Editorial Pages by Subject, 2000
In 2000, the 113 magazines measured by the R. Russell Hall Company, when multiplied by their circulation, published more than 250 billion editorial pages covering a wide variety of topics. For example, these magazines provided consumers with more than 17 billion pages of editorial focusing on national affairs, and more than 21 billion pages devoted to nutrition.
NUMBER OF EDITORIAL PAGES BY SUBJECT, 2000
| Type of Editorial |
Editorial Pages Distributed |
Percent |
| Culture/Humanities |
30,830,281,545 |
11.9 |
| Entertainment/Celebrities |
28,392,669,928 |
11.0 |
| Food & Nutrition |
21,528,761,876 |
8.3 |
| Sports, Hobbies, and Recreation |
20,027,209,027 |
7.7 |
| Wearing Apparel |
18,354,040,113 |
7.1 |
| Home Furnishing |
18,106,996,228 |
7.0 |
| National Affairs |
17,850,568,421 |
6.9 |
| Health |
16,930,276,857 |
6.6 |
| Business & Industry |
13,215,624,825 |
5.1 |
| Beauty & Grooming |
12,012,992,692 |
4.6 |
| General Interest |
11,351,478,908 |
4.4 |
| Miscellaneous |
10,303,151,536 |
4.0 |
| Travel & Transportation |
10,126,721,934 |
3.9 |
| Children |
6,729,835,976 |
2.6 |
| Gardening & Farming |
6,152,532,136 |
2.4 |
| Foreign Affairs |
5,729,230,363 |
2.2 |
| Building |
5,453,388,247 |
2.1 |
| Personal Finance |
3,997,392,942 |
1.5 |
| Fiction & Stories |
1,350,958,106 |
0.5 |
| TOTAL EDITORIAL |
258,444,111,660 |
100.0 |
Editorial pages by subject matter for each of the 113 magazines (not including newspaper supplements)
multiplied by the circulation for that magazine equals editorial pages distributed. Sources: Editorial pages
Halls Magazine Reports, December 2000. Circulation Audit Bureau of Circulations, and Standard Rate &
Data Service, December 2000.
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