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Number of Magazines by Category, 1999-2007

Number of Magazines by Category 1988-1998

Category	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Accounting	56	54	57	51	49	42	46	49	53
Advertising & Marketing	191	190	197	179	161	86	103	129	118
Aeronautics & Astronautics	162	161	161	143	140	133	139	143	141
African-American Interest	144	143	157	114	103
Agricultural Supplies	37	39	39	45
Agriculture	346	335	334	350	305
Agriculture & Agricultural Supplies						294	329	349	352
Almanac
Animals	98	94	102	85	74	58	72	63	52
Anthropology	24	21	23	15	15	15	17	14	15
Antiques & Art Goods	106	109	114	70	65	46	49	46	42
Apparel & Accessories	102	93	95	87	80	85	98	91	79
Appliances	17	18	17	10	11	10	10	11	11
Archaeology/Paleontology	26	27	29	19	20	23	24	23	24
Architecture	150	151	163	123	131	146	141	145	120
Art & Sculpture	261	263	266	205	197	165	178	175	186
Astrology	25	24	24	16	16	14	16	15	14
Astronomy	13	12	12	10	11	9	12	10	14
Audio	31	31	29	23	20	18	19	19	16
Automotive	483	468	480	436	446	389	426	435	431
Baby & Pregnancy	84	79	76	58	54	65	64	75	82
Baking	20	25	26	19	37	21	20	19	17
Banking & Finance	210	209	206	203	202	175	166	169	164
Barber & Beautician	65	64	75	59	50	49	53	51	50
Baseball	74	80	78	49	41	39	43	38	46
Basketball	137	137	137	82	63	58	66	59	58
Beverages--Brewing	120	117	124	110	104	96	99	110	113
Bibliography	15	15	14	7	5	4	2	1
Biochemistry	88	87	84	54	56	55	55	42	38
Biography								4	4
Biology	108	103	108	77	69	69	66	61	66
Biophysics	7	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2
Black Interest
Blind	41	39	39	35	34	30	29	24	22
Boats & Boating	137	134	140	125	117	126	132	133	139
Book & Magazine Trade
Books & Book Trade	98	93	94	71	60	57	51	51	46
Botany	21	24	24	23	24	26	25	19	18
Bridal	45	40	54	67	69	77	91	102	130
Broadcasting	74	67	67	48	47	41	40	40	37
Business & Industry	720	682	708	698	699	510	540	513	555
Cats	20	18	20	12	8	9	12	12	13
Chamber of Commerce	39	41	42	31	25	27	26	26	29
Chemistry & Chemicals	146	143	144	110	115	118	116	94	88
Children	282	266	258	235	235	177	189	162	166
Civil Defense & Survival
Civil Rights	49	49	50	28	27	26	24	18	17
Clubs & Associations	209	203	201	175	158	121	119	113	116
Collectibles	180	172	184	125	116	74	81	80	81
College Alumni	450	442	444	434	440			480	496
College General						74	96	112	119
College Student & Alumni						1013	971
College Student Lifestyle	62	57	63	65	62
College Student Press								431	452
Comics	495	451	449	352	318	283	269	161	154
Computers & Automation	678	675	699	615	531	461	485	466	441
Computers & Telecomm.		1
Confectionery	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	9
Construction & Building	390	407	413	389	375	317	322	357	307
Consumer Interests	113	120	125	76	65	36	30	32	35
Contributors
Cosmetics & Perfumes	39	37	38	33	30	25	22	22	19
Crafts	167	157	168	118	107	103	129	120	98
Credit Card Holders
Credit/Credit Bureaus & Credit Unions	20	18	18	14	15	13	14	14	13
Crossword & Other Puzzles	126	128	124	104	100	96	111	107	144
Culture & Humanities	198	197	252	89	92	66	81	84	96
Cycling--Bicycle & Motor	114	115	124	112	108	114	116	107	118
Dairy	46	41	42	39	40	36	39	37	37
Dance	39	39	39	24	20	19	27	27	32
Deaf	15	16	16	14	14	16	17	17	16
Dentistry	72	73	69	66	80	75	79	82	86
Department Store & Retail	64	64	63	55	52	43	43	53	65
Direct Marketing	26	26	29	21	16	16	14	18	20
Disability	68	60	63	47	50	49	47	46	48
Dogs	62	58	65	59	54	89	92	71	69
Dressmaking & Needlework
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals	111	111	117	89	94	83	89	92	95
Economics	93	90	90	49	43	34	28	28	28
Education	527	521	541	404	411	382	353	365	379
Electric & Electronic Equipment	143	141	136	91	76	67	83	89	82
Employment	79	78	77	65	63	53	53	59	60
Energy	66	67	66	56	56	39	38	35	38
Engineering	236	234	233	180	188	159	146	124	114
Engineering, Chemical	29	30	30	24	28	21	27	24	24
Engineering, Civil	100	100	102	91	89	42	38	33	32
Engineering, Electrical	98	102	103	81	74	70	65	63	66
Engineering, Mechanical	50	51	54	36	35	23	21	18	13
Entertainment	322	313	330	246	223	146	172	179	108
Entomology	7	6	7	5	5	5	6	5	5
Environment & Ecology	396	382	393	272	252	146	158	161	155
Ethnic	450	419	431	358	308	539	534	614	732
Family	266	265	289	249	236	227	226	238	246
Fan Publications--Movies, Radio, TV	142	150	157	88	73	59	58	50	44
Feed, Grain & Milling	26	24	27	20	21	21	20	18	17
Fiction	58	63	66	36	31
Film	144	150	151	94	86	78	82	83	92
Fire Protection	29	28	29	24	26	25	27	25	33
Fish & Fisheries	64	63	64	52	42	29	23	25	25
Flags & Emblems						1	1	1
Florist	16	13	14	15	19	20	17	18	17
Folklore	35	32	33	13	12	11	9	8	7
Food & Food Preparation	263	244	241	186	172	176	172	189	195
Football	156	156	162	104	94	84	96	101	101
Forestry	40	41	37	27	28	30	32	36	37
Fund Raising
Funeral Service	15	14	15	13	15	16	17	16	16
Fur	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6
Furniture & Home Furnishings	91	89	94	56	39	30	24	26	23
Gambling	42	43	45	33	27	29	23	30	31
Games & Toys						67	77	75	79
Gardening & Horticulture	183	179	193	176	165	151	164	174	176
Gay & Lesbian Interest	156	165	169	142	112	91	96	93	105
Genealogy	82	81	80	64	51	51	52	48	45
General Interest	194	159	162	116	114	25	34	46	29
Genetics	27	28	27	27	25	19	22	22	21
Geography	32	37	41	35	24	21	19	13	14
Geology	32	37	33	32	30	30	30	24	24
Geophysics	17	15	16	12	12	10	9	7	7
Gifts & Greeting Cards					41	17	19	21	21
Gifts, Games, Toys	138	134	132	87
Glass, Stone & Clay	49	48	49	32	32	32	30	30	34
Golf	98	98	107	114	109	109	135	143	139
Government	124	113	118	87	82	85	77	83	86
Grocery	60	59	58	48	41	48	47	43	48
Guns & Firearms	57	57	64	57	66	66	63	60	68
Hardware	24	23	23	24	22	16	19	18	16
Health & Fitness	512	493	505	390	562	316	350	380	402
Hearing & Speech	30	26	25	18	19	21	17	17	23
Heating, Plumbing, A/C, Refrig.	61	58	52	54	47	46	53	54	54
History	272	276	305	202	192	166	128	126	135
Hobbies	241	284	302	187	193	117	105	104	96
Home Economics	21	15	11	21	14	5	4	15
Home Furn & Home Entertainment	281	291	302	194	148	83	105	110	210
Horses	121	118	116	112	114	119	125	127	141
Hospitals & Nursing Homes	114	116	120	85	83	64	76	73	80
Hotel Industry	64	59	74	48	42	30	37	37	35
House Organs	411	386	375	275	186	145	126	72	67
Humor & Satire	104	107	107	58	45	40	33	31	30
Hunting & Fishing	305	306	313	284	263	243	263	258	267
Hypnosis	2	2	2	1	1
Industrial Design	31	33	29	19	18	20	21	20	18
Industrial Relations/Human Resources	56	51	51	41	41	48	61	60	60
Industrial Supplies & Equipment							4	3	8
Instruments	26	24	24	21	22	20	21	16	22
Insurance	132	128	126	124	114	106	114	102	106
Interior Design & Decoration	146	144	147	137	137	152	183	192	195
International Affairs	156	148	146	105	95	74	74	68	69
International Trade	144	133	135	92	66	50	45	47	44
Investment	143	148	151	136	129	107	104	102	97
Jewelry, Clocks & Watches	43	40	41	33	33	33	39	37	37
Journalism & Writing	53	54	55	40	37	39	39	41	45
Labor	32	33	33	23	20	6	4	4	4
Labor Union	70	67	68	56	49	58	57	51	53
Laundry, Cleaning & Dyeing	15	16	17	20	22	16	15	17	16
Law	231	231	232	215	214	212	225	228	222
Law Enforcement & Penology	84	83	87	71	64	53	54	56	56
Leasing & Renting	15	16	15	14	14	12	11	11	9
Leather & Leather Products	19	19	19	15	14	13	10	8	8
Library & Information Science	76	76	74	68	69	60	58	55	59
Lifestyle	390	400	467	368	392	206	264	364	215
Lighting	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	8
Literary Reviews	168	172	180	103	93	64	61	89	93
Literature & Linguistics	130	128	137	100	95	91	104	91	65
Livestock	135	133	130	60	109	105	107	106	104
Lumber & Wood	78	78	76	47	56	51	53	58	51
Lumber & Wood, Paper
Machinery	44	49	53	47	44	46	46	45	45
Management	290	301	306	244	245	127	95	95	74
Manufacturing	146	148	147	123	123	111	105	101	66
Mathematics	60	51	49	51	52	65	59	48	48
Meat & Meat Provisions	10	12	12	7	6	8	9	10	11
Media & Communications	102	105	120	65	63	51	49	48	45
Medicine	978	959	962	879	888	937	965	986	1043
Meeting & Conventions						64	71	75	83
Men	134	131	132	99	78	34	61	74	75
Metals & Metalworking	87	88	84	86	82	75	71	75	70
Meteorology	8	8	8	4	5	5	5	5	5
Microbiology	31	32	35	24	22	17	15	13	18
Military & Naval	161	159	160	139	141	148	164	153	167
Mining & Minerals	61	60	60	41	40	34	31	29	32
Mobile Homes	19	19	21	29	25	26	25	27	30
Museum Publications	51	52	52	43	41	37	40	39	34
Music & Music Trades	519	506	521	419	353	326	364	361	383
Mystery & Horror	48	47	60	42	22	18	15	12	14
Natural History	43	41	40	30	32	52	47	45	53
Needlework & Knitting	101	98	100	90	83	76	80	75	73
New Age	68	64	69	58	52	41	32	34	35
News Magazines	131	125	124	101	113	75	57	47	40
Newspaper Industry	22	19	21	15	15	14	15	15	15
Newspaper Magazine Supps.	54	48	49	57	57	42	47
Nuclear Energy	11	11	11	7	7	8	9	8	9
Numismatics	18	17	16	15	15	12	12	11	12
Nursing	131	130	135	111	111	92	105	121	133
Nutrition	74	75	76	49	49	47	49	51	58
Oceanography	33	33	33	23	22	20	18	14	15
Office Administration & Equipment	50	52	51	35	29	18	20	24	24
Oils & Fats	6	6	7	7	5	2	2	2	6
Online Research	49	45	44	24	17	4	3	2
Optics & Sight	35	34	32	31	40	35	25	25	25
Ornithology	20	21	19	15	15	15	15	13	14
Outdoors	183	186	198	129	134	82	93	108	95
Packaging	33	30	30	21	23	23	23	24	27
Paint	18	18	18	17	18	21	23	23	24
Paper & Paper Products	28	27	27	19	16	12	13	17	18
Parapsychology	16	16	16	9	9	4	4	5	5
Parks & Recreation Areas	79	74	81	60	59	32	31	19	18
Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	3
Periodical Industry	36	33	32	20	19	14	10	8	9
Petroleum & Natural Gas	99	98	100	92	79	78	81	78	81
Philanthropy & Fundraising	23	20	20	18	17	22	24	29	31
Philately & Postal Affairs	33	33	32	26	25	21	21	24	24
Philosophy	62	65	62	20	17	9	11	11	14
Photography	111	112	113	76	76	67	72	76	73
Physics	49	49	49	35	30	35	43	33	28
Physiology	26	26	26	22	19	24	21	20	17
Plastics	39	38	38	27	30	28	28	24	24
Poetry & Creative Writing	365	357	347	213	194	180	215	259	196
Political Science & Politics	218	224	226	129	116	104	128	128	132
Pools & Spas						20	25	27	33
Poultry & Poultry Products	30	29	28	22	21	18	17	16	18
Power & Power Plants	24	23	23	17	19	22	21	19	19
Premiums & Incentives	18	21	22	9	9	10	11	12	11
Printing/Graphic Arts	140	136	142	107	99	92	94	86	86
Produce	36	37	37	33	45	46	40	38	32
Psychiatry	47	50	52	43	44	45	39	35	37
Psychology	120	123	120	86	83	86	81	74	81
Public Management & Planning	85	90	93	72	69	55	54	46	45
Public Utilities	44	44	46	29	19	18	20	19	18
Purchasing	24	26	25	24	23	30	34	34	34
Radio & Broadcasting
Railroads	42	42	40	33	33	31	36	35	36
Real Estate	192	190	185	198	192	182	190	208	221
Regional Interest	792	794	821	718	754	616	596	638	942
Religion & Theological	938	897	908	832	775	711	724	742	762
Restaurant & Catering	95	91	94	74	72	84	94	97	106
Roads & Streets	23	22	23	13	10	10	10	11	11
Romance	30	26	29	17	16	12	13	18	18
Rubber	6	5	6	4	4	4	3	2	2
Safety	60	60	66	49	61	51	52	47	42
Salesmanship & Selling	47	49	53	53	49	27	25	21	22
Sanitation	21	19	20	20	20	31	31	26	28
School Administration	64	63	63	52	54	38	36	36	38
Science	168	174	176	125	120	105	105	118	112
Science Fiction & Fantasy	107	106	107	66	46	43	43	46	47
Security & Surveillance	34	35	34	26	25	29	31	37	45
Senior Citizens	114	105	102	126	112	113	123	123	130
Sex	302	315	315	194	119	89	110	90	89
Ships & Shipping	51	49	50	39	42	36	38	43	45
Skiing & Snowmobiling & Snowboarding	66	65	59	52	48	51	58	56	97
Social Services & Welfare	84	85	87	68	59	41	41	41	46
Society	34	22	20	15	16	7	5	8	6
Sociology	63	62	64	25	22	20	24	17	18
Sound Engineering	32	32	30	18	15	14	13	14	16
Sports & Sporting Goods	863	828	864	735	686	311	359	366	339
Sugar	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Survival & Weapons	7	6	8	5	12	5	4	4	4
Taxes	29	28	33	22	24	21	27	28	29
Telecommunications	123	122	129	116	102	92	87	79	83
Television & Video	241	248	243	161	143	119	117	147	143
Tennis & Racquet Sports	21	20	19	17	14	12	18	18	20
Textiles	50	47	45	38	37	36	36	34	29
Theater	71	70	72	48	38	50	56	56	61
Tobacco	25	25	26	28	23	21	21	20	18
Track & Field/Running	20	21	22	21	20	23	24	23	23
Traffic & Transportation	121	120	119	89	77	61	64	61	58
Travel	675	669	706	607	629	589	626	600	645
Trucking	111	112	113	105	119	119	110	100	94
U.S. (& Canadian) Federal Govt.	23	26	24	18	16	9	10	12	12
Unidentified Flying Objects	11	12	7	5	4	3	3	3	4
Vending Machines	11	11	11	7	6	5	5	4	5
Veterans	39	37	36	32	33	28	24	24	23
Veterinary	56	58	56	38	36	33	35	37	37
Warehousing & Distribution						38	37	43	39
Water Supply, Power & Waste	76	72	74	60	56	50	48	41	44
Welding	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	7
Women	419	406	416	339	283	237	276	300	326
World Wide Web Publications	35	36	58	40	30
Youth	243	238	248	182	179	130	144	145	153
Zoology	36	35	34	22	17	8	8	8	10
TOTALS	31,076	30,570	31,390	25,634	23,990	21,266	22,054	22,106	22,652

*Note: Data as of January 2008. Totals include cross references and therefore may contain inherent duplications. Titles on this list may include Canadian and Trade Publications in addition to U.S. Consumer Magazines.

Source: National Directory of Magazines, 2008; Oxbridge Communications