Duotrope's State of the Stats

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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 4.5 hours.)

Year	Count	% Change
2013	8,089	+20.32 %
2014	8,593	+6.23 %
2015	8,538	-0.64 %
2016	10,335	+21.05 %
2017	10,051	-2.75 %
2018	11,193	+11.36 %
2019	10,680	-4.58 %
2020	11,809	+10.57 %
2021 YTD	2,709	TBD

Listing Updates

Year	Count	% Change
2013	47,970	+38.04 %
2014	60,448	+26.01 %
2015	82,930	+37.19 %
2016 *	142,147	+71.41 %
2017	134,005	-5.73 %
2018 *	142,333	+6.21 %
2019	126,668	-11.01 %
2020	134,488	+6.17 %
2021 YTD	28,899	TBD

New Listings Added

Year	Count	% Change
2013	1,781	-24.18 %
2014	1,569	-11.90 %
2015	1,801	+14.79 %
2016 *	2,466	+36.92 %
2017	1,473	-40.27 %
2018 *	2,760	+87.37 %
2019	1,782	-35.43 %
2020	1,928	+8.19 %
2021 YTD	448	TBD

Submissions Reported

Year	Count	% Change
2013	224,424	-15.21 %
2014	242,529	+8.07 %
2015	275,869	+13.75 %
2016	292,700	+6.10 %
2017	290,588	-0.72 %
2018	282,817	-2.67 %
2019	292,104	+3.28 %
2020	319,285	+9.31 %
2021 YTD	70,742	TBD

An asterisk indicates an expansion year when Duotrope added a new category of listings.

Note: These statistics are calculated every 6 hours. Last compiled: 8 March 2021 1:42 AM UTC (5 hours, 5 minutes ago).

Duotrope By the Numbers

7,583
That's the number of current fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art publishers and agents that we list. Learn more.

Sample Listing: Bellevue Literary Review Contests

Our All-Time Data Collections:
3,170,037 submission reports
23,436 themes & deadlines
1,913 interviews with editors & agents

Activity in the Past Week:
7,825 submissions reported
1,714 listings checked We check each active listing's guidelines page for changes once a month on average. Click to learn more.
1,665 listings updated
267 listings audited We audit each active listing twice a year. Click to learn more.
59 new listings added
Most recent update:
53 minute(s) ago

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