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12,094 journalists in the United Kingdom (September 2026)

12,094 journalists are on file in the United Kingdom, 9.5% of the 127,602 on file. 3,479 are reporters and 6,085 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

12,094 Journalists on file
3,479 Reporters
6,085 Editors
1.75 Editors per reporter

The United Kingdom has 1.75 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 the United Kingdom
Editors 6,085 50.3%
Reporters 3,479 28.8%
Anchors and presenters 1,023 8.5%
Correspondents 673 5.6%
Other editorial 501 4.1%
Columnists 157 1.3%
Critics and reviewers 111 0.9%
News producers 65 0.5%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

4,316 of the 12,094 journalists on file in the United Kingdom carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Sports 702 16.3%
Finance and markets 449 10.4%
Politics 388 9.0%
Foreign affairs 345 8.0%
Entertainment 327 7.6%
Culture and arts 325 7.5%
Business 294 6.8%
Economics 176 4.1%
Investigative 154 3.6%
Fashion 147 3.4%
Technology 125 2.9%
Health 122 2.8%

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

Outlets in the United Kingdom

OutletTypeJournalists in the United KingdomAll journalists on file
BBC Broadcasters 3,074 3,935
The Guardian Newspapers 466 718
ITV Broadcasters 446 586
The Times Newspapers 422 504
The Telegraph Newspapers 403 457
Financial Times Newspapers 374 595
Sky News Broadcasters 292 375
Bloomberg Online outlets 258 1,785
ITN Broadcasters 240 284
The Sun Newspapers 226 275
PA Media Wire agencies 224 309
Daily Mirror Newspapers 169 198
Daily Express Newspapers 155 207
The Independent Newspapers 154 243
Daily Mail Newspapers 153 185
The New York Times Newspapers 152 2,168
The Economist Magazines 149 257
Channel 4 Broadcasters 144 173
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 107 1,535
CNN Broadcasters 106 1,030

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

Cite this

JournalistLabs, 12,094 journalists in the United Kingdom, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/united-kingdom/.

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

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