Journalists by beat, outlet and country.

JournalistLabs is a research site that counts journalists by beat, outlet and country. It publishes counts of reporters and editors on file, curated lists of the journalists covering a beat, and reports on how coverage is spread across newsrooms. Counts come from job titles on public professional profiles at media outlets, joined to Wikidata, and every page carries its count date and method.

127,602 journalists on file at 8,800 outlets. Counted September 2026.

Full lists as CSV

ListRows
Sports journalists 6,251
Politics journalists 3,565
Business journalists 2,990
Culture and arts journalists 2,638
Finance and markets journalists 2,379
Entertainment journalists 2,352
Foreign affairs journalists 1,773
Investigative journalists 1,547

Name, title, outlet, country, role and seniority. No contact details. $29 one-time per list.

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Journalists by country

CountryJournalistsShare
United States 69,377 54.4%
United Kingdom 12,094 9.5%
India 7,656 6.0%
Australia 4,170 3.3%
Canada 3,026 2.4%
Sweden 1,879 1.5%
Germany 1,643 1.3%
South Africa 1,530 1.2%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Journalists by beat

BeatTitled journalistsShare of file
Sports 6,533 5.1%
Politics 3,709 2.9%
Business 3,138 2.5%
Culture and arts 2,767 2.2%
Finance and markets 2,491 2.0%
Entertainment 2,452 1.9%
Foreign affairs 1,867 1.5%
Investigative 1,612 1.3%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.