The number of fixed-broadband subscriptions in the United States continued to climb in 2023, reaching 131 million. U.S. internet users look to fixed broadband subscriptions for fast, reliable internet connections. However, the increasing viability and affordability of mobile internet solutions may prompt rural users serviced by inferior fixed networks to switch in the near future.

United States US: Fixed Broadband Internet Subscribers: per 100 People data was reported at 33.853 Ratio in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 33.002 Ratio for 2016. United States US: Fixed Broadband Internet Subscribers: per 100 People data is updated yearly, averaging 24.639 Ratio from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33.853 Ratio in 2017 and a record low of 0.256 Ratio in 1998. United States US: Fixed Broadband Internet Subscribers: per 100 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Telecommunication. Fixed broadband subscriptions refers to fixed subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes cable modem, DSL, fiber-to-the-home/building, other fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions, satellite broadband and terrestrial fixed wireless broadband. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile-cellular networks. It should include fixed WiMAX and any other fixed wireless technologies. It includes both residential subscriptions and subscriptions for organizations.; ; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.; Weighted average; Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data.

This statistic shows the number of fixed broadband connections in the United States and Canada in selected years between 2004 and 2012. In 2009, the total number of fixed broadband connections in the U.S. was approximately 84 million.

In 2023, there were 38.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in the United States, a slight increase from the previous year. Fixed broadband services offer a fast, reliable internet connection to fixed premises, with fiber connections offering the best connection quality.

Nine in ten new U.S. home broadband subscriptions were 5G connections in 2022. 5G home broadband can deliver a fast, stable home internet connection without the use of fiber or other fixed line networks. It is therefore seen as an effective means of closing the digital divide, particularly in rural areas not served by fixed networks.

According to United States census data, 91.2 percent of all U.S. households reported having some form internet subscription in 2022. This was up from 90.3 percent of households in 2021.

In 2023, Verizon provided over 10.7 million broadband internet connections in the United States, the highest recorded number of broadband connections in the given time period. The number of connections dropped significantly in in 2016 with the sale of local exchange business and related landline activities in California, Florida and Texas to Frontier Communications.

Verizon’s wired and fixed services

The number of Verizon video subscribers in the United States evolved in a similar fashion to the number of U.S. broadband internet subscribers since 2014; currently, Verizon FiOS has around three million videosubscribers. This puts the subsidiary company in fifth place in the Pay TV provider rankings behind AT&T Premium TV, Comcast Corporation, Charter Communications, and Dish Network. Verizon FiOS is the company’s bundled internet offering, including telephone and television services using a fiber-optic communication network. In addition, FiOS Verizon also offers regular broadband internet services and landline voice services with its wireline segment.

In 2019, 90.4 percent of households in Colorado used a broadband internet connection at home. Washington, Utah, and Colorado were the only three states with over 90 percent of households having a broadband connection at home.

In 2023, approximately 15 percent of adults in the United States reported not having a broadband connection at home, but relying instead on their smartphones. This represents a decrease from 2018, when 20 percent of the respondents reported having the same arrangements to access the internet at home.

The Fixed Wireless Internet Service Providers (ISPs) sector in the US has experienced remarkable growth supported by federal initiatives. Programs like the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund and the Connect America Fund have been pivotal in bridging the broadband gap in underserved regions by providing necessary funding and incentives for infrastructure development. These initiatives have encouraged fixed wireless ISPs to expand their coverage, adopt advanced technologies and invest in long-term business sustainability.

This layer is no longer being actively maintained. For the latest broadband availability data from FCC, please see the FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC). This layer shows fixed broadband availability for every neighborhood in the U.S. and outlying areas for June 2023.This layer is a composite of five sublayers with adjacent scale ranges showing the broadband score across the U.S. and outlying areas, at five different geographies – State, County, Tract, Block Group and Block. The broadband score is an index based on the FCC’s minimum standard of broadband of 25 megabits per second (Mbps) download and 3 Mbps upload. A geography with speeds of 25/3 Mbps is awarded 100 points. Each type of geometry contains housing, population, and internet usage data taken from the following sources:US Census Bureau 2010 Census data (2010)USDA Non-Rural Areas (2013)FCC Form 477 Fixed Broadband Deployment Data (January - June 2021)FCC Population, Housing Unit, and Household Estimates (2019). Note that these are derived from Census and other data.Measurement Lab (Jan - June 2021)Broadband offering data from each provider for all geographies are available in related tables. Field Names / Record StructureThis layer includes over 150 attributes relating to reported speed and service information. In addition:Each block includes housing unit, household, and population estimates from the FCC.Each block has an attribute named WaterOnly that indicates if it is entirely water (yes/no).Each block has two attributes indicating whether it is urban or rural (CensusUrbanRural and USDAUrbanRural). For units larger than blocks, block count (urban/rural) was used to determine this. Some tracts and block groups have an equal number of urban and rural blocks—so a new coded value was introduced: S (split). All blocks are either U or R, while tracts and block groups can be U, R, or S.Each block has three attributes indicating whether it is part of a Tribal Block Group, is part of an American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Area (AIANNHA) and the AIANNHA name.US Census and USDA Rurality valuesAmalgamated broadband speed measurement categories based on Form 477. These include:99: All Terrestrial Broadband Plus Satellite98: All Terrestrial Broadband97: Cable Modem96: DSL95: All Other (Electric Power Line, Other Copper Wireline, Other)The FCC Speed Values method is applied to all speeds from all data sources within this service. This includes:Geography: State, County, Tract, Block Group, BlockData source: FCC and M-LabWithin this method, speed values are shown as such:<1 Mbps, reported up to three decimal points>= 1 and < 2 Mbps, rounded to the nearest tenth>= 2 and < 10 Mbps, truncated to the lower integer>= 10 and < 1000 Mbps, rounded to the nearest integer>= 1000 Mbps, the published bandwidth = 1000 MbpsEach sublayer has a varying number of attributes from these sources, depending on what data is available for the level of granularity. The following table displays what information is included with which geometry types: GeometryFCC Form 477 Fixed (Jan - Dec 2020)FCC Demographic Estimates (2019)M-Lab (Jan - Dec 2020)BroadbandNow Avg. Min. Terrestrial Broadband Plan PricesUrban/rural flags (Census and USDA)StateYesYesYesYesNoCountyYesYesYesYesNoTractYesYesNoYesYes (U, R, S)Block GroupYesYesNoYesYes (U, R, S)BlockYesYesNoYesYes (U, R) Additional ResourcesFCC Staff Block EstimatesFixed Broadband Deployment Data from FCC Form 477Digital Divide: Broadband Pricing by State, ZIP Code, and Income Level (BroadbandUSA)Open Internet Measurement (M-Lab)Eligibility Area Map Datasets (USDA)

This statistic presents the internet connection usage in the United States in 2018, sorted by type. During the survey period, it was found that 85.1 percent of the total U.S. households had a broadband internet subscription of any type at home. Furthermore, 75.7 percent of households also hat a cellular data plan and 11.6 percent only subscribed to cellular online service with no other type of internet.

The forecast shows the data traffic volume in the consumer internet video segment via fixed-line connections from 2016 to 2021. In 2016, the global fixed-line data traffic in the consumer internet video segment amounted to 38,369 petabytes per month. Online video traffic - additional information
In current times, watching online videos has become one of the most popular internet activities, along with playing games and engaging in social networking. According to a recent survey, some 61 percent of the entire population of the United States and over 77 percent of the U.S. internet users accessed digital video content in 2014. Online video penetration in a number of leading online markets exceeds U.S. figures, with 96 percent of South Korean users having accessed online videos, while 92 percent of Spanish users and 91 Percent of Italian did so. Furthermore, some 25 percent of global internet users and 24 percent of those in the U.S. watch online videos every day.

Watching traditional TV is still the preferred video medium in the United States, with an average of some nine thousand minutes per month in of the fourth quarter of 2014, but watching videos on the internet is quickly growing in popularity. Americans watched an average of 629 minutes of online video per month in the fourth quarter of 2014, an almost two fold increase compared to figures from the third quarter of 2010. In terms of user groups, 18 to 24 year-old are the most active video consumers, with almost a thousand minutes of online video content per month.

The most popular platforms for watching videos among U.S. audiences are Google Sites (including YouTube), with 145 million unique monthly viewers, followed by Facebook, AOL, Inc. and Yahoo! Sites. YouTube is one of the largest video-sharing platforms in the world, with over 60 percent of worldwide users claiming to access it at least once per day.

According to a survey conducted in the United States between 2023 and 2024, nearly four in ten male respondents had internet access at home via a broadband connection. The share of female respondents using broadband connection at home was almost the same, 36 percent. Mobile connection via smartphone or tablet was the second-most popular way of accessing the internet, being common for 30 percent of women and 30 percent of men during the research period.

As of August 2024, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had the fastest average fixed broadband internet speed worldwide, with an average of 297.62 Mbps. Singapore ranked a close second at 297.57 Mbps, while Hong Kong followed in third. Fixed internet connections deliver broadband to a home, office, or other fixed location, with fiber connections offering the best quality service.

Broadband internet speed map showing maximum available broadband internet speed per US Census block (2010). Data does not include satellite internet providers and terrestrial fixed wireless. Only the providers with the highest maximum advertised downstream speed are displayed. Providers with a lower maximum advertised downstream speed are omitted. Geolocation of 2020 FCC Fixed Broadband Deployment data is based upon the 2010 census blocks created by the US Census Bureau.Data Fields:Max Advertised Downstream Speed (mbps) (megabit per second)Max Advertised Upstream Speed (mbps) (megabit per second)Provider NameHolding Company Name (as filed on FCC Form 477)Technology Code (2-digit code indicating the Technology of Transmission used to offer broadband service); 10 - Asymmetrical xDSL (copper wireline), 11 - ADSL2 (copper wireline), 12 - VDSL (copper wireline), 20 - Symmetrical xDSL (copper wireline), 30 - Other Copper Wireline, 40 - Cable Modem, 41 - Cable Modem DOCSIS 1, 1.1, and 2.0 (DOCSIS: Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification), 42 - Cable Modem DOCSIS 3.0 (DOCSIS: Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification), 43 - Cable Modem DOCSIS 3.1 (DOCSIS: Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification), 50 - Optical Carrier/Fiber to the End User (FTTx), 0 - All OtherBLOCKCE10 (Census Block FIPS Code)STATEFP10 (State FIPS Code)COUNTYFP10 (County FIPS Code)TRACTFP10 (Tract FIPS Code)GEOID10 (Census Block Geographic Identification Number)StateData Sources:External Link: FCC Fixed Broadband Deployment Data: December 2020External Link: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles, 2010 CensusExternal Link: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles, 2020 Census_For questions, problems, or more information, contact gis@atcog.org Ark-Tex Council of Governments Homepage: https://atcog.org/Open Data Portal Homepage: https://open-data-portal-atcog.hub.arcgis.com/_

The percentage of households that have both Home Broadband and Mobile Broadband subscriptions for each of New York City Public Use Microdata Areas.

The total number of broadband internet subscribers in the United States has continuously increased from the first quarter of 2011 to the third quarter of 2023, and Comcast is and has been the cable provider with the most number of subscribers. In the most recent quarter, Comcast had around 32.3 million broadband subscribers.

U.S. broadband market – additional information

The number of subscribers has been growing steadily over the years; from about 73 million in the first quarter of 2011 to nearly 114 million in 2023. With more than 32 million broadband internet subscribers, Comcast is the most popular cable provider in the United States. Comcast, a market leader since early 2011, accounts for over 40 percent of all broadband internet subscriptions in the United States. With annual revenues of more than 121 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, and a market value of around 143 billion U.S. dollars, the Comcast Corporation is one of the biggest media companies in the U.S. and a leading telecommunication operator worldwide.

Charter is the second biggest cable provider in the United States, with over 30 million subscribers as of 2023. In 2016, Charter completed the acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, significantly expanding the company.