Magazine ABCs: Top 100 for second half of 2015

February 11, 2016

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Magazine ABCs: Top 100 for second half of 2015

The UK's most actively purchased magazines and digital editions have been revealed for the second half of 2015.

In relative terms, the best performing fully paid-for titles were The List (up 66.5 per cent year-on-year), and Cosmopolitan (up 59 per cent year-on-year).

Haymarket's Forever Sports, published under contract for Sports Direct, is up 16.5 per cent year on year and has broken six figures to reach 104,974.

Top 100 actively purchased print magazines

	Title	December year-end	Prd-prd % change	Yr-yr % change
1	TV Choice	1268265	-0.6	0.2
2	What's on TV	993210	-1.8	-5.8
3	Radio Times	726821	2.8	-6.4
4	Slimming World Magazine	604771	12.5	24.8
5	Take a Break	581850	-3.2	-8.7
6	Good Housekeeping	387142	1.4	-2.4
7	Saga Magazine	354214	-7.5	-15.3
8	Woman & Home	316182	2.1	-4.1
9	Glamour	314146	-5.3	-13.4
10	Cosmopolitan	287964	58.2	59
11	Woman's Weekly	271433	-1	-4.5
12	Chat	262643	-1.3	-10.5
13	Closer	256648	-6.2	-11.4
14	OK! Magazine	250367	38.6	-5.4
15	Prima	249170	-4	-5.4
16	New!	239106	-1.9	-18.1
17	Yours	238827	-4.6	-3.7
18	That's Life	228668	-4.4	-11.6
19	Woman	227855	-6.6	-8.6
20	Sainsbury's Magazine	222356	4.1	-1.5
21	TV Times	219196	3.3	-7.4
22	Private Eye	216808	0.7	4.7
23	BBC Good Food	214899	6.5	-6.3
24	Woman's Own	196295	-3.8	-8.9
25	HELLO!	194607	2.2	-2.6
26	The People's Friend	188946	-1.6	-6.5
27	National Geographic Magazine	184860	-3.6	-9.9
28	Bella	182044	-1.8	-7.6
29	BBC Gardeners' World	172729	-14.8	-2.9
30	Ideal Home	159184	-1.4	-8.1
31	Red	159065	-1	-3
32	Take a Break Series	154671	12	-8.1
33	The Week	152259	0.6	2
34	Real People	151990	0	-10.7
35	Best	150087	-3.6	-15.6
36	Heat	146126	-12	-20.9
37	Star	145108	-0.1	-22.4
38	The Economist - United Kingdom Edition	141875	3.1	-7
39	Country Living	140924	-0.4	-8.2
40	Pick Me Up	140502	1.4	-8.5
41	Marie Claire	137840	-4.7	-10.7
42	Men's Health	134235	1.4	-1.7
43	TV & Satellite Week	132794	-3.1	-7.9
44	Vogue	130062	-3.3	-3.2
45	Elle (U.K.)	123442	0.8	1.4
46	Now	122402	-9.3	-21.7
47	Grazia	122099	-3.4	-10.3
48	Reveal	120402	-7.5	-23.5
49	Weightwatchers Magazine	118373	3.7	-5.7
50	Empire	117802	0.3	2.2
51	Healthy	115360		2.2
52	Inside Soap	115175	-5.5	-12
53	Candis	111801	-7.8	-16
54	The Christmas Magazine	110907		0.5
55	Your Home	108813	-4.4	-4.2
56	Women's Health	108757	1.2	7.1
57	Puzzler Collection	108476		-5.3
58	Total TV Guide	106263	-2.4	-5.6
59	Look	102640	-11.9	-25.4
60	House Beautiful	102046	-3.1	-11.8
61	My Weekly	99550	0.2	-2.9
62	Disney Frozen	99005	8.8
63	Instyle UK	95833	-0.6	-1.2
64	HELLO! Fashion Monthly	92120	1.5
65	Forever Sports	90197	15.9	16.5
66	Style at Home	89248	-6.6	-9.5
67	Essentials	87527	-14.5	-17.8
68	Reader's Digest	87374	-33	-27.3
69	BBC Top Gear Magazine	86165	0.8	-8
70	Computeractive	85429		-0.7
71	Fun to Learn - Peppa Pig	80177	0.7	-6.9
72	Motor Cycle News	72028		-4.8
73	GQ	71092	-0.2	-2.7
74	Time Magazine - British Isles (BI)	70633		-20
75	Homes & Gardens	70520	3	-6.7
76	Runner's World	69229		-2.7
77	25 Beautiful Homes	68442	-4.8	-15.1
78	Peppa Pig Bag-o-Fun	66051	5	9.2
79	Country Homes and Interiors	65363	-4.4	-9.7
80	Ideal Homes Complete Guide to Xmas	65256		-23.9
81	CBeebies Magazine	64513	-7.1	7.2
82	LEGO Ninjago	64178	10.5
83	BBC History Magazine	63356		5.6
84	Living etc	63057	-8.4	-12.3
85	New Scientist - Worldwide Sales Excluding Australasia & US/Canada	62521		-5
86	Cbeebies Art	62210	16.5	15
87	House & Garden	62205	0	-2.7
88	Disney Star Wars Lego	58078
89	What Car?	56903		0.6
90	Psychologies Magazine	54049	10	3.1
91	Harper's Bazaar	53808	4.4	-1.3
92	delicious	53637	3.8	-6.9
93	Toxic	53077	-1.8	3.9
94	HomeStyle	51755	-22.4
95	Cbeebies Special	49997	1.3	-4.9
96	Four Four Two	49657		-14.8
97	LEGO Legends of Chima	49640	-8.7	-7.7
98	BBC Focus	49205		-3.2
99	Soaplife	48550	-4.2	-10
100	Viz Comic	48344		0.4

Top 100 in digital editions

	Title	December year-end	Prd-prd % change	Yr-yr % change
1	The Economist - United Kingdom Edition	73567	3.7	47.2
2	The Economist - Asia Pacific Edition	45422	15.3	45.1
3	The Economist - Continental Europe Edition	40826	19.7	54.5
4	Camping and Caravanning	40534
5	T3	18391		3.4
6	BBC History Magazine	15551		2.8
7	The Spectator excluding Australia	15335
8	Time Magazine - EMEA (excluding BI/SA)	15291		25.2
9	BBC Top Gear Magazine	13158	-9.6	-6.9
10	Stuff	12219		-5.3
11	Empire	11513	0.6	-1
12	GQ	10475	-7.3	-16.3
13	BBC Good Food	10437	1.7	-3
14	New Scientist - Worldwide Sales Excluding Australasia & US/Canada	10221		22.5
15	Slimming World Magazine	10074	-8.2	-13.6
16	MacFormat	9636		1
17	Vogue	9616	14.5	12.8
18	Total Film	9174		-19.7
19	Wired	7542	-2	-9.3
20	Men's Health	7255	-20.4	-23.6
21	N Photo	6697		-6.8
22	Time Magazine - British Isles (BI)	6587		23
23	New Scientist - US/Canadian Sales	6276		-2
24	Vanity Fair	6236	-8.5	-19.3
25	BBC Focus	6205		43
26	National Geographic Magazine	6011	-8.3	-35.1
27	The Economist - Middle East/Africa Edition	5937	15.6	58.9
28	Digital Camera Magazine	5580		-5.7
29	OK! Magazine	5505	10.1	-18.7
30	What Hi-Fi Sound & Vision	5159		16.8
31	HELLO!	5017	4.7	19.8
32	Cycling Plus	4916		-15.6
33	Women's Health	4598	-12.6	-11
34	Grazia	4556	-2.7	8.7
35	Esquire	4498	-13.4	-20.5
36	Elle Decoration	4311	-8.2	-12.9
37	Lonely Planet Traveller	4269	4.6	51.4
38	Cosmopolitan	4218	-14	-23.2
39	Car	4136		40.6
40	Photo Plus	4099		-4.4
41	New!	4028	13.1	-10.6
42	Airliner World	3997		-7.5
43	New Scientist - Australasian Sales	3992		22.9
44	Living etc	3829	-10.6	-6.7
45	Olive	3637	17.5	58.4
46	F1 Racing (UK Edition)	3570		-6.3
47	Gramophone	3555		33.5
48	Psychologies Magazine	3528	10	49.6
49	Red	3450	-12	-9.8
50	Glamour	3310	-16.1	-30.8
51	Good Housekeeping	3276	-7.9	3.6
52	Autosport	3268		13.4
53	Q	3262	12.7	36.9
54	Playstation Official	3196		-2.1
55	SFX	3192		-6.7
56	Investors Chronicle	3171	-13	-2.4
57	Elle (U.K.)	3167	-17.7	-24.7
58	What Car?	3151		72.7
59	Fortune Magazine - Europe	3061		33.3
60	BBC Gardeners' World	2993	7.7	32
61	Woman & Home	2953	-26	-28.9
62	Four Four Two	2912		2.1
63	Autocar	2787		45.8
64	Bike	2697		41.9
65	PC Gamer	2686		-5
66	Practical Photography	2661		96.2
67	Closer	2644	7	113.1
68	Country Living	2626	-6.3	5.6
69	Harper's Bazaar	2491	-11.1	-0.9
70	What Mountain Bike	2399		-20
71	Grand Designs	2395	-27.9	-28.6
72	Cyclist	2372		-3.1
73	Runner's World	2356		-8.9
74	Mountain Biking UK	2351		-16.7
75	Jamie Magazine	2343	-22.2	-34.6
76	Gardens Illustrated	2334		51.2
77	220 Triathlon	2262		44
78	BBC Easy Cook	2256	20.4	97.4
79	Heat	2179	2.1	83.3
80	Tatler	2175	-3.2	2
81	Yachting World	2129		20
82	Classic & Sports Car	2105		28.8
83	Inside Soap	2071	-6.9	4.5
84	Golf Monthly	2052		-8.4
85	PC Pilot	2019		-1.9
86	Uncut	1964	-4.9	8.6
87	New Statesman	1930		291.5
88	Motor Cycle News	1896		27.8
89	Look	1883	-17.2	-30.3
90	Official Xbox 360 Magazine	1870		9.5
91	BBC Sky at Night	1866		48.1
92	Country Homes and Interiors	1851	-24.5	-8.1
93	Time Magazine - Southern Africa (SA)	1835		78.7
94	Marie Claire	1815	-12.5	-10.5
95	Yachting Monthly	1801		19.8
96	House & Garden	1789	0.2	7.1
97	Conde Nast Traveller	1778	14.6	44.2
98	Ride	1772		50.8
99	Homes & Gardens	1703	-19.9	-20.5
100	Airforces Monthly	1623		-1.5