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As of 4 November 2026, 80,275 news & content portals companies are based in United Kingdom; 218 are hiring right now and London has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 80,275
- Hiring now
- 218 · 72 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- General content farms · 25,836
- Top city
- London · 2,583
- Parent market
- Media & content · 157,266
News & content portals in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General content farms | 25,836 | 32% |
| Online news portals | 21,792 | 27% |
| Sports media | 4,543 | 6% |
| Local & regional news | 3,815 | 5% |
| Video game media | 3,652 | 5% |
| Product review & comparison | 3,551 | 4% |
| Trade & industry press | 3,020 | 4% |
| Health information portals | 2,954 | 4% |
| Other news & content portals | 2,852 | 4% |
| Technology media | 2,790 | 3% |
| Business press | 2,576 | 3% |
| Arts & culture media | 2,264 | 3% |
| Entertainment & celebrity media | 1,992 | 2% |
| Politics & opinion media | 1,888 | 2% |
| Music media | 1,790 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 59,970 · 36 |
| 2-10 employees | 7,733 · 65 |
| 11-50 employees | 11,801 · 66 |
| 51-200 employees | 561 · 31 |
| 201-500 employees | 121 · 9 |
| 501-1000 employees | 43 · 5 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 28 · 6 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 7 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 11 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 2,583 | 3% |
| Somers Town | 2,327 | 3% |
| Manchester | 277 | 0% |
| Bournemouth | 223 | 0% |
| Hoxton | 216 | 0% |
| Newington | 206 | 0% |
| Calow | 205 | 0% |
| Aldgate East | 152 | 0% |
| Birmingham | 142 | 0% |
| Bristol | 141 | 0% |
| Glasgow | 140 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 123 | 0% |
The biggest news & content portals companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of news & content portals in United Kingdom
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Other segments of media & content in United Kingdom
Media & content in United Kingdom, the whole market →
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Music & radio · 10,392 →
Travel blogs guides · 9,700 →
Creator channels & influencers · 8,578 →
Books publishing & retail · 8,079 →
Games development & publishing · 3,490 →
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80,275 news & content portals companies are based in United Kingdom; 218 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/united-kingdom/news_and_content_portals)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
News & content portals in United Kingdom: questions
How many news & content portals companies are there in United Kingdom?
80,275 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → News & content portals → leaf niches such as general content farms, online news portals, sports media. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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