No. 22 overallNo. 2 in Entertainment & Sport
Variety
The entertainment industry's trade paper of record, fast and well sourced.
86.3out of 1002026 score
Visit variety.com2026 scorecard
Each criterion is scored from 0 to 10. The weighted total gives the score out of 100. How we score
- Editorial quality25%
- 8.6
- Influence20%
- 9.0
- Trust & transparency15%
- 8.6
- Design & craft15%
- 8.0
- Digital experience15%
- 8.8
- Reach10%
- 8.7
8.6 × 25% + 9.0 × 20% + 8.6 × 15% + 8.0 × 15% + 8.8 × 15% + 8.7 × 10% = 86.3
At a glance
- Founded
- 1905
- Publisher
- Penske Media Corporation (through PMX Global, LLC)
- Ownership
- Penske Media bought Variety from Reed Business Information in October 2012. 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
- Los Angeles, United States
- Published
- Weekly
- Format
- Print and digital
- Language
- English
- Website
- variety.com
Ranking history
How Variety has placed in each annual edition.
| Edition | Overall | In category | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No. 22 | No. 2 in Entertainment & Sport | 86.3 | First edition |
About the magazine
US entertainment trade publication covering the film, television, music, theatre and media business, founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman as a weekly paper on theatre and vaudeville. Its Daily Variety print edition ended in 2013, leaving the weekly magazine as its print title.
Sources for these facts
- foundedvariety.com
- publishervariety.com
- frequencyen.wikipedia.org
- frequency (2025 and 2026 issue dates)magazineshop.us
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