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.
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- Britain has 19 royal journalists on file and 2 cybersecurity reporters 2026-09-16. 19 of the 12,094 UK rows in our 127,602-row base carry a job title that names the royals and 2 carry a title that names cybersecurity, and both counts are floors.
- 47% of Business Insider newsroom titles carry a rank word. Sveriges Radio: 1% 2026-09-16. 135 of Business Insider's 286 editorial rows carry a rank word in the job title and 9 of Sveriges Radio's 764 do, the top and near the bottom of the 194 outlets with 100 or more rows in our 127,602-row base.
- Journalism has 63 AI job titles on file. The biggest desk is the BBC's five 2026-09-16. 63 of the 127,602 editorial rows in our base carry an AI word in the job title, at 48 outlets, and the biggest single group is the BBC's five.
- The NYT lists 1.8 editors per reporter. The BBC lists 1.9 reporters per editor. 2026-09-15. The New York Times lists 1.81 editors per reporter on file and the BBC lists 1.89 reporters per editor, across the 40 largest newsrooms in our 127,602-row base.
- The BBC has 1.89 reporters per editor on file. The New York Times has 0.55. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026
- 15 of the 50 largest newsrooms on file have no titled AI journalist, among them Associated Press, CBS News, The Telegraph. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026
- Ten outlets hold half of the 123 journalists whose title or headline names crypto. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026
Counts
Journalists by country
| Country | Journalists | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Beat | Titled journalists | Share 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.