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Communication Services

The 15 industries in this sector, from largest to smallest by market value, and its 20 largest companies listed on the NYSE and Nasdaq.

Data as of October 2026

15 industries 191 companies value 8.2 tn revenue 2.0 tn
Industry n Value Revenue Margin Cash Group leader Concentration
Search and digital advertising 5 6.0 tn 702 bn 44.6% 94 bn GOOGL 69.6% Clear leader
Streaming and entertainment 9 589 bn 172 bn 14.1% 22 bn NFLX 49.4% Comfortable leader
Telecom carriers 11 524 bn 377 bn 13.0% 76 bn VZ 35.0% Open contest
International telecom 22 294 bn 245 bn 9.2% 43 bn AMX 23.4% Evenly matched
Video games 18 157 bn 31 bn 13.2% 9.3 bn NTES 51.0% Comfortable leader
Live events and sports 20 130 bn 44 bn -2.7% 5.1 bn LYV 31.1% Open contest
Cable TV and media 11 124 bn 215 bn 3.4% 27 bn CMCSA 62.5% Clear leader
Journalism and digital media 18 84 bn 29 bn 11.0% 4.3 bn TRI 57.6% Comfortable leader
Niche social networks 21 79 bn 26 bn 11.4% 5.6 bn RDDT 37.7% Open contest
Communications satellites 11 66 bn 23 bn -70.3% -0.1 bn ECHO 37.9% Open contest
Broadcast TV and stations 7 36 bn 32 bn 1.9% 2.5 bn FOXA 76.5% Clear leader
Traditional advertising 14 32 bn 47 bn -0.5% 4.1 bn OMC 69.0% Clear leader
Radio and subscription audio 12 23 bn 19 bn 8.1% 3.1 bn TME 58.6% Comfortable leader
Music and catalogs 2 17 bn 7.5 bn 9.1% 0.9 bn WMG 96.3% Clear leader
Film and TV studios 8 15 bn 36 bn -3.7% 0.7 bn SKYD 68.4% Clear leader

The 20 largest companies in the sector

Rank Ticker Company Industry Value Revenue Margin FCF
1 GOOGL Alphabet
United States · score 6.1
Search and digital advertising 4.2 tn 446 bn 54.8% 53 bn
2 META Meta Platforms
United States · score 6.2
Search and digital advertising 1.8 tn 228 bn 29.8% 41 bn
3 NFLX Netflix
United States · score 6.5
Streaming and entertainment 291 bn 48 bn 28.2% 11 bn
4 DIS The Walt Disney Company
United States · score 5.9
Streaming and entertainment 189 bn 99 bn 8.7% 8.3 bn
5 VZ Verizon
United States · score 7.9
Telecom carriers 183 bn 139 bn 11.6% 39 bn
6 TMUS T-Mobile US
United States · score 7.2
Telecom carriers 167 bn 92 bn 11.5% 18 bn
7 T AT&T
United States · score 7.3
Telecom carriers 159 bn 127 bn 16.9% 18 bn
8 SPOT Spotify Technology
Sweden · score 6.1
Streaming and entertainment 107 bn 19 bn 12.9% 3.2 bn
9 NTES NetEase
China · score 8.5
Video games 80 bn 16 bn 30.9% 7.1 bn
10 CMCSA Comcast
United States · score 7.7
Cable TV and media 78 bn 125 bn 9.0% 20 bn
11 AMX América Móvil
Mexico · score 7.5
International telecom 69 bn 53 bn 9.3% 8.8 bn
12 TRI Thomson Reuters
Canada · score 6.3
Journalism and digital media 48 bn 7.8 bn 21.2% 2.2 bn
13 LYV Live Nation Entertainment
United States · score 4.6
Live events and sports 40 bn 26 bn 0.5% 1.4 bn
14 VOD Vodafone Group
United Kingdom · score 5.6
International telecom 39 bn 45 bn -0.1% 11 bn
15 TTWO Take-Two Interactive
United States · score 1.5
Video games 38 bn 6.7 bn -4.8% 0.3 bn
16 CHT Chunghwa Telecom
Taiwan · score 6.9
International telecom 37 bn 7.5 bn 17.2% 1.6 bn
17 RBLX Roblox
United States · score 3.0
Video games 36 bn 5.7 bn -17.6% 1.6 bn
18 TKO TKO Group Holdings
United States · score 6.0
Live events and sports 33 bn 5.3 bn 4.3% 1.8 bn
19 RDDT Reddit
United States · score 5.9
Niche social networks 30 bn 2.8 bn 31.3% 1.0 bn
20 FOXA Fox Corporation
United States · score 6.1
Broadcast TV and stations 27 bn 17 bn 9.8% 1.5 bn

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