TOP 100 U.S. TV Markets
Knowing the basics of Nielsen DMA rankings can be an essential tool for knowing how much exposure you get when you or your brand appears on a local TV station.
Nielsen’s DMA rankings are based on the population of each surveyed market region.
| Rank | DMA Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | New York, NY |
| 2 | Los Angeles, CA |
| 3 | Chicago, IL |
| 4 | Philadelphia, PA |
| 5 | Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX |
| 6 | San Francisco-Oak-San Jose |
| 7 | Atlanta |
| 8 | Houston, TX |
| 9 | Washington (Hagerstown), DC-MD |
| 10 | Boston (Manchester) |
| 11 | Phoenix (Prescott) |
| 12 | Seattle-Tacoma |
| 13 | Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota) |
| 14 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN |
| 15 | Detroit, MI |
| 16 | Denver, CO |
| 17 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL |
| 18 | Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
| 19 | Cleveland-Akron (Canton), OH |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA |
| 21 | Portland, OR |
| 22 | Charlotte, NC |
| 23 | St. Louis, MO |
| 24 | Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), NC |
| 25 | Indianapolis, IN |
| 26 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 27 | San Diego, CA |
| 28 | Baltimore, MD |
| 29 | Nashville, TN |
| 30 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| 31 | San Antonio, TX |
| 32 | Hartford & New Haven |
| 33 | Columbus, OH |
| 34 | Kansas City |
| 35 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, NC |
| 36 | Cincinnati, OH |
| 37 | Milwaukee, WI |
| 38 | Austin |
| 39 | West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL |
| 40 | Las Vegas |
| 41 | Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk |
| 42 | Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York |
| 43 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 44 | Oklahoma City |
| 45 | Birmingham (Ann and Tusc) |
| 46 | Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws |
| 47 | Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem |
| 48 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe |
| 49 | Louisville |
| 50 | New Orleans |
| 51 | Memphis |
| 52 | Providence-New Bedford |
| 53 | Buffalo |
| 54 | Ft. Myers-Naples |
| 55 | Fresno-Visalia, CA |
| 56 | Richmond-Petersburg |
| 57 | Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walt) |
| 58 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hztn |
| 59 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff |
| 60 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy |
| 61 | Tulsa |
| 62 | Knoxville |
| 63 | Lexington, KY |
| 64 | Tucson (Sierra Vista) |
| 65 | Dayton, OH |
| 66 | Spokane |
| 67 | Honolulu, HI |
| 68 | Des Moines-Ames |
| 69 | Green Bay-Appleton |
| 70 | Wichita-Hutchinson Plus |
| 71 | Roanoke-Lynchburg |
| 72 | Omaha |
| 73 | Flint-Saginaw-Bay City |
| 74 | Springfield, MO |
| 75 | Charleston-Huntington |
| 76 | Columbia, SC |
| 77 | Rochester, NY |
| 78 | Portland-Auburn |
| 79 | Huntsville-Decatur (Flor) |
| 80 | Toledo |
| 81 | Madison |
| 82 | Colorado Springs-Pueblo |
| 83 | Waco-Temple-Bryan |
| 84 | Paducah-Cape Girard-Harsbg |
| 85 | Harlingen-Wslco-Brnsvl-McA |
| 86 | Shreveport |
| 87 | Syracuse |
| 88 | Chattanooga |
| 89 | Charleston, SC |
| 90 | Champaign&Sprngfld-Decatur |
| 91 | Savannah |
| 92 | Cedar Rapids-Wtrlo-IWC&Dub |
| 93 | El Paso (Las Cruces) |
| 94 | Baton Rouge |
| 95 | Ft. Smith-Fay-Sprngdl-Rgrs |
| 96 | Burlington-Plattsburgh |
| 97 | Jackson, MS |
| 98 | South Bend-Elkhart |
| 99 | Myrtle Beach-Florence |
| 100 | Tri-Cities, TN-VA |
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