AP by the numbers
Noah Lyles, of the United States, in lane seven, wins the men’s 100-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
A look at 2024 through AP stats and figures
Revenue by business line
The AP network
- 230 locations worldwide in 91 countries
- Unrivaled U.S. footprint with journalists based in every state
- Customers in nearly 150 countries
Activists hold an inflatable globe as they demonstrate in silence protesting a draft of a proposed deal for curbing climate change at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
4 billion people see news from The Associated Press every day.
A fleet of boats from around the world compete in a men’s skiff event sailing race, July 28, 2024, on the first day of the 2024 Summer Olympics sailing competition in Marseille, France. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
We have customers in nearly 150 countries, ranging from local newspapers to major television networks to technology platforms and everyone in between.
We produce 5,000 individual pieces of journalism every day. 75% of that content is visual.
1.27M
photos annually
44,200+
hours of live video
Nearly 80,000
news and sports videos
459,000
text stories
AP and elections
- Counted the vote and declared winners in nearly 7,000 races
- 99.99% accuracy rate
- 30% growth in customers versus 2020
- AP VoteCast surveyed registered voters on key issues in all 50 states
A voter works on her ballot at a polling place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
AP News
- Record traffic year with nearly 2.6 billion page views
- 54.4 million monthly users
- 113.5 million monthly visits
- 186.5 million monthly page views
- Over 2 million newsletter subscribers
AP video on YouTube
- Record 590 million views
- Record livestream views, up 430% against the previous year
- Added nearly 1 million subscribers, bringing total to 3.47 million
- Nearly 4 billion lifetime views
On social
Taylor Swift kisses Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after an AFC Championship NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore. The Kansas City Chiefs won 17-10. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
We produce the AP report in English, Spanish and Arabic
Supporters watch a quarter final match between Turkey and Netherlands at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament being played in Berlin, July 6, 2024, at Besiktas stadium in Istanbul. Netherlands won 2-1.
Awards and prizes
- Two Emmy Awards for “Adrift” investigation, “Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK”
- Headliner Award for reporting on pandemic’s missing students
- Livingston Award for “Adrift” investigation
- Peabody Award for “20 Days in Mariupol”
- Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for images showing migration from Central America to the U.S.
- Two RFK Awards for Gaza photography, Mormon Church reporting
- Two Scripps Howard Awards for Maui Wildfire coverage, “20 Days in Mariupol”
A bishop uses a smartphone as Pope Francis presides over a mass in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, for the opening of the second session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Grants and partnerships
Over 103 grants totaling $75 million to date
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh drive in an open carriage down the course at Ascot are track, June 18, 1985, for the start of the Royal Ascot race meeting, the first day of the four-day meeting. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)
From the archive
- Roughly 20 million digitized items dating from 1985
- 86 million editorial and creative images
- More than 2 million global news and entertainment video stories from 1895 to present
- Over 200 global image and video partners
AP 360 Global Media Services
- 28 live positions around the world
- 42 events in 2024
- 28 news and breaking news events covered
AP Workflow Solutions
News production software used by over 65,000 news professionals in more than 800 newsrooms in over 50 countries
Spain’s Nico Williams celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the final match between Spain and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Berlin, Germany, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
SNTV
- AP’s joint venture with IMG provides an unrivaled blend of sports highlights and news to more than 400 media outlets worldwide
- SNTV delivered over 23,000 video stories per year
- More than 63 videos per day
- Reaching over 130 territories
A bishop uses a smartphone as Pope Francis presides over a mass in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, for the opening of the second session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh drive in an open carriage down the course at Ascot are track, June 18, 1985, for the start of the Royal Ascot race meeting, the first day of the four-day meeting. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)
Spain’s Nico Williams celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the final match between Spain and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Berlin, Germany, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
2024 year in review
