Most shorted US media & telecom stocks

Media, entertainment, publishing, advertising and telecoms. 112 classified United States companies, ranked by disclosed short positions as of 15 Sep 2026. Sector average 6.31%.

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Short position data for US media & telecom stocks: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 15 Sep 2026. https://howshorted.com/us/sectors/media-telecom/

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@misc{howshorted-us-media-telecom-stocks-2026-09-15,
  title        = {US media & telecom stocks short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/sectors/media-telecom/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 15 Sep 2026; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2026}
}

Sector trend

The median disclosed position across the sector's classified companies at each reporting date. A median, not a total: percentages of different companies' capital cannot be added, so this tracks the typical member, with the table below showing today's spread.

#	Company	Short %	20 rpt (pp)
1	Groupon, Inc.	32.28%	+10.87
2	Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.	28.23%	+1.88
3	Six Flags Entertainment Corporation	20.90%	+3.82
4	Fabric.AI, Inc.	20.61%	+12.19
5	USA TODAY Co., Inc.	18.48%	+5.87
6	AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Class A	16.77%	+6.24
7	Cable One, Inc.	16.69%	−1.55
8	Sidus Space Inc.	16.53%	+9.88
9	Ziff Davis, Inc.	16.16%	+5.18
10	AMC Global Media Inc. Class A	15.88%	+5.11
11	Ibotta, Inc.	13.65%	+4.29
12	COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.	13.40%	−0.19
13	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.	12.92%	0.00
14	DAILY JOURNAL CORP	12.60%	−2.80
15	PENN Entertainment, Inc.	12.16%	−0.75
16	SiriusXM Holdings Inc.	10.97%	+2.74
17	Fox Corporation	10.76%	+6.11
18	Gogo Inc.	10.33%	−4.94
19	Scholastic Corporation	10.21%	+4.00
20	Optimum Communications, Inc.	9.91%	+3.05
21	Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.	9.81%	+2.16
22	Omnicom Group Inc.	9.49%	−5.40
23	CIMPRESS plc	9.35%	+0.73
24	Ennis, Inc.	9.25%	+4.25
25	Caesars Entertainment, Inc.	9.21%	−8.46
26	John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Class	9.19%	+4.91
27	Spire Global, Inc.	9.17%	+1.14
28	EchoStar CORP	9.16%	+1.82
29	Uniti Group Inc.	9.01%	–
30	CALIX, INC.	8.86%	+5.29
31	Deluxe Corporation	8.82%	+2.05
32	Anterix Inc.	8.45%	+2.50
33	New York Times Co.	8.39%	+2.13
34	ViaSat, Inc.	8.24%	−2.54
35	NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC.	8.16%	+1.51
36	Entravision Communication	8.02%	+7.19
37	Flutter Entertainment plc	7.97%	+4.10
38	National CineMedia, Inc.	7.69%	−1.08
39	Skydance Corp	7.58%	–
40	Thryv Holdings, Inc.	7.06%	−5.52
41	Adeia Inc.	6.77%	+3.53
42	Weave Communications, Inc.	6.39%	+1.43
43	Cinemark Holdings, Inc.	6.26%	−5.16
44	iQSTEL Inc.	6.21%	–
45	Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.	6.12%	+2.89
46	Shenandoah Telecommunications	5.97%	+0.26
47	PSQ Holdings, Inc.	5.80%	–
48	FuboTV Inc.	5.69%	−12.31
49	Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc.	5.51%	+2.91
50	Sinclair, Inc.	5.47%	+0.98
51	OUTFRONT Media Inc.	5.40%	−3.86
52	Seaport Entertainment Group Inc.	5.22%	−0.60
53	MNTN, Inc.	5.20%	+0.25
54	TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC	5.20%	−0.13
55	Roku, Inc.	5.11%	+1.13
56	E.W. SCRIPPS Co	4.98%	+1.35
57	AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.	4.86%	−4.59
58	Gray Media, Inc.	4.62%	−0.24
59	TechTarget, Inc.	4.54%	+1.71
60	Inspired Entertainment, Inc.	4.52%	+0.71
61	CuriosityStream Inc.	4.13%	+0.71
62	iHeartMedia, Inc.	4.11%	+0.40
63	Newsmax, Inc.	3.96%	+2.70
64	Versant Media Group, Inc.	3.94%	–
65	Stagwell Inc	3.76%	+0.67
66	Myseum.AI, Inc.	3.73%	–
67	SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP	3.58%	+1.23
68	Globalstar, Inc.	3.44%	−0.26
69	Crexendo, Inc.	3.29%	+2.10
70	Spok Holdings, Inc.	3.25%	+2.03
71	Iridium Communications Inc.	3.21%	−5.78
72	Inuvo, Inc.	3.15%	+2.85
73	Angel Studios, Inc.	3.10%	+3.08
74	Ribbon Communications Inc.	2.87%	+1.03
75	Accel Entertainment, Inc.	2.83%	+1.05
76	WEBTOON Entertainment Inc.	2.75%	+0.29
77	The Marcus Corporation	2.69%	−0.29
78	CPI Card Group Inc.	2.56%	+0.53
79	Lee Enterprises, Incorporated	2.54%	+1.68
80	Criteo S.A.	2.47%	–
81	Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.	2.36%	−0.83
82	Netflix, Inc.	2.26%	+0.83
83	COMCAST CORP	2.25%	+0.81
84	IDT Corporation Class B	2.24%	+0.36
85	NEWS CORP	2.19%	+0.32
86	SOBR Safe, Inc.	2.02%	−5.87
87	Verizon Communications	2.02%	−0.43
88	ATN International, Inc.	1.93%	+1.05
89	Kartoon Studios, Inc.	1.93%	−0.03
90	AT&T Inc.	1.90%	+0.55
91	T-Mobile US, Inc.	1.68%	+0.67
92	Cineverse Corp.	1.63%	−0.65
93	Array Digital Infrastructure,	1.48%	–
94	COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP	1.42%	−1.98
95	Creative Media & Community Trust Corp	1.34%	−0.99
96	TOWNSQUARE MEDIA, INC.	1.28%	+0.70
97	McGraw Hill, Inc.	1.23%	−0.19
98	Our Bond, Inc.	1.23%	–
99	Paradium.AI, Inc.	1.05%	−0.19
100	Urban One, Inc.	1.00%	+0.89
101	Reservoir Media, Inc.	0.92%	−0.89
102	Liberty Capital Corp	0.77%	−0.51
103	IZEA Worldwide, Inc.	0.57%	−0.10
104	Gaia, Inc.	0.56%	−1.05
105	Liberty Latin America Ltd.	0.50%	+0.19
106	Liberty Media Corp	0.44%	−1.28
107	Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.	0.28%	−1.30
108	iOThree Limited	0.21%	–
109	Elauwit Connection, Inc.	0.19%	–
110	SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC	0.16%	+0.04
111	Fluent, Inc.	0.13%	+0.02
112	Stran & Company, Inc.	0.01%	−1.43

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Sector buckets are our own coarse editorial classification, not the licensed GICS or ICB schemes; only classified companies appear here. The change column is percentage points over 20 twice-monthly reports. Figures are official FINRA disclosures, see the methodology.