Top U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: Q2 2002
We rank U.S. Consumer
ISPs by overall subscriber numbers, regardless of connectivity
method, challenging ISP operators to provide subscriber figures in a
consistent and accurate manner.
According to
CyberAtlas there were 149 million Americans online as of
September 2001. For the purposes of this ranking, we'll continue to
use this number as the basis of our analysis this quarter
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|
Rank
|
ISP
|
Subs.
(millions)
|
Date &
Source
|
Market
Share
|
|
1
|
America Online
|
26.5 *
|
|
17.8%
|
|
2
|
MSN
|
7.7
|
|
5.2%
|
|
3
|
United Online
[NetZero + Juno Online]
|
4.8
±
|
|
3.2%
|
|
4
|
EarthLink
|
4.7
|
|
3.1%
|
|
5
|
SBC/Prodigy
|
3.5¹
|
|
2.3%
|
|
6
|
CompuServe
[AOL Owned]
|
3.0
|
|
2.0%
|
|
7
|
Road Runner
[AOL
Owned]
|
2.5
|
[July 24, 2002]
Q2 2002 Earnings Release |
1.7%
|
|
8
|
AT&T Broadband
|
1.8
|
|
1.2%
|
|
9
|
Verizon
|
1.5
|
[July 31, 2002]
Verizon 2Q Financial Performance |
1.0%
|
|
10
|
AT&T WorldNet
|
1.4
|
|
0.9%
|
|
11
|
Comcast
|
1.2
|
[Aug. 1, 2002]
Comcast Reports Second Quarter Results |
0.7%
|
|
12
|
Cox
|
1.1
|
|
0.7%
|
|
13
|
Charter
|
.90
|
|
0.5%
|
|
14
|
BellSouth
|
.80
|
|
0.5%
|
|
15
|
Cablevision
|
.61
|
[Aug. 8, 2002]
Cablevision Systems Corp. Reports Q2 |
0.4%
|
|
16
|
Qwest
|
.51
|
[Aug. 8, 2002]
Qwest Reports Q2 2002 Results
|
0.3%
|
|
17
|
RCN
|
.46
|
[Aug 7, 2002]
RCN Announces Q2 2002 Results
|
0.3%
|
|
18
|
Covad
|
.36
|
[Aug 2, 2002]
Covad Announces Q2 2002 Results
|
0.2%
|
|
19
|
CoreComm
[Formerly Voyager.Net] |
.29
|
[Aug. 14, 2002]
ATX Comm. Announces Q2 2002 Results
|
0.2%
|
|
20
|
Hughes
|
.22
|
[July 15, 2002]
Hughes
Reports Second Quarter |
0.2%
|
|
21
|
Volaris Online
|
.24
|
[July 11, 2002]
Corp. Communications Dept. |
0.2%
|
|
22
|
Bluelight
|
.17
|
[Aug. 1, 2002]
Corporate Communications Dept. |
0.1%
|
|
23
|
Other U.S.
ISPs |
86.2²
|
|
56.8%
|
|
*
|
AOL
Time Warner U.S. subscriber figures reflect reported 35.1
million worldwide customers, less 6.0 million in AOL
international customers. |
|
±
|
United
Online ranking based on active users per month; reported 1.7
million billable users for Q2-2002. |
|
¹
|
At the
end of the second quarter SBC reported 1.7 million DSL users and
1.7 million dial-up users for SBC and Prodigy combined.
|
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