Subscribers by Country
World Regions |
Subscriber Makeup |
North America | 58% |
United States | 50% |
Canada | 5% |
Mexico | 2% |
Central America and Caribbean | 1% |
Asia | 25% |
South America | 7% |
Europe | 6% |
Africa | 3% |
Australia & New Zealand | 1% |
Percentages based on 120,707 subscribers. Last updated August 16, 2021.
Subscribers by Job Function
Job Function |
Subscriber Makeup |
Automation / Control Engineering | 19% |
Engineering Management (includes Facilities, General or Operations, Project and Supply Chain Management) |
13% |
Operations and Maintenance (includes Environmental Controls, Measurement, Technical/Application Support, and Technicians) |
12% |
Production/Manufacturing Engineering (includes Quality Control, Evaluation, Testing, Process Engineering, Plant Engineering, and Instrumentation) |
10% |
Engineering, Other (includes Application, Consulting, Safety Systems, Software, and System Integrator/Consulting) |
10% |
Design Engineering (includes System Design, Product Design, OEM Product/Systems Engineering, and R&D) |
7% |
Sales (includes Marketing & Public Relations, and Human Resources) |
6% |
Training & Education (includes Students) |
17% |
Other (includes IT, Purchasing/Procurement, Network/Communications, and Retired) |
6% |
Percentages based on 95,028 subscribers data. Last updated August 16, 2021.
Subscribers by Industry Segment
Industry SIC |
Subscriber Makeup |
Engineering Services | 39% |
Engineering Services/Systems Integration 7370 Systems Integration, 8710 Engineering Services, 8730 Research, Development & Testing, 8740 Management Consulting, 1700 Construction, 9100 Government |
19% |
Education 8200 Education |
9% |
Other 0000 Other |
11% |
Process Automation | 36% |
Petroleum Refining 2900 Petroleum Refining & Related Industries, 1300 Oil & Gas Extraction, 1000 Mining |
13% |
Utilities, All types 4600 Utilities - Pipelines except Natural Gas, 4900 Utilities, 4910 Utilities - Electrical, 4920 Utilities - Natural Gas, 4930 Utilities - Combo (Nuclear/Foss Fuel, etc), 4940 Utilities - Water/Wastewater |
9% |
Food & Beverage / Pharmaceutical 2000 Food & Beverage, 2830 Pharmaceuticals |
5% |
Chemicals 2800 Chemicals |
5% |
Other Consumer Products 2100 Tobacco Products, 2200 Textiles, 2300 Apparel and Other Textile Products, 2400 Lumber & Wood Products, 2500 Furniture and Fixtures, 2600 Pulp, Paper & Allied Products, 2700 Printing & Publishing, 3000 Rubber & Miscellaneous Plastics, 3100 Leather and Leather Products, 3200 Stone, Clay, Glass & Concrete Products, 3840 Medical Instrumentation & Systems, 3900 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries |
4% |
Manufacturing Automation | 25% |
Instrument, Control, Measurement & Analysis 3800 Instrument/Measurement/Analysis & Control Apparatus, 5000 Instrument & Control Apparatus Sales & Service |
8% |
Electronic & Other Electronic Equipment 3600 Electronic & Other Electric Equipment, 3660 Communications Equipment, 3670 Semiconductors & Electronic Components, 4810 Communications |
7% |
Industrial Machinery & Equipment 3300 Primary Metal Products, 3400 Valves, Fittings & Fabricated Metal Products, 3500 Industrial Machinery & Equipment, including Computers |
8% |
Transportation 3700 Transportation Equipment, 3710 Transportation Automotive, 3720 Transportation Aircraft, 3760 Transportation Aerospace, 4000-4700 Transportation |
2% |
Percentages based on 93,273 subscribers data. Last updated August 16, 2021.
Company Size
How many people, in total, are employed by your company?*
Less than 50 |
23% |
50-99 |
7% |
100-499 |
17% |
500-999 |
7% |
1,000-4,999 |
14% |
5,000 or more |
23% |
Not Applicable / Not Currently Employed |
9% |
*Source: 2020 Readers Survey |