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Top Media companies

Companies producing or distributing news, video, audio, and creator tooling.

Ranked by current headcount across the largest Media companies. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    BBC· London, England, United Kingdom
    • Grant
    • 42.3k employees
  2. 2
    Sky· Isleworth, England, United Kingdom
    • Series A
    • 35.3k employees
    • Founded 1989
  3. 3
    tidakada
    • 33.8k employees
  4. 4
    Self Employed· New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
    • 23.4k employees
  5. 5
    Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA· Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    • 20.6k employees
  6. 6
    Scuola secondaria di I Grado· Italy
    • 15.1k employees
  7. 7
    CBC/Radio-Canada· Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • 14.2k employees
  8. 8
    MultiChoice Group· Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
    • Post-IPO equity
    • 13.4k employees
    • Founded 1995
  9. 9
    selbstständig· Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    • 13.3k employees
  10. 10
    Business Insider· New York, New York, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 13k employees
    • Founded 2007
  11. 11
    iHeartMedia· New York, New York, United States
    • Debt
    • 12.6k employees
    • Founded 1972
  12. 12
    France Télévisions· Paris, Île-de-France, France
    • 12.3k employees
    • Founded 2000
  13. 13
    Fox Corporation· New York, New York, United States
    • post ipo secondary
    • 11.7k employees
    • Founded 1986
  14. 14
    ESPN· Bristol, Connecticut, United States
    • 11.6k employees
    • Founded 1979
  15. 15
    Freelancer
    • 11.5k employees
    • Founded 2001
  16. 16
    ABC News· New York, New York, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 10.8k employees
    • Founded 1971
  17. 17
    Vox Media· Washington, District of Columbia, United States
    • Corporate
    • 10.8k employees
    • Founded 2003
  18. 18
    Education Week· Bethesda, Maryland, United States
    • 10.1k employees
    • Founded 2015
  19. 19
    Rai - Radiotelevisione Italiana· Rome, Latium, Italy
    • 9.7k employees
    • Founded 1954
  20. 20
    CANAL+ Group· Issy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, France
    • 9.6k employees
  21. 21
    BBC News· London, England, United Kingdom
    • Grant
    • 9.2k employees
    • Founded 1922
  22. 22
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)· Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia
    • 9k employees
    • Founded 1932
  23. 23
    ITV· London, England, United Kingdom
    • 8.9k employees
  24. 24
    Guden Media· Greater London, England, United Kingdom
    • 8.7k employees
  25. 25
    CAFE· New York, New York, United States
    • Seed
    • 7.3k employees
    • Founded 2021

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Refolk pulled the largest companies in Media from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records, ranked them by current employee count, and kept those with at least 25 employees. The list refreshes once a day.

Last refreshed: Thu, 07 May 2026 05:55:46 GMT

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