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525 journalists in Egypt (September 2026)

525 journalists are on file in Egypt, 0.4% of the 127,602 on file. 277 are reporters and 181 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

525 Journalists on file
277 Reporters
181 Editors
0.65 Editors per reporter

Egypt has 0.65 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Egypt
Reporters 277 52.8%
Editors 181 34.5%
Anchors and presenters 25 4.8%
Correspondents 24 4.6%
News producers 8 1.5%
Other editorial 4 0.8%
Columnists 3 0.6%
Critics and reviewers 3 0.6%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

173 of the 525 journalists on file in Egypt carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Foreign affairs 98 56.6%
Sports 11 6.4%
Culture and arts 9 5.2%
Economics 8 4.6%
Investigative 7 4.0%
Business 6 3.5%
Finance and markets 6 3.5%
Entertainment 6 3.5%
Defence and security 5 2.9%
Science 4 2.3%
Politics 3 1.7%
Health 2 1.2%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Egypt

OutletTypeJournalists in EgyptAll journalists on file
Middle East News Agency Wire agencies 114 124
Masrawy Online outlets 52 54
El Watan Newspaper جريدة الوطن Newspapers 42 46
Sky News Arabia Broadcasters 22 189
BBC Broadcasters 17 3,935
Associated Press Wire agencies 15 1,057
Al Bawaba News Online outlets 14 19
DigiSay Online outlets 12 12
OSN Broadcasters 12 45
AFP Wire agencies 12 865
dpa Wire agencies 12 136
Agencia EFE Wire agencies 10 175
Mbc Network Broadcasters 9 50
Sputnik News Wire agencies 9 41
Reuters Wire agencies 8 710
Bloomberg Online outlets 7 1,785
AraGeek Newspapers 6 9
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 6 1,535
صحيفة الشرق الأوسط Newspapers 5 30
Deutsche Welle Broadcasters 5 732

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Egypt, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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JournalistLabs, 525 journalists in Egypt, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/egypt/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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