No. 19 overallNo. 11 in News, Science & Ideas
The New York Review of Books
The essay review raised to an art form. Its contributors set the terms of intellectual debate in English.
86.5out of 1002026 score
Visit nybooks.com2026 scorecard
Each criterion is scored from 0 to 10. The weighted total gives the score out of 100. How we score
- Editorial quality25%
- 9.5
- Influence20%
- 8.9
- Trust & transparency15%
- 9.2
- Design & craft15%
- 7.9
- Digital experience15%
- 7.9
- Reach10%
- 7.4
9.5 × 25% + 8.9 × 20% + 9.2 × 15% + 7.9 × 15% + 7.9 × 15% + 7.4 × 10% = 86.5
At a glance
- Founded
- 1963
- Publisher
- NYREV, Inc.
- Ownership
- Owned and published by Rea S. Hederman, who bought the Review in 1984.
- Based in
- New York, United States
- Published
- Twenty issues a year
- Format
- Print and digital
- Language
- English
- Website
- nybooks.com
Ranking history
How The New York Review of Books has placed in each annual edition.
| Edition | Overall | In category | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No. 19 | No. 11 in News, Science & Ideas | 86.5 | First edition |
About the magazine
Publishes long essays and reviews on literature, politics, history, science and the arts. It was founded during the 1963 New York City newspaper strike by Robert Silvers and Barbara Epstein.
Sources for these facts
- foundednybooks.com
- publisher (copyright NYREV, Inc.)nybooks.com
- publisher (Rea S. Hederman on masthead)nybooks.com
- frequency (twenty issues each year)nybooks.com
- ownership historyen.wikipedia.org
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