Julia Stoll
Research expert covering TV and video media
Journalism in the United Kingdom - statistics & facts
The number of people employed as journalists and newspaper and periodical editors in the United Kingdom was reportedly 110 thousand in 2021. Although this figure represented a continuation of the upward trend beginning in 2018, the number of employees in this field accounts for a mere fraction of the UK workforce. Employment figures for the United Kingdom place the number of employed persons at over 32 million, meaning that those working as journalists or editors represent less than 0.5 percent of the total.
