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2,522 columnists (September 2026)
2,522 of the 127,602 journalists on file are columnists, 2.0% of the file.
Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026
Updated 2026-09-15
By country
| Country | Columnists | Share of all columnists |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,786 | 70.8% |
| United Kingdom | 157 | 6.2% |
| Canada | 126 | 5.0% |
| Australia | 58 | 2.3% |
| India | 40 | 1.6% |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1.1% |
| Turkey | 23 | 0.9% |
| Brazil | 20 | 0.8% |
| Israel | 16 | 0.6% |
| Ireland | 15 | 0.6% |
| Hong Kong | 14 | 0.6% |
| Portugal | 13 | 0.5% |
| Sweden | 10 | 0.4% |
| Pakistan | 10 | 0.4% |
Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.
By outlet
| Outlet | Country | Type | Columnists | All journalists on file | Share of the outlet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New York Times | United States | Newspapers | 52 | 2,168 | 2.4% |
| The Globe and Mail | Canada | Newspapers | 44 | 347 | 12.7% |
| Bloomberg | United States | Online outlets | 36 | 1,785 | 2.0% |
| Forbes | United States | Online outlets | 35 | 406 | 8.6% |
| The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) | United States | Newspapers | 33 | 1,535 | 2.1% |
| The Times | United Kingdom | Newspapers | 29 | 504 | 5.8% |
| Los Angeles Times | United States | Newspapers | 27 | 470 | 5.7% |
| The Guardian | United Kingdom | Newspapers | 26 | 718 | 3.6% |
| The Daily Pennsylvanian | United States | Newspapers | 23 | 96 | 24.0% |
| HuffPost | United States | Newspapers | 23 | 184 | 12.5% |
| Toronto Star | Canada | Newspapers | 21 | 219 | 9.6% |
| Financial Times | United Kingdom | Newspapers | 21 | 595 | 3.5% |
| USA Today | United States | Newspapers | 21 | 413 | 5.1% |
| New York Post | United States | Newspapers | 20 | 373 | 5.4% |
| Creators Syndicate | United States | Wire agencies | 18 | 28 | n/a |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | United States | Newspapers | 18 | 232 | 7.8% |
| The Michigan Daily | United States | Newspapers | 17 | 124 | 13.7% |
| The Minnesota Star Tribune | United States | Online outlets | 17 | 258 | 6.6% |
| The Telegraph | United Kingdom | Newspapers | 17 | 457 | 3.7% |
| The Dallas Morning News | United States | Newspapers | 16 | 217 | 7.4% |
Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.
Cite this
JournalistLabs, 2,522 columnists, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/columnists/.
Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.