• March 2, 2001

Miami, Cincinnati and Houston had the highest percentage of streaming media consumption in December 2000, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. Miami was No. 1 with 43% or 506,000 Web surfers accessing streaming media content from home. Cincinnati followed closely with 41% or 327,000 Internet users accessing streaming media. Houston secured the No. 3 spot with 38%, Pittsburgh placed fourth at 37.9% and Hartford rounded out the top five with 37.7%.

The streaming media audience in December 2000 totaled 34.6 million people or 35% of the total active Internet population. In shear size, streaming media usage in New York and Los Angeles tallied the highest number of people accessing some form of rich media content. The New York market had 2.6 million at-home users accessing streaming media content, accounting for 37.4% of New York's Web surfers. The streaming media audience in Los Angeles totaled 1.9 million individuals or 36.9% of the city's Internet users.

- Anya Khait