MAGAZINE ABCs: The top 100 magazines at a glance

United Kingdom

Sarah Johnson

February 17, 2011

How long?

4-6 minutes

MAGAZINE ABCs: The top 100 magazines at a glance

The top 100 magazines by circulation, as revealed in the ABC results for June 2010 to December 2010.

Sky Magazine: remains the most widely distributed magazine in the UK

Top 100 magazines by circulation
	Title	Jul-Dec 2010	Prd/prd	Yr/yr
			change	change
1	Sky Magazine	7,291,605	3.6%	-1.8%
2	Sky Sports Magazine (UK)	4,307,394	2.5%	4.4%
3	Sky Movies Magazine (UK Edition)	3,556,884	2.3%	5.0%
4	Asda Magazine	2,381,137	22.3%	28.0%
5	Tesco Magazine	1,983,837	-0.7%	-3.5%
6	The National Trust Magazine	1,883,052	N/A	4.5%
7	TV Choice	1,362,384	4.0%	4.6%
8	What's on TV	1,257,028	4.0%	0.9%
9	Tesco Real Food	1,212,500	-3.0%	N/A
10	Morrisons Magazine	1,117,712	8.5%	14.7%
11	Radio Times	960,839	1.4%	-4.0%
12	Take a Break	833,522	-2.6%	-7.4%
13	Sense Magazine	793,671	-10.1%	-6.2%
14	Saga Magazine	626,735	-4.5%	-4.4%
15	Birds	615,960	0.3%	-1.0%
16	Sky Magazine Ireland	596,660	1.4%	6.0%
17	New!	562,284	-2.7%	-6.4%
18	Pet People	538,265	N/A	-3.5%
19	Shortlist	521,713	0.7%	1.7%
20	Glamour	500,591	-4.9%	-2.9%
21	Closer	498,683	-5.3%	-7.5%
22	John Lewis Edition	485,139	0.2%	N/A
23	Health and Beauty Guide	456,218	N/A	N/A
24	ASOS.com	451,369	0.3%	0.3%
25	OK! Magazine	450,946	-5.8%	-23.4%
26	Good Housekeeping	443,750	5.0%	3.2%
27	Reader's Digest	433,353	7.4%	-6.8%
28	Star	430,324	-2.4%	-12.5%
29	Stylist	424,107	0.7%	3.3%
30	Chat	415,040	-3.6%	-5.7%
31	Hello!	405,608	-1.6%	-0.8%
32	Cosmopolitan	400,575	-0.3%	-6.9%
33	The Caravan Club Magazine	386,494	N/A	0.8%
34	Woman & Home	385,800	4.5%	4.7%
35	Emma's Diary Pregnancy Guide	382,920	6.8%	3.3%
36	Heat	370,132	-11.3%	-19.3%
37	Sainsbury's Little Ones	352,011	32.1%	40.8%
38	Benhealth	350,241	-0.6%	N/A
39	Waitrose Kitchen	346,761	2.3%	N/A
40	Woman's Weekly	344,068	1.6%	-0.1%
41	The Garden	338,848	-0.2%	-0.6%
42	Now	338,328	0.1%	-14.2%
43	Legion	337,215	N/A	-4.5%
44	Slimming World Magazine	336,067	11.0%	9.8%
45	That's Life	335,772	-1.7%	-11.3%
46	BBC Good Food	332,198	8.6%	-5.5%
47	Time Magazine - EMEA (excluding BI/SA)	329,128	N/A	-4.4%
48	Reveal	324,590	-2.3%	-1.9%
49	Look	311,425	-0.6%	-0.5%
50	Woman	309,878	-2.6%	-2.0%
51	TV Times	309,510	6.5%	-3.6%
52	National Geographic Magazine	307,660	-0.6%	-6.2%
53	Sport	306,540	0.3%	0.0%
54	Village Life	300,033	N/A	-7.7%
55	Sainsbury's Magazine	300,027	2.8%	-10.6%
56	Heritage Today	295,272	N/A	6.8%
57	Best	294,161	-2.7%	-2.4%
58	Yours	293,016	-1.4%	3.0%
59	CSMA Club Magazine	291,810	N/A	-29.7%
60	Woman's Own	291,700	7.1%	-2.3%
61	Pick Me Up	287,029	-10.1%	-13.0%
62	Peoples Friend	282,766	-3.0%	-7.8%
63	Prima	268,421	-7.1%	-6.9%
64	Marie Claire	265,042	-5.3%	-6.4%
65	Sky Sports Magazine (Republic of Ireland)	263,223	-3.2%	0.1%
66	Camping and Caravanning	256,321	N/A	8.1%
67	Candis	247,906	-2.6%	-6.0%
68	Men's Health	245,923	0.1%	-1.9%
69	Bella	245,286	-0.5%	-3.0%
70	Love It!	242,315	4.6%	-14.5%
71	The Economist - Continental Europe Edition	240,743	0.3%	0.9%
72	Red	231,028	0.4%	2.0%
73	Grazia	224,421	-1.9%	-2.3%
74	Real People	218,276	-3.1%	1.0%
75	Company	217,491	0.1%	-9.4%
76	BBC Gardeners' World	212,439	-18.3%	-2.1%
77	Vogue	211,277	0.3%	0.4%
78	The Economist - United Kingdom Edition	210,204	7.7%	11.1%
79	Private Eye	207,154	-0.3%	-1.5%
80	Country Living	205,770	0.8%	4.0%
81	Weight Watchers Magazine	203,566	0.0%	1.7%
82	Ideal Home	203,020	-1.3%	8.4%
83	Freemasonry Today	201,422	N/A	-4.9%
84	Elle (U.K.)	200,531	2.5%	2.6%
85	BBC Top Gear Magazine	191,539	0.6%	-4.6%
86	Sky Movies Magazine (Ireland Edition)	188,866	-8.2%	-5.1%
87	More!	188,265	0.6%	-2.4%
88	Odeon Magazine	186,220	6.5%	-9.3%
89	High Life	186,043	-2.4%	-6.7%
90	Newsweek - Europe Edition	184,203	-3.0%	-4.2%
91	TV & Satellite Week	181,150	-1.6%	-2.5%
92	Instyle UK	180,574	-3.0%	-1.9%
93	The Week	180,502	2.2%	6.4%
94	Scotland in Trust	179,571	N/A	0.0%
95	FHM	177,261	-8.0%	-23.3%
96	Oxford Today	175,701	5.1%	N/A
97	Inside Soap	175,191	0.1%	-1.2%
98	Full House	173,999	-1.1%	-3.4%
99	Empire	172,639	-3.6%	-11.1%
100	TV Easy	168,929	1.3%	-6.6%

Source: ABC data for July to December 2010, released February 2011. The table represents the ABC top 100 magazines ranked by their Total Average Net Circulation/Distribution. It includes paid for and free copies.

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