Duotrope's State of the Stats We believe strongly 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. 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 5.3 hours.) YearCount% Change20138,089+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%202011,809+10.57%202112,002+1.63%202211,128-7.28%202310,545-5.24%202411,010+4.41%2025 YTD6,368TBD Listing Updates YearCount% Change201347,970+38.04%201460,448+26.01%201582,930+37.19%2016 *100,292+20.94%201795,131-5.15%2018 *103,473+8.77%201989,223-13.77%202094,032+5.39%202196,918+3.07%202299,333+2.49%202398,173-1.17%2024*126,038+28.38%2025 YTD70,704TBD New Listings Added YearCount% Change20131,781-24.18%20141,569-11.90%20151,801+14.79%2016 *2,466+36.92%20171,473-40.27%2018 *2,760+87.37%20191,783-35.40%20201,927+8.08%20211,865-3.22%20221,533-17.80%20231,498-2.28%20241,506+0.53%2025 YTD906TBD Submissions Reported YearCount% Change2013138,767-18.56%2014144,066+3.82%2015158,859+10.27%2016164,931+3.82%2017161,114-2.31%2018157,220-2.42%2019162,092+3.10%2020177,992+9.81%2021185,582+4.26%2022175,381-5.50%2023162,431-7.38%2024164,845+1.49%2025 YTD97,059TBD * An asterisk indicates an expansion year when Duotrope added a new category of listings or added new types of information to the listings. Note: These statistics are calculated every 6 hours. Last compiled: 16 July 2025 12:49 AM UTC (11 hours, 17 minutes ago). Duotrope by the Numbers 7,662 That's the number of current fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art publishers and agents that we list. Learn more. Listing of the DayFiction on the Web Our All-Time Data Collections 2,639,302 submission reports 36,016 themes & deadlines 2,371 interviews with editors & agents Activity in the Past Week 3,376 submissions reported1,684 guidelines checked2,392 listings updated317 listings audited 29 new listings addedMost recent update:5 hour(s) ago About our accuracy: We check each listing's guidelines page for changes once a month on average, and we run a full audit of every active listing twice a year. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve this report, please let us know.