Average Single Copy Circulation for Top 100 ABC Magazines
1999
| 1999 |
1998 |
PUBLICATION NAME |
Single Copy 1999 |
Single Copy 1998 |
% CHANGE |
| 1 |
1 |
TV GUIDE |
2,052,852 |
2,680,855 |
-23.43% |
| 2 |
3 |
COSMOPOLITAN |
2,022,039 |
1,875,087 |
7.84% |
| 3 |
2 |
FAMILY CIRCLE |
1,845,439 |
1,994,027 |
-7.45% |
| 4 |
5 |
NATIONAL ENQUIRER |
1,773,057 |
1,788,162 |
-0.84% |
| 5 |
4 |
WOMAN'S DAY |
1,688,882 |
1,859,471 |
-9.17% |
| 6 |
6 |
WOMAN'S WORLD |
1,542,995 |
1,572,020 |
-1.85% |
| 7 |
7 |
STAR |
1,463,037 |
1,518,236 |
-3.64% |
| 8 |
8 |
PEOPLE WEEKLY |
1,407,569 |
1,469,715 |
-4.23% |
| 9 |
9 |
FIRST FOR WOMEN |
1,313,578 |
1,401,294 |
-6.26% |
| 10 |
10 |
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING |
1,181,381 |
1,213,704 |
-2.66% |
|
|
TOTAL TOP 10* |
16,290,829 |
17,372,571 |
-6.23% |
| 11 |
11 |
GLAMOUR |
1,143,263 |
1,058,800 |
7.98% |
| 12 |
13 |
IN STYLE |
855,697 |
762,735 |
12.19% |
| 13 |
12 |
GLOBE |
756,461 |
797,603 |
-5.16% |
| 14 |
16 |
READER'S DIGEST |
731,584 |
681,144 |
7.41% |
| 15 |
14 |
SEVENTEEN |
682,620 |
749,892 |
-8.97% |
| 16 |
- |
TEEN PEOPLE |
680,573 |
- |
- |
| 17 |
48 |
MAXIM |
660,206 |
313,604 |
110.52% |
| 18 |
15 |
YM |
623,000 |
684,100 |
-8.93% |
| 19 |
19 |
PLAYBOY |
614,511 |
591,999 |
3.80% |
| 20 |
18 |
PENTHOUSE |
576,431 |
592,552 |
-2.72% |
| 21 |
17 |
REDBOOK |
551,773 |
665,535 |
-17.09% |
| 22 |
24 |
PREVENTION |
534,794 |
528,939 |
1.11% |
| 23 |
27 |
MARIE CLAIRE |
523,823 |
461,085 |
13.61% |
| 24 |
20 |
VOGUE |
504,842 |
581,265 |
-13.15% |
| 25 |
21 |
YM SPECIAL (4x/yr) |
503,500 |
559,400 |
-9.99% |
| |
|
TOTAL TOP 25* |
26,233,907 |
26,401,224 |
-0.63% |
| 26 |
26 |
US |
465,120 |
477,634 |
-2.62% |
| 27 |
23 |
MADEMOISELLE |
451,396 |
536,739 |
-15.90% |
| 28 |
22 |
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL |
446,750 |
551,334 |
-18.97% |
| 29 |
25 |
COUNTRY LIVING |
439,978 |
480,884 |
-8.51% |
| 30 |
31 |
MCCALL'S |
437,584 |
424,000 |
3.20% |
| 31 |
28 |
NATIONAL EXAMINER |
418,652 |
439,199 |
-4.68% |
| 32 |
33 |
MEN'S HEALTH |
416,201 |
407,523 |
2.13% |
| 33 |
35 |
MARTHA STEWART LIVING |
412,872 |
401,005 |
2.96% |
| 34 |
32 |
TEEN |
392,440 |
410,395 |
-4.38% |
| 35 |
30 |
SOAP OPERA DIGEST |
379,758 |
434,354 |
-12.57% |
| 36 |
37 |
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS |
373,917 |
385,333 |
-2.96% |
| 37 |
36 |
VANITY FAIR |
370,512 |
392,330 |
-5.56% |
| 38 |
34 |
SELF |
361,670 |
405,917 |
-10.90% |
| 39 |
29 |
SHAPE |
360,864 |
438,474 |
-17.70% |
| 40 |
41 |
BRIDE'S MAGAZINE |
349,482 |
347,786 |
0.49% |
| 41 |
40 |
THE SOURCE |
346,057 |
348,737 |
-0.77% |
| 42 |
38 |
PILLSBURY CLASSIC COOKBOOKS |
342,772 |
379,678 |
-9.72% |
| 43 |
72 |
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE |
300,983 |
190,373 |
58.10% |
| 44 |
45 |
COUNTRY SAMPLER |
296,077 |
319,774 |
-7.41% |
| 45 |
43 |
SOAP OPERA WEEKLY |
294,174 |
328,976 |
-10.58% |
| 46 |
47 |
ELLE |
286,928 |
313,692 |
-8.53% |
| 47 |
42 |
FITNESS |
278,750 |
332,400 |
-16.14% |
| 48 |
50 |
MUSCLE & FITNESS |
276,625 |
279,394 |
-0.99% |
| 49 |
44 |
TRUE STORY PLUS |
270,875 |
323,194 |
-16.19% |
| 50 |
54 |
MODERN BRIDE |
266,204 |
262,114 |
1.56% |
| |
|
TOTAL TOP 50* |
35,270,548 |
36,012,463 |
-2.06% |
| 51 |
46 |
NEW WOMAN |
260,121 |
316,805 |
-17.89% |
| 52 |
53 |
ALLURE |
260,042 |
266,797 |
-2.53% |
| 53 |
52 |
EBONY |
254,977 |
268,667 |
-5.10% |
| 54 |
49 |
GQ-GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY |
253,260 |
281,634 |
-10.07% |
| 55 |
56 |
TWIST |
252,546 |
257,500 |
-1.92% |
| 56 |
60 |
COOKING LIGHT |
239,694 |
233,387 |
2.70% |
| 57 |
63 |
ESSENCE |
237,992 |
227,172 |
4.76% |
| 58 |
57 |
LIFE |
237,550 |
253,701 |
-6.37% |
| 59 |
- |
J-14 |
237,167 |
- |
- |
| 60 |
65 |
SOUTHERN LIVING |
230,522 |
219,301 |
5.12% |
| 61 |
64 |
TRADITIONAL HOME |
230,500 |
222,334 |
3.67% |
| 62 |
74 |
ALL ABOUT YOU |
228,072 |
185,740 |
22.79% |
| 63 |
58 |
COUNTRY LIVING GARDENER |
226,581 |
241,519 |
-6.19% |
| 64 |
70 |
MONEY |
226,269 |
202,668 |
11.65% |
| 65 |
62 |
SUN |
222,292 |
229,233 |
-3.03% |
| 66 |
51 |
COMPUTER SHOPPER |
216,820 |
268,894 |
-19.37% |
| 67 |
55 |
COUNTRY HOME |
213,125 |
260,667 |
-18.24% |
| 68 |
59 |
VICTORIA |
211,148 |
233,708 |
-9.65% |
| 69 |
66 |
BRIDAL GUIDE |
206,019 |
216,687 |
-4.92% |
| 70 |
69 |
VIBE |
204,042 |
203,951 |
0.04% |
| 71 |
83 |
TIME--THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE |
202,075 |
170,043 |
18.84% |
| 72 |
- |
OFFICIAL U.S. PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE |
201,635 |
- |
- |
| 73 |
61 |
LOW RIDER MAGAZINE |
195,626 |
231,544 |
-15.51% |
| 74 |
79 |
ROLLING STONE |
193,991 |
183,053 |
5.98% |
| 75 |
67 |
SOAP OPERA UPDATE |
193,489 |
214,501 |
-9.80% |
|
|
TOTAL TOP 75* |
40,906,103 |
41,401,969 |
-1.20% |
| 76 |
73 |
POPULAR MECHANICS |
190,398 |
190,029 |
0.19% |
| 77 |
77 |
BON APPETIT |
189,211 |
184,038 |
2.81% |
| 78 |
68 |
WIZARD: THE COMICS MAGAZINE |
178,122 |
213,241 |
-16.47% |
| 79 |
87 |
NEWSWEEK |
177,529 |
164,619 |
7.84% |
| 80 |
76 |
HARPER'S BAZAAR |
173,973 |
184,463 |
-5.69% |
| 81 |
80 |
ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY |
173,970 |
172,965 |
0.58% |
| 82 |
82 |
SOPHISTICATE'S HAIRSTYLE GUIDE |
170,630 |
171,721 |
-0.64% |
| 83 |
75 |
COUNTRY WEEKLY |
169,250 |
184,571 |
-8.30% |
| 84 |
88 |
DETAILS |
160,033 |
163,566 |
-2.16% |
| 85 |
92 |
MOTOR TREND |
158,045 |
157,247 |
0.51% |
| 86 |
- |
GEORGE |
157,821 |
- |
- |
| 87 |
94 |
PC WORLD |
157,445 |
154,802 |
1.71% |
| 88 |
90 |
POPULAR SCIENCE |
156,597 |
159,959 |
-2.10% |
| 89 |
86 |
VERANDA |
156,551 |
166,325 |
-5.88% |
| 90 |
78 |
BECKETT BASEBALL CARD MONTHLY |
153,850 |
183,323 |
-16.08% |
| 91 |
- |
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN |
153,416 |
- |
- |
| 92 |
100 |
CAR AND DRIVER |
152,842 |
150,642 |
1.46% |
| 93 |
- |
MARY ENGELBREIT'S HOME COMPANION |
152,194 |
- |
- |
| 94 |
93 |
JUMP MAGAZINE |
152,059 |
157,007 |
-3.15% |
| 95 |
- |
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST |
151,419 |
- |
- |
| 96 |
- |
TIPS & TRICKS |
151,199 |
- |
- |
| 97 |
91 |
GOLF DIGEST |
151,060 |
157,794 |
-4.27% |
| 98 |
- |
COUNTRY HOME COUNTRY GARDENS |
150,334 |
- |
- |
| 99 |
89 |
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL |
148,787 |
161,043 |
-7.61% |
| 100 |
84 |
USA TODAY BASEBALL WEEKLY |
147,225 |
169,649 |
-13.22% |
| |
|
TOTAL TOP 100* |
44,940,063 |
44,648,973 |
0.65% |
* Circulation primarily to AARP members who receive it as a membership benefit.
**Totals may not add exactly, due to rounding of averaged numbers.
Sources: Averages calculated by the MPA from Audit Bureau of Circulations statements for the first and second six months of each year. Domestic titles audited by ABC; annuals, international editions, and comics have been excluded.
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