No. 67 overallNo. 13 in Entertainment & Sport
Empire
Britain's best-known film magazine, enthusiastic and knowledgeable.
81.3out of 1002026 score
Visit empireonline.com2026 scorecard
Each criterion is scored from 0 to 10. The weighted total gives the score out of 100. How we score
- Editorial quality25%
- 7.9
- Influence20%
- 8.2
- Trust & transparency15%
- 8.2
- Design & craft15%
- 8.3
- Digital experience15%
- 8.1
- Reach10%
- 8.2
7.9 × 25% + 8.2 × 20% + 8.2 × 15% + 8.3 × 15% + 8.1 × 15% + 8.2 × 10% = 81.3
At a glance
- Founded
- 1989
- Publisher
- Bauer Media Group
- Ownership
- Launched by Emap; owned by Bauer since it bought Emap's consumer magazines in early 2008.
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Published
- 13 issues a year
- Format
- Print and digital
- Language
- English
- Website
- empireonline.com
Ranking history
How Empire has placed in each annual edition.
| Edition | Overall | In category | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No. 67 | No. 13 in Entertainment & Sport | 81.3 | First edition |
About the magazine
British film magazine covering new releases, film news, interviews, reviews and features, with some coverage of television and games. It ran the Empire Awards from 1996 to 2018.
Sources for these facts
- foundeden.wikipedia.org
- publisher (site footer)empireonline.com
- frequencygreatmagazines.co.uk
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