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2009:
New York: 7,433,820
Los Angeles: 5,654,260
Chicago: 3,492,850
Philadelphia: 2,950,220
Dallas/Fort Worth: 2,489,970
San Francisco Bay Area: 2,476,450
Boston: 2,409,080
Atlanta: 2,369,780
Washington DC: 2,321,610
Houston: 2,106,210
2010:
New York: 7,493,530
Los Angeles: 5,659,170
Chicago: 3,501,010
Philadelphia: 2,955,190
Dallas/Fort Worth: 2,544,410
San Francisco Bay Area: 2,503,400
Boston: 2,410,180
Atlanta: 2,387,520
Washington DC: 2,335,040
Houston: 2,123,460
2011:
New York: 7,515,330
Los Angeles: 5,666,900
Chicago: 3,502,610
Philadelphia: 3,015,820
Dallas/Fort Worth: 2,594,630
San Francisco Bay Area: 2,523,520
Boston: 2,460,290
Atlanta: 2,407,080
Washington DC 2,389,710
Houston: 2,177,220
2012:
New York: 7,387,810
Los Angeles: 5,569,780
Chicago: 3,493,480
Philadelphia: 2,993,370
Dallas/Fort Worth: 2,571,310
San Francisco Bay Area: 2,506,510
Boston: 2,379,690
Washington DC 2,360,180
Atlanta: 2,292,640
Houston: 2,185,260
2013:
New York: 7,384,340
Los Angeles: 5,613,460
Chicago: 3,484,800
Philadelphia: 2,949,310
Dallas/Fort Worth: 2,588,020
San Francisco Bay Area: 2,502,030
Boston: 2,366,690
Washington DC: 2,359,160
Atlanta: 2,326,840
Houston: 2,215,650
2014:
New York: 7,461,030
Los Angeles: 5,665,780
Chicago: 3,534,080
Philadelphia: 2,963,500
Dallas/Fort Worth: 2,655,290
San Francisco Bay Area: 2,518,900
Boston: 2,433,040
Washington DC: 2,412,250
Atlanta: 2,375,050
Houston: 2,289,360
2015:
New York: 7,442,270
Los Angeles: 5,523,800
Chicago: 3,477,250
Philadelphia: 2,953,760
Dallas/Fort Worth: 2,603,680
San Francisco Bay Area: 2,476,860
Boston: 2,423,640
Washington DC: 2,408,990
Atlanta: 2,334,520
Houston: 2,301,230
2009 - 2014:
Houston: + 183,150
Dallas/Fort Worth: + 165,320
Washington D.C.: + 90,640
San Francisco Bay Area: + 42,450
Chicago: + 41,230
New York: + 27,210
Boston: + 23,960
Philadelphia: + 13,280
Los Angeles: + 11,520
Atlanta: + 5,270
2009 - 2015:
Houston: + 195,020
Dallas/Fort Worth: + 113,710
Washington D.C.: + 87,380
Boston: + 14,560
New York: + 8,450
Philadelphia: + 3,540
San Francisco Bay Area: + 410 Chicago: -15,600
Atlanta: -35,260
Los Angeles: -130,460
Over the years there has been a decline that started all over the country, in the last year that decline has intensified. It looks like the Internet age is killing off the Nielsen Media Television Markets. I will include Seattle, Miami, Denver, Detroit, San Diego, and a few others later on but the general trends with those will mirror these.
Remember the song "video killed the radio store" back in the 1980s?
Looks like Internet killed the video store.
Television was bound to decline the way radio declined when television was surging, the way the newspaper declined was the radio was surging in popularity, so on. The Internet is just killing all other forms of media these days.
The last one year has been especially brutal, some places were already declining and the last one year has intensified their erosion.
2014 - 2015 change in the number of households with television: 01. New York: -18,760
02. Los Angeles: -141,980
03. Chicago: -56,830
04. Philadelphia: -9,740
05. Dallas/Fort Worth: -51,610
06. San Francisco Bay Area: -42,040
07. Boston: -9,400
08. Washington DC: -3,260
09. Atlanta: -40,530 10. Houston: + 11,870
Three of these media markets Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles have fewer households in their television markets today than they had in 2009, to put into perspective. Everywhere else is a year behind in declining and not at that point yet but by next year several more places will be smaller than as compared to 2009.
Aside from one place, all media markets in the top ten are now contracting and becoming smaller each year.
What's going on with Houston that's making it steadily increase?
Also if internet is killing TV I wonder what will eventually kill the internet. Hope I'm around long enough to see what the next big thing will be.
Once the internet is more under control by government, and big business gets an even better handle on things with ads and commercials (already getting much worse), I'm hoping that nature will be the next big thing. While I know it won't be, I remember having parties in the woods with friends (huge bonfires), with no cell phones...just the people around the fire.
How else do you get away from the constant noise and garbage that's so widespread on tv today? Reality tv, constant solicitation of the public through ads (e.g. pharmaceuticals, lawyers, etc), cheesy crime show after cheesy crime show....total waste of time.
Once the internet is more under control by government, and big business gets an even better handle on things with ads and commercials (already getting much worse), I'm hoping that nature will be the next big thing. While I know it won't be, I remember having parties in the woods with friends (huge bonfires), with no cell phones...just the people around the fire.
How else do you get away from the constant noise and garbage that's so widespread on tv today? Reality tv, constant solicitation of the public through ads (e.g. pharmaceuticals, lawyers, etc), cheesy crime show after cheesy crime show....total waste of time.
I love nature but I hope nature doesn't become the next big thing. There are enough plebs polluting our national parks and littering everywhere.
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