The Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL) designated market area (DMA) is a U.S. television market serving the people in the states of Alabama and Georgia. It is the 127th biggest media market by size in the United States, with a total population of 234,450 TV households as of the 2024-2025 television season. The Columbus-Opelika DMA comprises 16 counties across two states, namely, Barbour, Chambers, Lee, and Russell, AL; and Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, and Webster, GA.
| Season | Rank | Share | TV Homes | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 127 | 0.187% | 234,450 | -0.07% |
| 2023-2024 | 126 | 0.188% | 234,620 | -0.28% |
| 2022-2023 | 126 | 0.190% | 235,290 | +2.80% |
| 2021-2022 | 127 | 0.187% | 228,880 | +3.24% |
| 2020-2021 | 127 | 0.183% | 221,700 | +20.7% |
| 2019-2020 | 130 | 0.172% | 183,620 | -7.61% |
| 2018-2019 | 127 | 0.180% | 198,740 | -3.77% |
| 2017-2018 | 127 | 0.184% | 206,520 | -5.12% |
| 2016-2017 | 127 | 0.190% | 217,660 | +0.28% |
| 2015-2016 | 127 | 0.192% | 217,060 | -2.51% |
| 2014-2015 | 126 | 0.196% | 222,640 | -1.59% |
| 2013-2014 | 126 | 0.195% | 226,240 | +4.30% |
| 2012-2013 | 127 | 0.190% | 216,920 | +0.70% |
| 2011-2012 | 127 | 0.188% | 215,410 | -1.84% |
| 2010-2011 | 127 | 0.189% | 219,450 | +2.60% |
| 2009-2010 | 128 | 0.186% | 213,880 | -0.05% |
| 2008-2009 | 128 | 0.187% | 213,980 | +3.14% |
| 2007-2008 | 128 | 0.184% | 207,470 | +0.14% |
| 2006-2007 | 128 | 0.186% | 207,180 | +0.92% |
| 2005-2006 | 127 | 0.186% | 205,300 | -1.70% |