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59 wire agencies and 5,448 journalists (September 2026)

5,448 journalists are on file at 59 wire agencies: 1,665 editors and 2,545 reporters, 0.65 editors for every reporter.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

59 Outlets
5,448 Journalists on file
0.65 Editors per reporter

Every outlet type

Outlet typeOutletsJournalistsEditorsReportersEditors 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, September 2026.

The 20 largest wire agencies

OutletCountryJournalistsReportersEditors
Associated Press United States 1,057 502 344
AFP France 865 497 226
Reuters United Kingdom 710 224 160
Anadolu Agency Turkey 383 166 57
PA Media United Kingdom 309 153 111
Law360 United States 245 150 89
CTV News Canada 240 122 52
Agencia EFE Spain 175 49 82
Press Trust of India India 172 58 72
Postmedia Network Inc. Canada 166 61 91
dpa Germany 136 48 58
Middle East News Agency Egypt 124 70 54
Courthouse News Service United States 101 82 14
ANSA Italy 86 54 11
IRNA Iran 82 69 8
TT Nyhetsbyrån Sweden 80 70 6
Interfax Russia 47 7 21
Sputnik News Russia 41 12 18
RIA Novosti Russia 37 7 17
Storyful Ireland 33 19 12

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, September 2026.

Cite this

JournalistLabs, 5,448 journalists at 59 wire agencies, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/outlets/type/wire-agencies/.

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