The Economist
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| Location: | London, United Kingdom |
| Type: | Newspaper |
| Year founded: | 1843 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Economist is a London-based newspaper published weekly in the format of a magazine.[1] The publication covers economics, world affairs, and politics.
Background
On its website as of October 2025, the publication described its editorial mission as the following: "The Economist has been published since September 1843 to take part 'in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.' This mission continues to guide our coverage: we publish it every week in the newspaper."[1]
Leadership
As of October 2025, the following individuals were on the board of The Economist Group:[2]
- Lara Boro, chief executive
- Lord Paul Deighton, non-executive chair
- Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief
- Vindi Banga, non-executive chair
- Georgina Cadbury, non-executive director
- Eli Goldstein, non-executive director
- Lady Suzanne Heywood, non-executive director
- Diego Piacentini, non-executive director
- Mustafa Suleyman, non-executive director
Work and activities
News activities
The Economist is published weekly as a print magazine, with stories also published regularly on its website. It also operates a mobile application, podcasts, films, and maintains a social media presence. It has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia.[3] The publication covers economics, world affairs, business, culture, and other issues.[4] The Economist has a global digital circulation of 970,074 and a print circulation of 442,957. The publication reported it had over 1.1 million total subscribers as of 2024, two-thirds of which were digital subscribers.[5]
Presidential race ratings
The Economist began to publish a presidential election forecast in 2020. The model was developed with the assistance of two political scientists from Columbia University, Andrew Gelman and Merlin Heidemanns.[6] The publication had a similar forecast for the 2024 election cycle.[7]
Notable endorsements
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Finances
For the 2024-25 fiscal year, The Economist Group reported a revenue of £368.5 million, a 2% increase over the previous year.[8]
The following is a breakdown of The Economist Group's publicly reported revenues for the 2021 to 2025 fiscal years:
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Economist, "Frequently Asked Questions," accessed October 2, 2025
- ↑ The Economist Group, "Our Board," accessed October 2, 2025
- ↑ Economist Group, "About Us," accessed October 2, 2025
- ↑ The Economist, "Homepage," accessed October 2, 2025
- ↑ Talking Biz News, "Examining The Economist’s circulation," February 23, 2025
- ↑ The Economist, "How The Economist presidential forecast works," accessed October 2, 2025
- ↑ The Economist, "US election 2024." accessed October 2, 2025
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Economist Group, "Results," accessed October 1, 2025
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Economist Group, "2024 Annual Report Summary," accessed October 2, 2025
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Economist Group, "2022 Annual Report," accessed October 2, 2025
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