By 1988, cable TV had reached about what share of all US households?
Answerabout 52.8%
By the late 1980s, cable had become the dominant way most Americans watched television.
Source: Wikipedia, Cable television (2025) en.wikipedia.org
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Going deeper
By 1994, cable household penetration in the US had risen to about what level?
Answerabout 62.4%
Cable's growth continued steadily through the 1990s before eventually peaking in the 2000s.
Source: Wikipedia, Cable television (2025) en.wikipedia.org
In 2017, about how many US households relied entirely on the internet for television, up from under a million in 2008?
Answerabout 22.2 million households
That is a huge jump in under a decade, reflecting the rise of streaming-only households.
Source: Wikipedia, Cord-cutting (2017) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
By 2022, cord-cutters had become the majority, with cable and satellite down to about what household share?
Answerabout 48%
That year marked a tipping point where more US households streamed exclusively than paid for traditional TV.
Source: Wikipedia, Cord-cutting (2022) en.wikipedia.org
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