The seven highest circulation magazines in the ABC figures for the six months covering July to December 2007 all came from the customer publishing sector.
News Magazines-produced Skymag recorded the highest overall figure, rising 3.2% period on period to 7,262,912.
Its sister title Sky Sports Magazine, produced by Haymarket Network, rose 0.7% period on period to 4,393,606.
The top three was completed by Sky Movies Magazine, produced by Future Plus, which fell 0.7% to 3,730,558.
Publicis Blueprint's Asda Magazine came in fourth, rising 3.8% period on period to 2,910,280.
Cedar's Tesco Magazine was fifth, but attained the highest period-on-period rise of any title in the top 100, climbing 25.3% to 2,436,491.
Other customer titles in the top 10 were in-house produced The National Trust Magazine, which has grown 6.6% year on year to 1,821,846, to attain sixth spot.
The Seven Squared-produced Sainsbury's Fresh Ideas came in seventh, dropping by a marginal 0.5% to 1,500,218 over the period.
The Somerfield Magazine, produced by Rare Publishing, placed 10th, falling 0.4% to 1,197,371.
The two non-customer magazine titles in the top 10 were H Bauer's TV Choice, which was eighth on 1,404,950, and IPC's What's on TV, which was ninth on 1,386,900.
The Association of Publishing Agencies, the UK's customer magazine representative body, noted that there had been a new customer magazine launch "every working day" since the last set of ABC figures had been announced. The 33 customer titles in the top 100, equate to a 50% rise since the last period.
By industry, the newly launched Ford Magazine, produced by Forward Publishing, has the highest circulation in the automotive sector, debuting at 535,470.; followed by Brooklands Group-produced The Vauxhall Magazine, which posted a figure of 410,000; and Hoffman und Campe-produced BMW Magazine UK, rising 11.6% to 359,246.
Other customer magazines to top their sector include Seven Squared's Waterstones Books Quarterly in the general interest category, which posted 146,125; Bristol Magazine's Cineworld Unlimited in the film category, which recorded 480,480; and Publicis Blueprint's Blockbuster Preview in the home entertainment sector, which posted 494,500.
Julia Hutchison, chief operating officer of the APA, said: "Brands have built up a strong relationship with their customers through their magazines and as a result have a strong understanding of their interests and what engages them.
"Additionally, posted customer publishers hold data, meaning that magazines and advertising can be closely targeted.
"The general rise of free media over the last year has reinforced the quality of customer magazines and this is reflected by the fact that customer magazines engage consumers for an average of 25 minutes."
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