3,062 newspapers and 44,234 journalists
44,234 journalists are on file at 3,062 newspapers: 20,081 editors and 16,485 reporters, 1.22 editors for every reporter.
Source: JournalistLabs
Every outlet type
| Outlet type | Outlets | Journalists | Editors | Reporters | Editors per reporter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newspapers | 3,062 | 44,234 | 20,081 | 16,485 | 1.22 |
| Broadcasters | 3,115 | 52,664 | 18,424 | 20,595 | 0.89 |
| Online outlets | 2,216 | 16,885 | 9,285 | 5,000 | 1.86 |
| Wire agencies | 59 | 5,448 | 1,665 | 2,545 | 0.65 |
| Magazines | 183 | 4,222 | 2,700 | 595 | 4.54 |
Source: JournalistLabs.
Countries
The 3,062 newspapers on file sit in 61 countries. United States has 2,468 of them.
| Country | Newspapers |
|---|---|
| United States | 2,468 |
| United Kingdom | 206 |
| Canada | 123 |
| Australia | 72 |
| India | 16 |
| Germany | 12 |
| Brazil | 11 |
| France | 11 |
| Spain | 10 |
| Sweden | 8 |
| Israel | 7 |
| Norway | 6 |
| Portugal | 5 |
| Italy | 5 |
| Switzerland | 5 |
Source: JournalistLabs, October 2026.
The 200 largest newspapers by name
Ranked by journalists on file. A linked name has a page with a list of its journalists for sale.
| Outlet | Country | Journalists | Reporters | Editors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New York Times | United States | 2,168 | 632 | 1,144 |
| The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) | United States | 1,535 | 676 | 726 |
| The Guardian | United Kingdom | 718 | 204 | 354 |
| Financial Times | United Kingdom | 595 | 128 | 313 |
| The Times | United Kingdom | 504 | 140 | 258 |
| Los Angeles Times | United States | 470 | 178 | 172 |
| The Telegraph | United Kingdom | 457 | 125 | 236 |
| The Indian Express | India | 446 | 90 | 255 |
| USA Today | United States | 413 | 174 | 175 |
| New York Post | United States | 373 | 148 | 189 |
| The Globe and Mail | Canada | 347 | 118 | 153 |
| South China Morning Post | China | 328 | 139 | 143 |
| Politico | United States | 299 | 161 | 113 |
| Newsday Media Group | United States | 276 | 113 | 118 |
| The Sun | United Kingdom | 275 | 130 | 120 |
| Denver Business Journal | United States | 255 | 128 | 113 |
| The Independent | United Kingdom | 243 | 80 | 124 |
| Nikkei | Japan | 234 | 68 | 61 |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | United States | 232 | 77 | 102 |
| The Epoch Times | United States | 225 | 144 | 60 |
| Toronto Star | Canada | 219 | 110 | 78 |
| The Dallas Morning News | United States | 217 | 71 | 103 |
| Daily Express | United Kingdom | 207 | 73 | 116 |
| Atlanta Journal-Constitution | United States | 200 | 97 | 73 |
| Daily Mirror | United Kingdom | 198 | 65 | 108 |
| Chicago Tribune Media Group | United States | 197 | 90 | 75 |
| San Francisco Chronicle | United States | 189 | 75 | 74 |
| Tampa Bay Times | United States | 189 | 77 | 70 |
| Newsweek | United States | 187 | 53 | 107 |
| Daily Mail | United Kingdom | 185 | 31 | 143 |
| The Seattle Times | United States | 184 | 86 | 77 |
| HuffPost | United States | 184 | 64 | 79 |
| Helsingin Sanomat | Finland | 183 | 128 | 30 |
| Houston Chronicle | United States | 182 | 87 | 71 |
| The Irish Times | Ireland | 179 | 59 | 70 |
| Aftonbladet | Sweden | 176 | 140 | 25 |
| Miami Herald | United States | 176 | 73 | 71 |
| The Washington Post | United States | 168 | 3 | 160 |
| Aftenposten | Norway | 158 | 136 | 13 |
| The Harvard Crimson | United States | 157 | 34 | 50 |
| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | United States | 153 | 63 | 62 |
| The Australian | Australia | 144 | 44 | 70 |
| The Straits Times | Singapore | 141 | 46 | 45 |
| The Chronicle | United States | 140 | 38 | 72 |
| Columbia Daily Spectator | United States | 138 | 7 | 84 |
| Detroit Free Press | United States | 134 | 58 | 50 |
| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | United States | 132 | 80 | 41 |
| McClatchy Media | United States | 132 | 55 | 68 |
| New York Magazine | United States | 132 | 6 | 87 |
| Expressen | Sweden | 131 | 111 | 18 |
| Mid-Day | India | 130 | 39 | 66 |
| POLITICO Europe | Belgium | 130 | 79 | 36 |
| Sun Media | Canada | 129 | 56 | 58 |
| The Kansas City Star | United States | 126 | 62 | 42 |
| The Daily Texan | United States | 125 | 61 | 55 |
| The Michigan Daily | United States | 124 | 30 | 69 |
| Patch.com | United States | 124 | 10 | 108 |
| New York Daily News | United States | 119 | 53 | 53 |
| Ekstra Bladet | Denmark | 118 | 105 | 12 |
| The Arizona Republic | United States | 115 | 73 | 32 |
| Variety | United States | 113 | 17 | 67 |
| The Baltimore Sun | United States | 112 | 49 | 44 |
| The Post and Courier | United States | 109 | 63 | 36 |
| The Seymour Tribune | United States | 109 | 42 | 36 |
| The Daily Northwestern | United States | 108 | 48 | 52 |
| Yale Daily News | United States | 108 | 42 | 40 |
| World Journal | United States | 106 | 78 | 24 |
| Daily Bruin | United States | 105 | 40 | 38 |
| Las Vegas Review-Journal | United States | 105 | 42 | 43 |
| The Oregonian | United States | 105 | 59 | 31 |
| San Antonio Express-News | United States | 104 | 45 | 41 |
| El País | Spain | 102 | 51 | 30 |
| Sun Sentinel Media Group | United States | 102 | 41 | 37 |
| IGN Entertainment | United States | 100 | 19 | 61 |
| Chicago Sun-Times | United States | 100 | 48 | 31 |
| Adams MultiMedia | United States | 98 | 27 | 63 |
| Fort Worth Star-Telegram | United States | 98 | 46 | 32 |
| Zeit Online | Germany | 98 | 40 | 37 |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | Australia | 98 | 38 | 44 |
| ThePrint | India | 97 | 23 | 46 |
| The Daily Pennsylvanian | United States | 96 | 25 | 45 |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | United States | 94 | 56 | 28 |
| The Daily Telegraph | Australia | 94 | 53 | 27 |
| The GW Hatchet | United States | 94 | 48 | 29 |
| The Detroit News | United States | 93 | 47 | 31 |
| NRC | Netherlands | 90 | 45 | 14 |
| The Palm Beach Post | United States | 90 | 33 | 47 |
| Community Impact | United States | 89 | 58 | 28 |
| The Daily Cardinal | United States | 86 | 15 | 34 |
| Göteborgs-Posten | Sweden | 86 | 79 | 4 |
| Le Figaro | France | 86 | 66 | 12 |
| Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom | 86 | 0 | 74 |
| The Pioneer | United States | 85 | 43 | 23 |
| Ilta-Sanomat | Finland | 85 | 55 | 22 |
| Mint | India | 84 | 5 | 45 |
| The Sacramento Bee | United States | 84 | 43 | 30 |
| The Standard | United Kingdom | 84 | 24 | 44 |
| The Buffalo News | United States | 83 | 39 | 33 |
| Cornell Daily Sun | United States | 83 | 7 | 35 |
| Orlando Sentinel | United States | 82 | 39 | 29 |
| The Denver Post | United States | 81 | 42 | 20 |
| Sing Tao Newspapers San Francisco | United States | 80 | 40 | 33 |
| Svenska Dagbladet | Sweden | 80 | 56 | 11 |
| The Daily Iowan | United States | 79 | 53 | 15 |
| The Charlotte Observer | United States | 78 | 37 | 29 |
| The Des Moines Register | United States | 77 | 36 | 30 |
| The News & Observer | United States | 77 | 35 | 29 |
| The Hill | United States | 77 | 32 | 30 |
| The Daily Tar Heel | United States | 76 | 15 | 26 |
| Washington Square News | United States | 76 | 2 | 50 |
| Dagens Industri | Sweden | 75 | 51 | 13 |
| Público | Portugal | 75 | 44 | 12 |
| The Salt Lake Tribune | United States | 75 | 43 | 25 |
| The Hartford Courant | United States | 75 | 31 | 33 |
| Albuquerque Journal | United States | 74 | 28 | 27 |
| Columbia Missourian | United States | 74 | 50 | 22 |
| Dagens Næringsliv | Norway | 74 | 61 | 7 |
| Estadão | Brazil | 74 | 17 | 49 |
| Healio | United States | 74 | 7 | 46 |
| Het Laatste Nieuws | Belgium | 74 | 69 | 4 |
| The Star-Ledger | United States | 74 | 20 | 33 |
| Baltimore Banner | United States | 74 | 41 | 30 |
| The Vanderbilt Hustler | United States | 74 | 2 | 29 |
| Kommersant | Russia | 73 | 22 | 36 |
| Asbury Park Press | United States | 72 | 40 | 22 |
| Orange County Register | United States | 72 | 32 | 27 |
| Southern California News Group | United States | 72 | 33 | 29 |
| The Indianapolis Star | United States | 72 | 37 | 27 |
| News & Record | United States | 71 | 37 | 22 |
| Daily Herald Media Group | United States | 70 | 23 | 31 |
| North Jersey Media Group | United States | 70 | 16 | 39 |
| The Washington Times | United States | 70 | 23 | 26 |
| Chattanooga Times Free Press | United States | 69 | 23 | 26 |
| Stavanger Aftenblad | Norway | 68 | 61 | 6 |
| The Providence Journal | United States | 68 | 23 | 27 |
| The Spokesman-Review | United States | 68 | 28 | 21 |
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch | United States | 68 | 35 | 18 |
| Globes | Israel | 68 | 31 | 31 |
| Omaha World-Herald | United States | 67 | 30 | 27 |
| The Statesman | United States | 67 | 25 | 32 |
| CNET | United States | 67 | 16 | 44 |
| The Christian Science Monitor | United States | 67 | 5 | 27 |
| Courier Journal | United States | 66 | 36 | 22 |
| The Herald | United States | 66 | 32 | 25 |
| The Red & Black Publishing Co | United States | 64 | 27 | 32 |
| Winnipeg Free Press | Canada | 64 | 28 | 23 |
| Nz Herald | New Zealand | 64 | 36 | 19 |
| Washington Examiner | United States | 64 | 28 | 28 |
| The Jerusalem Post | Israel | 63 | 13 | 29 |
| Austin American-Statesman | United States | 63 | 27 | 22 |
| Times Union Media Group | United States | 63 | 28 | 23 |
| The Blade | United States | 63 | 16 | 36 |
| The Mercury News | United States | 63 | 33 | 12 |
| Het Financieele Dagblad | Netherlands | 62 | 33 | 6 |
| Plain Dealer Publishing Co. | United States | 62 | 25 | 23 |
| The Daily Princetonian | United States | 59 | 2 | 43 |
| De Persgroep Publishing | Belgium | 59 | 40 | 13 |
| Suara.Com | Indonesia | 59 | 25 | 32 |
| The Stanford Daily | United States | 58 | 5 | 32 |
| Worcester Telegram & Gazette | United States | 57 | 22 | 20 |
| Boston Herald | United States | 56 | 32 | 14 |
| The Brown Daily Herald, Inc | United States | 56 | 1 | 27 |
| The Korea Economic Daily | South Korea | 55 | 42 | 8 |
| The Cavalier Daily | United States | 54 | 1 | 30 |
| The Daily Orange | United States | 54 | 3 | 26 |
| The Daily Uw | United States | 54 | 18 | 17 |
| Khaleej Times | United Arab Emirates | 54 | 16 | 22 |
| Arizona Daily Star | United States | 54 | 24 | 20 |
| Milliyet | Turkey | 54 | 13 | 26 |
| St. Paul Pioneer Press | United States | 54 | 23 | 22 |
| The Times-Picayune Nola.Com | United States | 53 | 27 | 20 |
| Uttarbanga Sambad | India | 53 | 22 | 28 |
| Frankfurter Allgemeine | Germany | 52 | 19 | 15 |
| The Journal News Media Group | United States | 52 | 24 | 18 |
| Caixin Global | China | 52 | 30 | 17 |
| The Republican | United States | 51 | 29 | 15 |
| Cq and Roll Call | United States | 51 | 29 | 13 |
| El Nuevo Día | United States | 50 | 27 | 15 |
| The Heights, Inc | United States | 49 | 1 | 28 |
| Columbia Political Review | United States | 49 | 1 | 25 |
| Stars and Stripes | United States | 49 | 17 | 24 |
| The Tufts Daily | United States | 49 | 1 | 38 |
| The Florida Times-Union I Jacksonville.Com | United States | 48 | 21 | 20 |
| The Commercial Appeal | United States | 48 | 32 | 12 |
| Mail & Guardian | South Africa | 48 | 25 | 16 |
| Tulsa World Media Company | United States | 47 | 12 | 24 |
| Bangor Daily News | United States | 46 | 22 | 20 |
| Emerald Media Group | United States | 46 | 18 | 23 |
| The Daily Free Press | United States | 46 | 11 | 23 |
| The Daily Illini | United States | 46 | 19 | 14 |
| El Watan Newspaper جريدة الوطن | Egypt | 46 | 37 | 4 |
| Indiana Daily Student | United States | 46 | 24 | 15 |
| Cp Mustang News | United States | 46 | 27 | 13 |
| The Oklahoman | United States | 46 | 15 | 18 |
| The Times of Israel | Israel | 45 | 14 | 20 |
| CNHI | United States | 44 | 14 | 26 |
| The Free Lance-Star | United States | 44 | 18 | 22 |
| Lexington Herald-Leader | United States | 44 | 22 | 14 |
| The Times of Northwest Indiana | United States | 44 | 15 | 16 |
| The State Newspaper | United States | 44 | 28 | 14 |
Outlet type comes from the Wikidata instance-of labels on the outlet's own domains, and from the vendor industry label where Wikidata has no entry. The rule is on method. Source: JournalistLabs.
Cite this
JournalistLabs, 44,234 journalists at 3,062 newspapers, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/outlets/type/newspapers/.
Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.