Top growth contributors Our media and entertainment top 100 as a whole grew their revenue at a rate of 6 per cent per annum over the past three years. At a sub-sector level, revenue growth was fastest in social media (represented largely by Facebook), followed by music (13 per cent annual growth)4 and television (11 per cent). By comparison, UK 5 GDP grew in nominal terms by 4 per cent annually over the same period. Media and entertainment is punching above its weight in growth terms. Figure 2. Top 100 by sector: total annual revenue (£m) and number of companies by sector Number of companies in Top 100 Television 34,584 19 Advertising 17,907 18 Information 16,608 15 publishing News 6,279 13 Film 4,830 13 Gaming 3,307 4 Magazines 1,416 6 Books 819 6 Music 784 4 Social media 105 1 Other 187 1 Source: Company data, Deloitte analysis Media Metrics The state of UK media and entertainment 5
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