No. 14 overallNo. 1 in Entertainment & Sport
Rolling Stone
Still the defining name in music journalism, with strong political reporting, though its retracted 2014 campus story still counts against it on trust.
2026 scorecard
Each criterion is scored from 0 to 10. The weighted total gives the score out of 100. How we score
- Editorial quality25%
- 8.5
- Influence20%
- 9.0
- Trust & transparency15%
- 8.0
- Design & craft15%
- 8.8
- Digital experience15%
- 8.7
- Reach10%
- 9.2
8.5 × 25% + 9.0 × 20% + 8.0 × 15% + 8.8 × 15% + 8.7 × 15% + 9.2 × 10% = 86.7
At a glance
- Founded
- 1967
- Publisher
- Penske Media Corporation (through PMX Global, LLC)
- Ownership
- Penske Media bought a majority stake from Wenner Media in December 2017 and took full ownership in January 2019 by buying BandLab Technologies' 49 percent stake. Site footers in 2026 describe it as part of PMX Global, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Media Corporation; PMC's 2026 brand lists also include former Vox Media titles.
- Based in
- New York, United States
- Published
- Monthly, with some combined issues
- Format
- Print and digital
- Language
- English
- Website
- rollingstone.com
Ranking history
How Rolling Stone has placed in each annual edition.
| Edition | Overall | In category | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No. 14 | No. 1 in Entertainment & Sport | 86.7 | First edition |
About the magazine
US magazine covering music, politics, film, television and popular culture, founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and Ralph J. Gleason. It publishes interviews, album reviews, investigative and political reporting, and ranked lists of albums and songs.
Sources for these facts
- foundeden.wikipedia.org
- founded ('since 67')rollingstone.com
- publisher (site footer)rollingstone.com
- frequencymagazineshop.us
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