No. 17 overallNo. 9 in News, Science & Ideas
Der Spiegel
Germany's heavyweight of investigative reporting, with a newsroom that rebuilt its verification rules after the 2018 Relotius affair.
86.6out of 1002026 score
Visit spiegel.de2026 scorecard
Each criterion is scored from 0 to 10. The weighted total gives the score out of 100. How we score
- Editorial quality25%
- 9.0
- Influence20%
- 8.8
- Trust & transparency15%
- 8.2
- Design & craft15%
- 8.5
- Digital experience15%
- 8.7
- Reach10%
- 8.4
9.0 × 25% + 8.8 × 20% + 8.2 × 15% + 8.5 × 15% + 8.7 × 15% + 8.4 × 10% = 86.6
At a glance
- Founded
- 1947
- Publisher
- SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG
- Ownership
- Majority owned by its staff through an employee partnership (50.5 percent). Bertelsmann holds 25.5 percent through RM Hamburg Holding, formerly Gruner + Jahr, and the heirs of founder Rudolf Augstein hold 24 percent.
- Based in
- Hamburg, Germany
- Published
- Weekly
- Format
- Print and digital
- Language
- German
- Website
- spiegel.de
Ranking history
How Der Spiegel has placed in each annual edition.
| Edition | Overall | In category | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No. 17 | No. 9 in News, Science & Ideas | 86.6 | First edition |
About the magazine
A German weekly news magazine covering politics, business, culture and international affairs, known for its investigative reporting.
Sources for these facts
- foundedhannover.de
- foundeden.wikipedia.org
- publisherhorizont.net
- publisheruamr.de
- frequencyhorizont.net
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