{"id":47,"date":"2024-04-23T12:17:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T10:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediadb.eu\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2025-04-30T16:54:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:54:59","slug":"die-grosten-medienkonzerne","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mediadb.eu\/en\/die-grosten-medienkonzerne\/","title":{"rendered":"The 100 largest media and knowledge companies in the world (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The media companies in the ranking are defined as companies that responsibly produce and\/or distribute written content in mass media and generate a significant proportion of their revenue from rights\/licences and\/or advertising and do not act purely as telecom or technology providers. Furthermore, companies are included that have a significant influence on the communicative environment of a broad audience through production and\/or distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/th><\/th>country<\/th>annual revenue<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1.<\/strong><\/td>Alphabet (Google, YouTube)<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac323.37 billion<\/td><\/tr>
2.<\/strong><\/td>Meta Platforms (Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram)<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac151.98 billion<\/td><\/tr>
3.<\/strong><\/td><\/a>ByteDance (TikTok)<\/a><\/td>CN<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac134.89 billion<\/td><\/tr>
4.<\/strong><\/td>Comcast (NBCUniversal, Sky)<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac114.31 billion<\/td><\/tr>
5.<\/strong><\/td>Amazon<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac92.93 billion<\/td><\/tr>
6.<\/strong><\/td>Apple<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac88.85 billion<\/td><\/tr>
7.<\/strong><\/td>Tencent<\/a><\/td>CN<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac84.79 billion<\/td><\/tr>
8.<\/strong><\/td><\/a>The Walt Disney Company<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac84.41 billion<\/td><\/tr>
9.<\/strong><\/td>Charter Communications<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac50.91 billion<\/td><\/tr>
10.<\/strong><\/td>Microsoft<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac46.61 billion<\/td><\/tr>
11.<\/strong><\/td>Sony<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac45.04 billion<\/td><\/tr>
12.<\/strong><\/td>Warner Bros. Discovery<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac36.33 billion<\/td><\/tr>
13.<\/strong><\/td>Netflix<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac36.03 billion<\/td><\/tr>
14.<\/strong><\/td>Paramount Global<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac26.99 billion<\/td><\/tr>
15.<\/strong><\/td>News Corp.\/New Fox<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac22.23 billion<\/td><\/tr>
16.<\/strong><\/td>Bertelsmann<\/a><\/td>DE<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac18.98 billion<\/td><\/tr>
17.<\/strong><\/td>Sirius XM, QVC Group<\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac17.31 billion<\/td><\/tr>
18.<\/strong><\/td>Baidu<\/a><\/td>CN<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac17.09 billion<\/td><\/tr>
19.<\/strong><\/td>Kuaishou<\/a><\/td>CN<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac16.30 billion<\/td><\/tr>
20.<\/strong><\/td>Spotify<\/a><\/td>SE<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac15.67 billion<\/td><\/tr>
21.<\/strong><\/td>NetEase<\/a><\/td>CN<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac13.52 billion<\/td><\/tr>
22.<\/strong><\/td>S&P Global<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac13.13 billion<\/td><\/tr>
23.<\/strong><\/td>Bloomberg<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac12.29 billion<\/td><\/tr>
24.<\/strong><\/td>The Hearst Corporation<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac12.01 billion<\/td><\/tr>
25.<\/strong><\/td>Universal Music Group<\/a><\/td>NL<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac11.83 billion<\/td><\/tr>
26.<\/strong><\/td>RELX Group<\/a><\/td>GB<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac11.14 billion<\/td><\/tr>
27.<\/strong><\/td>Nintendo Company<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac10.20 billion<\/td><\/tr>
28.<\/strong><\/td>Refinitiv (LSEG)<\/td>GB<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac10.03 billion<\/td><\/tr>
29.<\/strong><\/td>Echostar (Dish Network)<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac9.87 billion<\/td><\/tr>
30.<\/strong><\/td>Access Industries (Warner Music, DAZN, Deezer)<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac9.47 billion<\/td><\/tr>
31.<\/strong><\/td>Louis Hachette Group (formerly Vivendi SA)<\/a><\/td>FR<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac9.20 billion<\/td><\/tr>
32.<\/strong><\/td>beIN Media Group<\/a><\/td>QA<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac8.30 billion<\/td><\/tr>
33.<\/strong><\/td>AlticeUS, Inc.<\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac8.27 billion<\/td><\/tr>
34.<\/strong><\/td>ARD<\/a><\/td>DE<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac7.67 billion<\/td><\/tr>
35.<\/strong><\/td>Naver<\/a><\/td>KR<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac7.27 billion<\/td><\/tr>
36.<\/strong><\/td>Rogers Communications<\/a><\/td>CA<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac6.99 billion<\/td><\/tr>
37.<\/strong><\/td>Electronic Arts<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac6.98 billion<\/td><\/tr>
38.<\/strong><\/td>Yahoo! (formerly Verizon Media)<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac6.83 billion<\/td><\/tr>
39.<\/strong><\/td>Thomson Reuters Corporation<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac6.70 billion<\/td><\/tr>
40.<\/strong><\/td>Canal+ (formerly Vivendi SA)<\/td>FR<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac6.44 billion<\/td><\/tr>
41.<\/strong><\/td>Bandai Namco Holdings<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac6.41 billion<\/td><\/tr>
42.<\/strong><\/td>BBC<\/a><\/td>GB<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac6.36 billion<\/td><\/tr>
43.<\/strong><\/td>Wolters Kluwer<\/a><\/td>NL<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac5.91 billion<\/td><\/tr>
44.<\/strong><\/td>Cocoa (cocoatalk, Daum)<\/a><\/td>KR<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac5.33 billion<\/td><\/tr>
45.<\/strong><\/td>Epic Games<\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac5.26 billion<\/td><\/tr>
46.<\/strong><\/td>Nextstar Media Group (incl. Tribune Media)<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac4.99 billion<\/td><\/tr>
47.<\/strong><\/td>Snap<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac4.95 billion<\/td><\/tr>
48.<\/strong><\/td>Take-Two Interactive, Inc.<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac4.94 billion<\/td><\/tr>
49.<\/strong><\/td>ITV plc<\/a><\/td>GB<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac4.89 billion<\/td><\/tr>
50.<\/strong><\/td>Banijay Group<\/a><\/td>FR<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac4.80 billion<\/td><\/tr>
51.<\/strong><\/td>Nippon Hoso Kyokai<\/a> (NHK)<\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac4.68 billion<\/td><\/tr>
52.<\/strong><\/td>TelevisaUnivision<\/a><\/td>MX\/US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac4.67 billion<\/td><\/tr>
53.<\/strong><\/td>Valve<\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac4.62 billion<\/td><\/tr>
54.<\/strong><\/td>Yomiuri Shimbun Group, Nippon TV<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac4.50 billion<\/td><\/tr>
55.<\/strong><\/td>Informa<\/a><\/td>GB<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac4.19 billion<\/td><\/tr>
56.<\/strong><\/td>Pearson<\/a><\/td>GB<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac4.19 billion<\/td><\/tr>
57.<\/strong><\/td>ProSiebenSat.1<\/a><\/td>DE<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.91 billion<\/td><\/tr>
58.<\/strong><\/td>Quebecor<\/a><\/td>CA<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.80 billion<\/td><\/tr>
59.<\/strong><\/td>Asahi Shimbun Group, TV Asahi<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.79 billion<\/td><\/tr>
60.<\/strong><\/td>Fininvest (MFE, Mondadori)<\/a><\/td>IT<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.85 billion<\/td><\/tr>
61.<\/strong><\/td>Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.71 billion<\/td><\/tr>
62.<\/strong><\/td>Embracer Group<\/a><\/td>CN<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.69 billion<\/td><\/tr>
63.<\/strong><\/td>DirecTV<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.60 billion<\/td><\/tr>
64.<\/strong><\/td>Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH<\/a><\/td>DE<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.60 billion<\/td><\/tr>
65.<\/strong><\/td>iHeart Media<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.56 billion<\/td><\/tr>
66.<\/strong><\/td>IAC Inc.<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.51 billion<\/td><\/tr>
67.<\/strong><\/td>Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.\/Sankei Shimbun<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.45 billion<\/td><\/tr>
68.<\/strong><\/td>Bilibili<\/a><\/td>CN<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.44 billion<\/td><\/tr>
69.<\/strong><\/td>Pinterest<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.36 billion<\/td><\/tr>
70.<\/strong><\/td>Gray TV<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.36 billion<\/td><\/tr>
71.<\/strong><\/td>Roblox<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.32 billion<\/td><\/tr>
72.<\/strong><\/td>Nielsen<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.26 billion<\/td><\/tr>
73.<\/strong><\/td>Sinclair<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac3.24 billion<\/td><\/tr>
74.<\/strong><\/td>TEGNA<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.86 billion<\/td><\/tr>
75.<\/strong><\/td>Sega Sammy Holdings<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.85 billion<\/td><\/tr>
76.<\/strong><\/td>Multichoice<\/a><\/td>ZA<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.82 billion<\/td><\/tr>
77.<\/strong><\/td>Grupo Globo<\/a><\/td>BR<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.81 billion<\/td><\/tr>
78.<\/strong><\/td>Scopely<\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.77 billion<\/td><\/tr>
79.<\/strong><\/td>Hubert Burda Media<\/a><\/td>DE<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.74 billion<\/td><\/tr>
80.<\/strong><\/td>Nexon (South Korea)<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.72 billion<\/td><\/tr>
81.<\/strong><\/td>Alibaba Group<\/a><\/td>CN<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.71 billion<\/td><\/tr>
82.<\/strong><\/td>RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana Holding<\/a><\/td>IT<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.60 billion<\/td><\/tr>
83.<\/strong><\/td>ZDF<\/a><\/td>DE<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.59 billion<\/td><\/tr>
84<\/strong>.<\/td>France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions<\/a><\/td>FR<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.56 billion<\/td><\/tr>
85<\/strong>.<\/td>X (Twitter)<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.49 billion<\/td><\/tr>
86.<\/strong><\/td>TBS Holdings<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.40 billion<\/td><\/tr>
87.<\/strong><\/td>New York Times Company<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.38 billion<\/td><\/tr>
88.<\/strong><\/td>TF1<\/a><\/td>FR<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.35 billion<\/td><\/tr>
89.<\/strong><\/td>Playtika Holding Corp.<\/a><\/td>IL<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.35 billion<\/td><\/tr>
90.<\/strong><\/td>Nikkei<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.33 billion<\/td><\/tr>
91.<\/strong><\/td>Ubisoft Entertainment<\/td>FR<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.32 billion<\/td><\/tr>
92.<\/strong><\/td>EW Scripps Company<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.31 billion<\/td><\/tr>
93.<\/strong><\/td>Gannett<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.31 billion<\/td><\/tr>
94.<\/strong><\/td>Egmont Group<\/a><\/td>DN<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.27 billion<\/td><\/tr>
95.<\/strong><\/td>AMC Networks<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.23 billion<\/td><\/tr>
96.<\/strong><\/td>Advance Publications<\/a><\/td>US<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.21 billion<\/td><\/tr>
97.<\/strong><\/td>Axel Springer SE<\/a><\/td>DE<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.20 billion<\/td><\/tr>
98.<\/strong><\/td>Bauer Media Group<\/a><\/td>DE<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.20 billion<\/td><\/tr>
99.<\/strong><\/td>Konami Games<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.19 billion<\/td><\/tr>
100.<\/strong><\/td>Square Enix<\/a><\/td>JP<\/strong><\/td>\u20ac2.17 billion<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Die Medienkonzerne des Rankings werden als Unternehmen definiert, die publizistische Inhalte in Massenmedien verantwortlich erstellen und\/oder verbreiten sowie ma\u00dfgebliche Teile ihres Umsatzes mit Erl\u00f6sen aus Rechten\/Lizenzen und\/oder Werbung erzielen und nicht als reine Telekom- oder Technikprovider auftreten. Ferner werden Konzerne ber\u00fccksichtigt, die durch Produktion und\/oder Distribution ma\u00dfgeblichen Einfluss auf die kommunikative Umwelt eines breiten Publikums […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249403804,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"tpgb_global_settings":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"tpgb_featured_images":null,"tpgb_post_meta_info":{"get_date":"23. April 2024","get_modified_date":"30. April 2025","author_name":"mediadb","author_url":"https:\/\/mediadb.eu\/en\/author\/levipaetzold\/","author_email":"levi.paetzold@medienpolitik.eu","author_website":"http:\/\/mediadb2.wordpress.com","author_description":"","author_facebook":"","author_twitter":"","author_instagram":"","author_role":["administrator"],"author_firstname":"","author_lastname":"","user_login":"levipaetzold","author_avatar":"","author_avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9a124ab6f7756b1a3501c05e3f209d1cb3a3b19d0360c5be65858ba27cbdac8?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","comment_count":0,"post_likes":0,"post_views":0},"tpgb_post_category":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PfHkuM-L","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediadb.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediadb.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediadb.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediadb.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249403804"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediadb.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":100,"href":"https:\/\/mediadb.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3145,"href":"https:\/\/mediadb.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/3145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediadb.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}