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Follow published concentration measures over time. Every point retains its market definition, period, source, and the limits of comparison with other observations.

Selected evidence route

Fixed broadband / HHI
Series
5 anchors2020-2024
Sources
1 recordFederal Communications Commission
Context
0 recordsofficial context

Public anchor horizon

Where bounded market histories exist

x = release year
line = same measure
Public concentration anchors by market and yearFifty-nine source-backed HHI, CR4, and leading-participant share anchors across eight observed market definitions. Horizontal position represents release year, color identifies the bounded measure, hollow points retain definition restrictions, dashed paths join released anchors for the same measure without estimating intervening years, and every point opens its exact market series.Beef meatpacking1980-2019Beef meatpacking; Four-participant concentration ratio; 1980; 36%; U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service.Beef meatpacking; Four-participant concentration ratio; 1995; 81%; U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service.Beef meatpacking; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2019; 85%; U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service.Wireless service2017-2023Wireless service; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2017; 3,106; Federal Communications Commission.Wireless service; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2021; 3,596; Federal Communications Commission.Wireless service; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2023; 3,550; Federal Communications Commission.Fixed broadband2020-2024Fixed broadband; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2020; 1,171; Federal Communications Commission.Fixed broadband; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2021; 1,199; Federal Communications Commission.Fixed broadband; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2022; 1,287; Federal Communications Commission.Fixed broadband; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2023; 1,195; Federal Communications Commission.Fixed broadband; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2024; 1,501; Federal Communications Commission.Browsers2023-2026Browsers; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2023; 3,664; StatCounter Global Stats.Browsers; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2024; 3,846; StatCounter Global Stats.Browsers; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2025; 3,720; StatCounter Global Stats.Browsers; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2026; 3,612; StatCounter Global Stats.Browsers; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2023; 95.14%; StatCounter Global Stats.Browsers; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2024; 95.55%; StatCounter Global Stats.Browsers; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2025; 93.61%; StatCounter Global Stats.Browsers; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2026; 93.76%; StatCounter Global Stats.Browsers; Leading-participant share; 2023; 48.62%; StatCounter Global Stats.Browsers; Leading-participant share; 2024; 52.96%; StatCounter Global Stats.Browsers; Leading-participant share; 2025; 52.32%; StatCounter Global Stats.Browsers; Leading-participant share; 2026; 50.03%; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems2023-2026Mobile operating systems; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2023; 5,157; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2024; 5,055; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2025; 5,094; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2026; 5,337; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2023; 99.87%; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2024; 99.91%; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2025; 99.96%; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2026; 100%; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems; Leading-participant share; 2023; 59.89%; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems; Leading-participant share; 2024; 56.53%; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems; Leading-participant share; 2025; 57.6%; StatCounter Global Stats.Mobile operating systems; Leading-participant share; 2026; 63.08%; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines2023-2026Search engines; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2023; 7,950; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2024; 7,575; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2025; 7,589; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2026; 7,359; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2023; 99.62%; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2024; 99.49%; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2025; 99.41%; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2026; 99.39%; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines; Leading-participant share; 2023; 88.88%; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines; Leading-participant share; 2024; 86.58%; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines; Leading-participant share; 2025; 86.71%; StatCounter Global Stats.Search engines; Leading-participant share; 2026; 85.16%; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals2023-2026Social referrals; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2023; 3,393; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2024; 2,838; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2025; 3,804; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2026; 4,995; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2023; 96.26%; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2024; 90.93%; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2025; 95.09%; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2026; 94.38%; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals; Leading-participant share; 2023; 51.95%; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals; Leading-participant share; 2024; 45.96%; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals; Leading-participant share; 2025; 57.45%; StatCounter Global Stats.Social referrals; Leading-participant share; 2026; 68.94%; StatCounter Global Stats.Individual insurance2024-2024Individual insurance; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2024; 3,650; KFF.AI assistants2026-2026AI assistants; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; 2026; 4,804; StatCounter Global Stats.AI assistants; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2026; 94.77%; StatCounter Global Stats.AI assistants; Leading-participant share; 2026; 67.13%; StatCounter Global Stats.Domestic airlines2026-2026Domestic airlines; Four-participant concentration ratio; 2026; 69%; Bureau of Transportation Statistics.Domestic airlines; Leading-participant share; 2026; 17.8%; Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
HHICR4Leader shareDefinition-restricted
Public anchors
653 bounded measures
Observed markets
102 definitions awaiting measures
Comparable histories
71980-2026
Official records
1410 source records
Anchors, not estimatesEvery point is a released observation. Dashed paths expose evidence continuity without filling or carrying values across missing years.
Definitions before comparisonThe horizon locates evidence in time; it does not rank unlike products, geographies, denominators, or measure families on one value scale.

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Evidence window

HHI / Level

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index

Source-reported or transparently calculated concentration anchors.

No anchor in windowFixed broadbandUnited States / separately reported state, county, and census-tract summaries / Telecommunications

No HHI anchor was released inside 2020-2024.

Fixed broadband, 2020: 1,171; Federal Communications CommissionFixed broadband, 2021: 1,199; Federal Communications CommissionFixed broadband, 2022: 1,287; Federal Communications CommissionFixed broadband, 2023: 1,195; Federal Communications CommissionFixed broadband, 2024: 1,501; Federal Communications Commission

Dashed segments connect public anchors for legibility; they do not estimate missing years. Event lines provide timing context only and do not identify causal effects.

Active definition

Fixed broadband

Telecommunications / United States / separately reported state, county, and census-tract summaries

Anchors5
Series usecomparable anchors

Measurement basis

FCC source-reported provider-share HHI for qualifying residential fixed connections

Cross-market posture

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The national HHI and medians of separately calculated state, county, and census-tract HHIs describe different geographic summaries. The source does not publish provider shares in this release, and none of these rows by itself establishes a legal product or geographic market.

Latest in window

1,501

2024

source reported hhi

Federal Communications Commission

Anchor rule

No annual values are filled, carried forward, or interpolated. Index and change modes re-express only the published anchors inside the chosen window.

Definition rule

Product boundaries, geographies, denominators, and metric families remain distinct. Screens are not merged into a synthetic economy-wide finding.

Policy context

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Research workflow

Carry this exact trend context into analysis and publication

1 market definition + HHI / 5 released anchors / 2020-2024Canonical indicator: market-hhi / 0 of 6 profiles currently saved