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1,520 journalists in Indonesia (September 2026)

1,520 journalists are on file in Indonesia, 1.2% of the 127,602 on file. 696 are reporters and 624 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

1,520 Journalists on file
696 Reporters
624 Editors
0.9 Editors per reporter

Indonesia has 0.9 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 Indonesia
Reporters 696 45.8%
Editors 624 41.1%
Anchors and presenters 92 6.1%
News producers 37 2.4%
Correspondents 31 2.0%
Other editorial 24 1.6%
Columnists 10 0.7%
Critics and reviewers 6 0.4%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

347 of the 1,520 journalists on file in Indonesia carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Local news 148 42.7%
Sports 21 6.1%
Politics 19 5.5%
Finance and markets 19 5.5%
Business 19 5.5%
Technology 16 4.6%
Crime and courts 14 4.0%
Economics 13 3.7%
Entertainment 11 3.2%
Fashion 11 3.2%
Travel 10 2.9%
Science 10 2.9%

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

Outlets in Indonesia

OutletTypeJournalists in IndonesiaAll journalists on file
Metro TV Broadcasters 247 252
MNC Media Broadcasters 204 206
Trans7 Broadcasters 184 188
Kumparan Online outlets 146 151
MDTV Broadcasters 110 110
KapanLagi Youniverse Online outlets 95 95
IDN Online outlets 93 94
Suara.Com Newspapers 57 59
Hukumonline.com Online outlets 22 23
Deutsche Welle Broadcasters 21 732
Female Daily Network Online outlets 17 17
Ayo Media Network Online outlets 15 15
Bloomberg Online outlets 13 1,785
AFP Wire agencies 13 865
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 11 1,535
TV One Broadcasters 11 25
Editor & Publisher Magazines 10 75
KBR Broadcasters 9 10
BBC Broadcasters 8 3,935
Fortino Studios Online outlets 7 7

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

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JournalistLabs, 1,520 journalists in Indonesia, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/indonesia/.

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

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