Use IBISWorld to pull up research reports on industries.
TIP:
You don't need to know the industry's NAICS code.
Just search on a company name & choose from the resulting list of matching industry reports.
EXAMPLE:
here are the matching industry reports for Comcast:
Researching China? Be sure to check out IBISWorld China Industry Research.
| Site | What you can get here... |
| Passport (formerly GMID) | Statistics on consumer behavior. Especially useful for music & video game sales, also has reports on consumer behavior online. |
| CIA World Factbook | Demographic & economic statistics on foreign countries; includes data on telecommunication within each country. |
| TableBase | Statistics on all market sectors, internationally NOTE: GSU's subscription to TableBase is no longer active. |
| Site | What you can get here... |
| Box Office Mojo | Box office totals for movies, typically back to 1970s |
| The Numbers | Film statistics including box office totals (US & International) and production budgets |
| TV By the Numbers | Viewership stats for TV shows |
| MIP Resource Centre | TV industry research & reports. |
| VGChartz | Sales figures for video games and devices |
| International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) |
Digital music report NOTE: We have IFPI's 2010 Recording Industry in Numbers (RIN) in print. Call number: ML3790 .R43 |
| Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) |
Annual music sales ("shipments"), broken down by format |
| Advertising Age: Data Center |
Statistics and reports on advertising across media platforms |
| Television Bureau of Advertising |
Statistics and reports on television advertising |
| Nielsen Top Tens & Trends | Up-to-date data on media and consumer trends including TV ratings, smartphone trends and video game purchase intent |
