MAGAZINE ABCs: Full audited circulation results at a glance

United Kingdom

Sarah Johnson

February 11, 2010

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4-6 minutes

MAGAZINE ABCs: Full audited circulation results at a glance

LONDON - The top 100 magazines by circulation, as revealed in the ABC results for July to December 2009, are listed below. Consumers in the UK bought more than one billion magazines in 2009, despite the circulation of total consumer magazines falling by 1.3% in the second half of the year.

Sky: free customer magazine tops the table

Top 100 Magazines
	Title	Jul-Dec 09	Prd/prd change	Yr/yr change
1	Sky Magazine	7,423,570	-1.6%	2.8%
2	Sky Sports Magazine (UK)	4,127,025	-1.7%	-3.3%
3	Sky Movies Magazine (UK Edition)	3,387,788	-3.4%	-3.5%
4		2,055,391	2.9%	1.9%
5	Asda Magazine	1,859,697	-26.3%	-36.4%
6	The National Trust Magazine	1,801,654	N/A	2.8%
7	Sainsbury's Fresh Ideas	1,499,244	0.0%	0.4%
8	TV Choice	1,302,382	-2.5%	-4.9%
9	What's on TV	1,245,933	-2.1%	-5.5%
10		1,000,648	3.6%	-2.2%
11	Morrisons Magazine	974,431	4.3%	N/A
12	Take a Break	900,016	-2.2%	-4.6%
13	Sense Magazine	845,795	2.9%	11.6%
14	Saga Magazine	655,728	0.3%	0.2%
15	Birds	622,322	-0.5%	-0.9%
16	New!	600,741	50.1%	35.6%
17	OK! Magazine	588,546	-1.9%	15.7%
18	Sky Magazine Ireland	563,076	3.1%	8.5%
19	Pet People	557,969	N/A	6.4%
20	Closer	539,135	1.7%	-0.2%
21	Glamour	515,281	-2.1%	-5.9%
22	Shortlist	513,148	0.5%	1.4%
23	Star	492,067	54.8%	83.4%
24	Reader's Digest	465,028	-14.1%	-22.8%
25	Heat	458,858	3.1%	-2.5%
26	ASOS.com	449,971	-3.7%	0.6%
27	Chat	440,093	1.2%	-6.2%
28	Cosmopolitan	430,353	-2.6%	-4.5%
29	Good Housekeeping	430,089	4.9%	1.1%
30	CSMA Club Magazine (incorporating Motoring & Leisure)	414,866	N/A	25.0%
31	Emma's Diary Pregnancy Guide	412,037	23.4%	-0.1%
32		410,674	N/A	N/A
33	Hello!	409,043	2.9%	-3.4%
34	Now	394,130	2.5%	-9.1%
35	The Caravan Club Magazine	383,396	N/A	2.4%
36	That's Life	378,551	-2.2%	-10.7%
37		368,388	5.2%	4.3%
38	Legion	353,085	N/A	-4.0%
39	BBC Good Food	351,430	8.7%	-2.3%
40	Woman's Weekly	344,553	2.8%	1.2%
41	Time Magazine - EMEA (excluding BI/SA)	344,267	1.4%	1.7%
42	The Garden	340,781	-0.6%	-1.9%
43	Sainsbury's Magazine	335,515	11.2%	4.5%
44	Reveal	330,911	4.8%	22.6%
45	Pick Me Up	329,943	2.1%	-11.8%
46	National Geographic Magazine	327,928	-3.6%	-8.5%
47	Village Life	325,027	N/A	-18.8%
48	Waitrose Food Illustrated	324,326	0.8%	1.3%
49	TV Times	321,005	3.1%	-6.5%
50	BMW Magazine UK	320,767	N/A	1.0%
51	Woman	316,216	-4.5%	-9.0%
52	Look	313,013	-0.8%	-0.4%
53	Peoples Friend	306,591	-2.3%	-6.2%
54	Sport	306,435	0.4%	-3.4%
55	Slimming World Magazine	306,077	4.9%	4.9%
56	Best	301,440	1.5%	1.8%
57	Woman's Own	298,472	-2.9%	-8.3%
58	Prima	288,301	5.2%	1.5%
59	Yours	284,560	-5.5%	-7.3%
60	Love It!	283,379	-8.1%	-16.5%
61	Marie Claire	283,025	-0.8%	-9.9%
62	Heritage Today	276,482	N/A	0.3%
63	Candis	263,754	-3.1%	-7.8%
64	Sky Sports Magazine (Republic of Ireland)	262,830	-5.5%	-3.5%
65	Bella	253,001	3.7%	12.9%
66	Men's Health	250,577	0.1%	0.2%
67	Sainsbury's Little Ones	249,978	0.0%	-16.6%
68	Company	240,035	4.3%	-0.1%
69		238,704	-0.2%	-0.2%
70	Camping and Caravanning	237,168	N/A	8.1%
71	FHM	231,235	-1.6%	-15.2%
72	Grazia	229,732	0.5%	1.1%
73	Red	226,502	3.6%	0.5%
74	Your Toddler	222,094	1.0%	0.6%
75	BBC Gardeners' World	216,936	-18.5%	-1.9%
76	Real People	216,038	7.0%	-0.6%
77	Freemasonry Today	211,889	N/A	-5.5%
78	Vogue	210,526	0.0%	-4.5%
79		210,218	1.8%	3.4%
80	Odeon Magazine	205,380	2.8%	N/A
81	WI life	202,694	N/A	-0.1%
82	BBC Top Gear Magazine	200,796	0.0%	0.0%
83	Weight Watchers Magazine	200,112	-4.0%	4.2%
84	High Life	199,394	4.8%	1.7%
85	Sky Movies Magazine (Ireland Edition)	199,104	-12.4%	-10.0%
86		197,891	2.8%	4.6%
87	Elle (U.K.)	195,455	0.1%	0.2%
88	Empire	194,239	0.1%	2.4%
89	More!	192,860	1.1%	6.4%
90		192,239	1.7%	-0.2%
91		189,201	1.0%	1.2%
92		187,322	-3.8%	-5.2%
93	TV & Satellite Week	185,813	1.0%	1.0%
94	Instyle UK	184,141	0.6%	1.7%
95	TV Easy	180,798	-10.4%	-14.9%
96	Full House	180,070	32.8%	43.5%
97	Scotland in Trust	179,576	N/A	-1.2%
98	Inside Soap	177,304	-2.5%	-5.8%
99	Nuts	176,835	-6.2%	-24.4%
100	Easy Living	170,033	-5.6%	-8.1%