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.