comScore (WPP) just published the ranking of the top 50 US digital media properties for June 2017 (sites, mobile and desktop; home and work locations), based on unique visitors. An opportunity to take stock, and to study the anatomy of a hegemony.
- GAFAM first. It should not be a surprise: Google, Facebook (the so-called advertising "duopoly") are first in this ranking, then Microsoft and Amazon. Apple, which is not in the advertising business at all, is ranked N°9. Should it be part of the GAFAM family?
- On the other hand, Microsoft is clearly one of the GAFAM, especially once taken into account LinkedIn (Talent Solutions) and its search partnership with Yahoo!.
- Not only GAFAM but also smaller social networks: Snapchat, already ranked N° 18, Twitter, N°13, and Pinterest, N° 26, are among the first US digital media properties .
- We can observe the effect of recent consolidations: Yahoo! and AOL (Oath) should now be combined with Verizon; also one should combine Microsoft and LinkedIn, acquired recently by Microsoft, ranked N°16. Not to mention Comcast with NBCU. The new American administration will probably encourage concentration (AT&T + Time Warner?).
The first media group in the comScore ranking (N° 6) is Comcast / NBC Universal (a cable MSO + commercial TV networks), CBS Interactive (commercial network) follows (N°8). ESPN (Disney / ABC) is relegated to N°31.
What about print media, newspapers and magazines?
Those most widely mentioned or talked about media properties are actually not the best ranked: The New York Time (N° 27), The Washington Post (N° 32, here, but shouldn't it be merged with Amazon?). The first newspaper ranked among the American digital media properties is also the only American national newspaper, USA Today (N° 14).
Magazines are doing a little better : Time Inc. (N° 11), Conde Nast (N° 19).
Should legacy publishers keep on feeding and legitimizing the new digital media with their content (see "La TV, horizon indépassable de tout média ?")?
Netflix is N°30. It will be more and more watched on smartphones, desktop and connected TV (or streaming devices). Its comScore ranking will surely improve.
If we were referring to market capitalization instead of audience, then the ranking would differ slightly: Microsoft is ahead of Facebook and Amazon. Comcast, the major American media conglomerate, is far behind (1 August, 2017).
GAFAM is obviously still a fuzzy and deceitful working concept (stopgap). These 5 GAFAM do not have the same business structure. Their common strength lies probably in Artificial Intelligence (science, technology) and cloud computing (processing power). They are called "tech giants": how to figure that? Which indicators to choose? Advertising might only be the most visible aspect of GAFAM's dominance, merely a consequence, not a cause. How could legacy media end up winning the advertising battle? Certainly data is an opportunity but not without science, technology and engineers. Data is much more than just a coat of make up, a matter of speech.
What about print media, newspapers and magazines?
Those most widely mentioned or talked about media properties are actually not the best ranked: The New York Time (N° 27), The Washington Post (N° 32, here, but shouldn't it be merged with Amazon?). The first newspaper ranked among the American digital media properties is also the only American national newspaper, USA Today (N° 14).
Magazines are doing a little better : Time Inc. (N° 11), Conde Nast (N° 19).
Netflix is N°30. It will be more and more watched on smartphones, desktop and connected TV (or streaming devices). Its comScore ranking will surely improve.
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| Market capitalization ($ billion) |
If we were referring to market capitalization instead of audience, then the ranking would differ slightly: Microsoft is ahead of Facebook and Amazon. Comcast, the major American media conglomerate, is far behind (1 August, 2017).
GAFAM is obviously still a fuzzy and deceitful working concept (stopgap). These 5 GAFAM do not have the same business structure. Their common strength lies probably in Artificial Intelligence (science, technology) and cloud computing (processing power). They are called "tech giants": how to figure that? Which indicators to choose? Advertising might only be the most visible aspect of GAFAM's dominance, merely a consequence, not a cause. How could legacy media end up winning the advertising battle? Certainly data is an opportunity but not without science, technology and engineers. Data is much more than just a coat of make up, a matter of speech.
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