The “Global 50 Publishing Ranking”, which has been updated every year since 2007, represents 50 companies that each report revenues from publishing of over 150mEUR (or 200mUSD).

Researched by Ruediger Wischenbart Content and Consulting, who also holds the copyright to the report, the Global 50 includes the list of the companies ranked by their annual revenue, an analysis of industry trends, and detailed company profiles with a summary history, keyfinancials and recent key company developments.

The Ranking is co-published in late summer 2023 by Bookdao (PR China), The Bookseller (Great Britain), buchreport (Germany), Livres Hebdo (France) and Publishers Weekly (USA).

The Global 50 is supported by the digital distributor Bookwire 

The Global 50 does not receive any financial contributions from any of the listed companies.

“Global 50” is published by the participating trade publications and will be also available as a full report of 243 pages in digital format (PDF) for just 50 euros, and can be purchased at www.wischenbart.com/ranking .