Duotrope®

Duotrope's State of the Stats

We are strong believers in transparency. That's why we provide so many statistics on publishers. We're also willing to shine that light on ourselves. Our State of the Stats provides the number of submissions reported, new listings added, contacts received, and listing updates over the past several years and the year-to-date.

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Contacts Received (We make an effort to respond to each contact within one business day. Our mean average response time for the past 12 months has been 4.7 hours.)

YearCount% Change
20138,089+20.32 %
20148,593+6.23 %
20158,538-0.64 %
201610,335+21.05 %
201710,051-2.75 %
201811,193+11.36 %
201910,680-4.58 %
2020 YTD5,773TBD

Listing Updates

YearCount% Change
201347,970+38.04 %
201460,448+26.01 %
201582,930+37.19 %
2016 *142,147+71.41 %
2017134,005-5.73 %
2018 *142,333+6.21 %
2019126,668-11.01 %
2020 YTD69,108TBD

New Listings Added

YearCount% Change
20131,781-24.18 %
20141,569-11.90 %
20151,801+14.79 %
2016 *2,466+36.92 %
20171,473-40.27 %
2018 *2,760+87.37 %
20191,782-35.43 %
2020 YTD1,036TBD

Submissions Reported

YearCount% Change
2013224,437-15.21 %
2014242,565+8.08 %
2015275,946+13.76 %
2016292,812+6.11 %
2017290,710-0.72 %
2018283,006-2.65 %
2019292,270+3.27 %
2020 YTD162,103TBD
* An asterisk indicates an expansion year when Duotrope added a new category of listings.
Note: These statistics are calculated every 6 hours. Last compiled: 6 July 2020 1:43 AM UTC (5 hours, 9 minutes ago).

Duotrope By the Numbers

7,380
That's the number of current fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art publishers and agents that we list. Learn more.

Sample Listing: Cover image representing Bernadette Baker-BaughmanBernadette Baker-Baughman

Our All-Time Data Collections:
2,943,187 submission reports
21,421 themes & deadlines
1,821 interviews with editors & agents

Activity in the Past Week:
6,980 submissions reported
1,708 listings checked We check each active listing's guidelines page for changes once a month on average. Click to learn more.
1,131 listings updated
273 listings audited We audit each active listing twice a year. Click to learn more.
57 new listings added
Most recent update:
1 hour(s) ago

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