Data updates and release calendar
The FCC publishes a new broadband map twice a year and revises each one every few weeks; the Census Bureau and the funding agencies publish on their own schedules. This page lists what we track, when it is expected, what changed in our data and any correction.
Release calendar
Releases we track, with the date each is expected and the pages it changes. Expected dates follow the agencies' published schedules or their usual timing; we update the affected figures within days of each release.
| Release | Date | Status | What it updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| FCC National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026: monthly revisions | Roughly every 2–4 weeks into 2027 | Revision of November 10, 2026 in use | Every availability, competition and provider figure; we re-run the pipeline on each revision |
| FCC National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025: further revisions | Into 2027 | Revision of November 3, 2026 in use | Change since December 2025 |
| FCC Urban Rate Survey 2027 results (benchmarks) | Around December 2026 (DA 26-640 opened the survey on June 26, 2026) | Expected | Methodology note on official price benchmarks |
| NTIA BEAD supplemental deployment round | NTIA targets a December 2026 window (policy notice of September 3, 2026, amended November 6, 2026) | Expected | BEAD sections of state pages |
| Census ACS 2021–2025 5-year estimates | Not announced (usually December; the last one came January 29, 2026) | Expected | County subscription rates; city figures |
| Census population estimates, Vintage 2026 | States December 2026; cities and towns around May 2027 | Expected | Population figures; the list of cities of 100,000+ |
| FCC National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2026 | Around May 2027 (based on the 2023–2026 pattern) | Expected | New latest release: every figure, change since June 2026 |
| Census ACS 2026 1-year estimates | Around September 2027 | Expected | State and city subscription rates |
| FCC National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026: first publication | October 2026 | Released; in use | Latest release on this site |
| Census ACS 2025 1-year estimates | October 29, 2026 | Released; in use | State and city subscription rates |
Changelog
- November 13, 2026. Launch data: FCC National Broadband Map availability as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026), compared with December 31, 2025 (revision of November 3, 2026) and June 30, 2022; Census ACS 2025 1-year and 2020–2024 5-year; NTIA BEAD Final Proposals; USAC Lifeline, ACP and CAF data; Treasury Capital Projects Fund; USDA ReConnect awards reported to USAspending; FCC Form 477 area tables 2016–2021. Availability, speed, choice and provider figures count offers a household can order: records filed for business customers only are left out (BEAD served and unserved counts keep them, as the FCC's files do). Census margins of error for internet and broadband subscription shares use the exact complement margin.
Corrections
No corrections have been needed since launch. When a figure is corrected, it is listed here with the date, the page and what changed.