Company Index Stats

How many Media companies are there?

There are 3,231,344 Media companies in the DiscoLike index as of October 2026.

Companies can carry several industry labels, so counts overlap.

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Media covers companies whose output is published content: news, magazines, books, podcasts, radio and television. A company lands here when its site reads as a publisher rather than a producer of live experiences.

Where it ends, Entertainment begins

Film production sits under Entertainment (242,284 companies), not Media. Most production companies present themselves through events and talent, not publishing.

Consumer sales dominate Media
68% sell to consumers (B2C), above the 55% index baseline; only 23% sell to businesses (B2B).
Magazine rivals news publishers
Magazine Publisher has 597,346 companies, close behind News Publisher at 657,213. Treat magazines as a peer segment, not a small add-on.
Media often appears additionally
81% carry Media as their main industry, the 41st lowest share of 53; 597,862 companies carry it as an additional label.

2,633,482 carry Media as their main industry; 597,862 carry it as an additional label.

By Country

Top 30 countries for Media

1United States814,893
2China361,585
3Germany177,994
4United Kingdom155,262
5France97,456
6Italy94,478
7Brazil89,520
8Japan82,396
9Spain77,863
10Canada70,987
11India64,220
12Russia60,622
13Indonesia59,456
14Netherlands57,412
15Australia48,072
16Türkiye42,377
17Poland37,423
18Switzerland37,245
19South Korea26,228
20Czechia26,094
21Mexico26,080
22Argentina25,087
23Iran23,687
24Vietnam22,879
25Sweden22,128
26Austria19,580
27Denmark18,913
28Ukraine18,841
29Belgium17,927
30Hungary17,451
All 189 countries with Media companies

By Company Size

Employee-size distribution

1-10 employees219,579
11-50 employees48,123
51-200 employees9,798
201-500 employees1,360
501-1000 employees279
1001-5000 employees213

By Sub-Industry

Top sub-industries

These 5 sub-industries account for 61% of the 3,231,344 Media companies by label rather than by distinct company. Sub-categories can span adjacent industries, and a company carrying several labels is counted under each.

1News Publisher657,213
2Magazine Publisher597,346
3Book Publisher321,895
4Podcast249,771
5Radio and TV Station157,009

By Region

Regional rollups for Media

European Union

758,024

DACH

234,819

Nordics

66,915

Benelux

76,766

GCC

15,447

ASEAN

112,486

ANZ

56,594

Map

Where Media companies are

Most Media companies are concentrated in United States, China, Germany.

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Methodology

Aggregate counts from the DiscoLike index of 80M+ companies. Companies without a resolvable location are counted under 'unknown', and cells below the minimum count threshold are folded into an 'other' bucket. Industry and business-type categories overlap: a company carrying several labels is counted in each.

Updated monthly. Current snapshot: October 2026. See the full Company Index Stats.

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DiscoLike, "Media companies", Company Index Stats, October 2026. https://discolike.com/company-stats/media/

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