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How many journalists are there on file

127,602 journalists are on file at 8,800 news outlets, counted September 2026.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

127,602 Journalists on file
8,800 Outlets with at least one
31,773 Carry a beat in the title or headline
26 Beats counted

31,773 of the 127,602 journalists on file, 24.9%, carry a beat word in their job title or profile headline. Every beat figure on this site counts those titled rows, not the whole file. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

By country

69,377 of the 127,602 journalists on file are in the United States, 54.4% of the file. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

CountryJournalistsShare of fileReportersEditorsEditors per reporter
United States 69,377 54.4% 22,945 30,040 1.31
United Kingdom 12,094 9.5% 3,479 6,085 1.75
India 7,656 6.0% 2,432 3,829 1.57
Australia 4,170 3.3% 1,770 1,609 0.91
Canada 3,026 2.4% 912 1,601 1.76
Sweden 1,879 1.5% 1,593 195 0.12
Germany 1,643 1.3% 848 546 0.64
South Africa 1,530 1.2% 506 490 0.97
Indonesia 1,520 1.2% 696 624 0.9
France 1,369 1.1% 864 305 0.35
Denmark 1,125 0.9% 960 121 0.13
Brazil 1,024 0.8% 140 784 5.6
Italy 907 0.7% 324 403 1.24
Singapore 787 0.6% 201 389 1.94
Spain 770 0.6% 199 425 2.14
Turkey 742 0.6% 181 329 1.82
Ireland 717 0.6% 254 247 0.97
Hong Kong 644 0.5% 235 334 1.42
Philippines 632 0.5% 191 354 1.85
Nigeria 605 0.5% 276 202 0.73
Pakistan 562 0.4% 248 185 0.75
Norway 550 0.4% 467 55 0.12
Belgium 536 0.4% 281 144 0.51
China 535 0.4% 193 249 1.29
Israel 530 0.4% 153 281 1.84

Country is the country on the journalist's own profile, not the country the outlet is registered in. A country page is published at 200 rows or more; 43 countries clear it. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

By beat

6,533 journalists on file carry sports in their title or headline, the largest beat of the 26 counted. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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%
Local news 1,601 1.3%
Science 1,546 1.2%
Crime and courts 1,372 1.1%
Technology 1,184 0.9%
Economics 1,158 0.9%
Health 1,141 0.9%
Education 932 0.7%
Climate and environment 868 0.7%
Fashion 833 0.7%
Food 668 0.5%
Travel 541 0.4%
Real estate 428 0.3%
Energy 348 0.3%
AI 331 0.3%
Defence and security 296 0.2%
Crypto 123 0.1%
Immigration 93 0.1%
Cybersecurity 72 0.1%

A journalist whose title or headline names two beats is counted under both, so the beats add up to more than the 31,773 rows carrying any beat. A beat page is published at 40 rows or more. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

By role

RoleJournalistsShare of file
Editors 54,548 42.7%
Reporters 46,013 36.1%
Anchors and presenters 8,678 6.8%
Other editorial 6,625 5.2%
Correspondents 5,463 4.3%
News producers 2,856 2.2%
Columnists 2,522 2.0%
Critics and reviewers 897 0.7%

Role comes from the first phrase the job title matches in the published classifier. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

By outlet type

Outlet typeOutletsJournalistsEditors per reporter
Newspapers 3,062 44,234 1.22
Broadcasters 3,115 52,664 0.89
Online outlets 2,216 16,885 1.86
Wire agencies 59 5,448 0.65
Magazines 183 4,222 4.54

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Every beat

Every country

Cite this

JournalistLabs, journalists on file, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/.

127,602 journalists at 8,800 outlets. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.