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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 5.2 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%
202011,809+10.57%
202112,002+1.63%
202211,128-7.28%
202310,545-5.24%
2024 YTD8,695TBD

Listing Updates

YearCount% Change
201347,970+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 YTD102,486TBD

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%
20191,783-35.40%
20201,927+8.08%
20211,865-3.22%
20221,532-17.86%
20231,498-2.22%
2024 YTD1,251TBD

Submissions Reported

YearCount% Change
2013138,784-18.55%
2014144,087+3.82%
2015158,935+10.30%
2016164,979+3.80%
2017161,129-2.33%
2018157,236-2.42%
2019162,102+3.09%
2020178,014+9.82%
2021185,631+4.28%
2022175,433-5.49%
2023162,543-7.35%
2024 YTD127,459TBD
* An asterisk indicates an expansion year when Duotrope added a new category of listings.
Note: These statistics are calculated every 6 hours. Last compiled: 5 October 2024 9:26 AM UTC (20 hours, 52 minutes ago).

Duotrope by the Numbers

7,618
That's the number of current fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art publishers and agents that we list. Learn more.

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Our All-Time Data Collections:
2,505,331 submission reports
33,676 themes & deadlines
2,301 interviews with editors & agents

Activity in the Past Week:
4,145 submissions reported
1,907 listings checked We check each active listing's guidelines page for changes once a month on average. Click to learn more.
2,580 listings updated
309 listings audited We audit each active listing twice a year. Click to learn more.
49 new listings added
Most recent update:
1 hour(s) ago


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