Literary Agent Response Statistics

Overall Statistics for Literary Agents Representing Category: Fiction

Some general statistics based on the responses that have been reported within the last 12 months. Note that these statistics are updated once an hour.

In All Categories:
Number of responses reported*: 3,103
Average response time: 101 days
Shortest response time reported: 0 days
Longest response time reported: 1,300 days
Number of rejections: 1,967 (63.39%)
Number of acceptances: 8 (0.258%)
Number of non-responses*: 1,136 (36.61%)

In the Fiction Category:
Number of responses reported*: 2,737
Average response time: 102 days
Shortest response time reported: 0 days
Longest response time reported: 1,300 days
Number of rejections: 1,774 (64.815%)
Number of acceptances: 5 (0.183%)
Number of non-responses*: 965 (35.258%)

Rejection Acceptance Withdrawal No Response Lost

* These figures do not include pending submissions or statistical outliers. Non-responses are Withdrawals and Lost/Never Responded submissions.

Remember: The more people who report their response times to us, the more accurate our statistics are. Please report your responses to us!

Date compiled: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 9:05:04 PM UTC.