Top US ISPs added 1.02M broadband subs in Q1

Durham, NH – Leichtman Research Group (LRG) found that the largest cable and wireline phone providers in the U.S. – representing about 96% of the market – acquired about 1,020,000 net additional broadband Internet subscribers in 1Q 2021, compared to a pro forma gain of about 1,170,000 subscribers in 1Q 2020.

These top broadband providers now account for about 107 million subscribers, with top cable companies having about 73.7 million broadband subscribers, and top wireline phone companies having about 33.3 million subscribers.

Findings for the quarter include:

"Top broadband providers added over one million subscribers in the first quarter of 2021. This marked the fourth time in the past five quarters that there were more than one million net broadband additions in the U.S.," said Bruce Leichtman, president and principal analyst for Leichtman Research Group, Inc. "Over the past year, there were about 4,665,000 net broadband adds, compared to about 2,760,000 net broadband adds over the prior year."

Leitchtman Research Group