Although it is also faring well against nearest rival Heat, Now experienced a slight dip in circulation to 580,007 copies, falling 2% for the period and 1.80% year on year.
It is still selling 40,000 more copies than Heat, which was down 4.60% for the period to 540,556 copies and fell 4.40% year on year.
There was better news for Emap's Closer, which was the star performer in the celebrity market. Its circulation rocketed by 24.70% to 480,187 copies and the title was up a whopping 43.50% year on year.
Following closely behind is Northern and Shell's New! The title was up 20.80% to 403,864 copies for the period and up 19.10% on the year.
Sister title OK!, which continues to outsell rival Hello!, saw its circulation dip 3% to 553,777 copies but its overall figure was up 13.20% year on year.
Hello!'s sales for the period increased by 3.10% to 361,225 copies and it was up 4% on the year.
In the overall women's weekly group, H Bauer's Take a Break continued to dominate the top spot with its circulation breaking the 1m mark.
Take a Break sold 1,208,473 copies, a fall of 1.50% for the period. Its nearest rival, IPC's Chat, sold around half that figure -- 606,559 copies. It was marginally up by 0.30% for the quarter.
Evelyn Webster, the managing director of IPC Connect, said: "It's clear that Now's unique mix of celebrity news, gossip, fashion and life is second to none. The team has its finger on the celebrity pulse every week."
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