
|
|
Other U.S. ISPs |
6.4²
|
9.1%
|
|
*
|
AOL Time Warner U.S. Subscriber figures reflect the ISPs reported worldwide customer counts, less international subscribers, less Compuserve subscribers, and less Gateway.net subscribers. |
|
±
|
Bluelight.com, Juno Online and NetZero ranking based on active users per month, as opposed to the total number reported by the ISP as "registered users." |
|
²
|
U.S. Online population total and market share figures based on information from CyberAtlas: Number of U.S. Households Online Grows in Second Quarter |
— End
Related articles:
| [June 11, 2001] | Top 20 U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: Q1 2001 | ||
| [June 11, 2001] | Top 10 U.S. Dial-Up ISPs by Paid Subscriber | ||
| [May 10, 2001] | Top U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: New User Growth |
Other ISP-Planet Resources:
| Subscriber Value by Category | |||
| Subscriber Ranking History | |||
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