Terrorexpertise:Guardian/Times articles on terrorism
This page shows data on the coverage of terrorism in The Times and The Sunday Times, and The Guardian and The Observer between 1950 and 2007. The data was compiled from three fully searchable newspaper archives; The Times Digital Archive (1785-1985), the ProQuest Historical Newspapers archive of The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003), and the newspaper database of Lexis Nexis.
Each year between 1950 and 2007 was searched for articles including the terms "Terrorism" OR "Terrorists". The results are reproduced in the table below.
Table
| Year | The Times Archive | Lexis Nexis - The Times/Sunday Times | ProQuest - Guardian/Observer | Lexis Nexis - Guardian/Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 117 | ‐ | 136 | ‐ |
| 1951 | 183 | ‐ | 190 | ‐ |
| 1952 | 431 | ‐ | 325 | ‐ |
| 1953 | 451 | ‐ | 377 | ‐ |
| 1954 | 386 | ‐ | 404 | ‐ |
| 1955 | 416 | ‐ | 481 | ‐ |
| 1956 | 546 | ‐ | 645 | ‐ |
| 1957 | 342 | ‐ | 353 | ‐ |
| 1958 | 284 | ‐ | 366 | ‐ |
| 1959 | 124 | ‐ | 169 | ‐ |
| 1960 | 132 | ‐ | 176 | ‐ |
| 1961 | 265 | ‐ | 234 | ‐ |
| 1962 | 202 | ‐ | 241 | ‐ |
| 1963 | 135 | ‐ | 220 | ‐ |
| 1964 | 150 | ‐ | 254 | ‐ |
| 1965 | 159 | ‐ | 216 | ‐ |
| 1966 | 190 | ‐ | 259 | ‐ |
| 1967 | 333 | ‐ | 356 | ‐ |
| 1968 | 217 | ‐ | 214 | ‐ |
| 1969 | 181 | ‐ | 221 | ‐ |
| 1970 | 242 | ‐ | 319 | ‐ |
| 1971 | 460 | ‐ | 573 | ‐ |
| 1972 | 629 | ‐ | 774 | ‐ |
| 1973 | 500 | ‐ | 641 | ‐ |
| 1974 | 702 | ‐ | 867 | ‐ |
| 1975 | 717 | ‐ | 978 | ‐ |
| 1976 | 773 | ‐ | 1093 | ‐ |
| 1977 | 875 | ‐ | 1251 | ‐ |
| 1978 | 908 | ‐ | 1342 | ‐ |
| 1979 | 108 | ‐ | 1294 | ‐ |
| 1980 | 728 | ‐ | 1226 | ‐ |
| 1981 | 816 | ‐ | 1256 | ‐ |
| 1982 | 725 | ‐ | 1164 | ‐ |
| 1983 | 649 | ‐ | 1139 | ‐ |
| 1984 | 769 | ‐ | 1384 | ‐ |
| 1985 | 988 | ‐ | 1587 | 1575 |
| 1986 | ‐ | 2159 | 1939 | 1699 |
| 1987 | ‐ | 1142 | 1324 | 1051 |
| 1988 | ‐ | 1437 | 1660 | 1367 |
| 1989 | ‐ | 1701 | 1359 | 1092 |
| 1990 | ‐ | 1099 | 1206 | 1036 |
| 1991 | ‐ | 867 | 1332 | 1298 |
| 1992 | ‐ | 818 | 1206 | 1167 |
| 1993 | ‐ | 977 | 1319 | 1444 |
| 1994 | ‐ | 987 | 1237 | 1344 |
| 1995 | ‐ | 1001 | 1249 | 1367 |
| 1996 | ‐ | 1098 | 1390 | 1556 |
| 1997 | ‐ | 841 | 1140 | 1259 |
| 1998 | ‐ | 1139 | 1457 | 1900 |
| 1999 | ‐ | 1143 | 1473 | 1490 |
| 2000 | ‐ | 1117 | 1351 | 1361 |
| 2001 | ‐ | 4188 | 4635 | 4231 |
| 2002 | ‐ | 3758 | 4077 | 4428 |
| 2003 | ‐ | 3406 | 4064 | 3716 |
| 2004 | ‐ | 3305 | ‐ | 4097 |
| 2005 | ‐ | 3492 | ‐ | 4073 |
| 2006 | ‐ | 3184 | ‐ | 3893 |
| 2007 | ‐ | 2883 | ‐ | 3469 |
