Average Single Copy Circulation for Top 100 ABC Magazines
2002
| RANK 2002 |
RANK 2001 |
Publication |
Single Copy 2002 |
Single Copy 2001 |
% CHANGE |
| 1 |
1 |
COSMOPOLITAN |
2,036,290 |
1,875,735 |
8.6% |
| 2 |
4 |
WOMAN'S WORLD |
1,546,934 |
1,573,764 |
-1.7% |
| 3 |
2 |
FAMILY CIRCLE |
1,521,000 |
1,630,000 |
-6.7% |
| 4 |
3 |
NATIONAL ENQUIRER |
1,456,634 |
1,589,916 |
-8.4% |
| 5 |
6 |
PEOPLE |
1,427,526 |
1,468,413 |
-2.8% |
| 6 |
5 |
WOMAN'S DAY |
1,388,229 |
1,555,059 |
-10.7% |
| 7 |
9 |
FIRST FOR WOMEN |
1,232,424 |
1,145,056 |
7.6% |
| 8 |
7 |
STAR MAGAZINE |
1,172,013 |
1,253,778 |
-6.5% |
| 9 |
10 |
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING |
995,612 |
1,037,995 |
-4.1% |
| 10 |
11 |
GLAMOUR |
985,357 |
1,023,166 |
-3.7% |
|
|
Top 10* |
13,762,018 |
14,152,880 |
-2.8% |
| 11 |
12 |
IN STYLE |
981,190 |
940,476 |
4.3% |
| 12 |
8 |
TV GUIDE |
899,594 |
1,163,379 |
-22.7% |
| 13 |
14 |
MAXIM |
860,137 |
863,151 |
-0.3% |
| 14 |
13 |
O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE |
720,017 |
910,715 |
-20.9% |
| 15 |
15 |
READER'S DIGEST |
670,389 |
716,659 |
-6.5% |
| 16 |
17 |
MARIE CLAIRE |
608,844 |
584,945 |
4.1% |
| 17 |
16 |
GLOBE |
591,893 |
621,473 |
-4.8% |
| 18 |
18 |
REDBOOK |
556,426 |
572,608 |
-2.8% |
| 19 |
19 |
TEEN PEOPLE |
506,255 |
561,727 |
-9.9% |
| 20 |
31 |
VOGUE |
482,782 |
407,599 |
18.4% |
| 21 |
42 |
US WEEKLY |
458,968 |
318,982 |
43.9% |
| 22 |
22 |
STUFF |
450,787 |
488,193 |
-7.7% |
| 23 |
28 |
FHM |
449,974 |
427,646 |
5.2% |
| 24 |
30 |
MEN'S HEALTH |
444,843 |
416,764 |
6.7% |
| 25 |
21 |
YM |
420,593 |
509,500 |
-17.4% |
|
|
Top 25* |
22,864,707 |
23,656,693 |
-3.3% |
| 26 |
26 |
SHAPE |
413,159 |
443,925 |
-6.9% |
| 27 |
32 |
SELF |
403,523 |
398,456 |
1.3% |
| 28 |
34 |
VANITY FAIR |
400,142 |
390,788 |
2.4% |
| 29 |
36 |
J-14 |
395,940 |
366,436 |
8.1% |
| 30 |
29 |
PREVENTION |
395,872 |
421,394 |
-6.1% |
| 31 |
38 |
COSMO GIRL ! |
394,462 |
361,638 |
9.1% |
| 32 |
25 |
MARTHA STEWART LIVING |
385,778 |
450,914 |
-14.4% |
| 33 |
23 |
PLAYBOY |
371,102 |
479,665 |
-22.6% |
| 34 |
37 |
SOURCE |
371,036 |
364,916 |
1.7% |
| 35 |
24 |
SEVENTEEN |
369,300 |
478,350 |
-22.8% |
| 36 |
33 |
COUNTRY LIVING |
357,826 |
391,822 |
-8.7% |
| 37 |
35 |
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL |
354,755 |
377,584 |
-6.0% |
| 38 |
27 |
PENTHOUSE |
348,212 |
433,967 |
-19.8% |
| 39 |
41 |
FITNESS |
330,709 |
325,636 |
1.6% |
| 40 |
48 |
REAL SIMPLE |
328,010 |
253,346 |
29.5% |
| 41 |
40 |
BRIDE'S MAGAZINE |
324,759 |
334,292 |
-2.9% |
| 42 |
39 |
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS |
321,667 |
359,833 |
-10.6% |
| 43 |
20 |
ROSIE |
321,592 |
518,455 |
-38.0% |
| 44 |
45 |
ALLURE |
301,512 |
291,625 |
3.4% |
| 45 |
52 |
COOKING LIGHT |
272,107 |
242,047 |
12.4% |
| 46 |
46 |
ELLE |
269,584 |
273,459 |
-1.4% |
| 47 |
47 |
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC |
265,464 |
260,880 |
1.8% |
| 48 |
54 |
EBONY |
259,984 |
239,957 |
8.3% |
| 49 |
101 |
WEIGHT WATCHERS |
257,254 |
130,032 |
97.8% |
| 50 |
51 |
COUNTRY SAMPLER |
246,745 |
245,882 |
0.4% |
|
|
Top 50* |
31,325,193 |
32,491,986 |
-3.6% |
| 51 |
59 |
M |
243,990 |
229,081 |
6.5% |
| 52 |
61 |
ESSENCE |
241,392 |
224,089 |
7.7% |
| 53 |
50 |
MODERN BRIDE |
238,672 |
248,703 |
-4.0% |
| 54 |
68 |
SOPHISTICATE'S HAIRSTYLE GUIDE |
234,121 |
200,973 |
16.5% |
| 55 |
62 |
SOUTHERN LIVING |
233,213 |
222,520 |
4.8% |
| 56 |
60 |
COUNTRY WEEKLY |
230,446 |
225,736 |
2.1% |
| 57 |
55 |
MUSCLE & FITNESS |
224,797 |
238,030 |
-5.6% |
| 58 |
79 |
LUCKY |
217,406 |
178,228 |
22.0% |
| 59 |
58 |
COUNTRY HOME |
210,218 |
232,250 |
-9.5% |
| 60 |
49 |
TRADITIONAL HOME |
207,910 |
251,833 |
-17.4% |
| 61 |
57 |
TWIST |
201,860 |
233,490 |
-13.5% |
| 62 |
66 |
GQ - GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY |
200,337 |
208,949 |
-4.1% |
| 63 |
56 |
SOAP OPERA DIGEST |
197,996 |
234,122 |
-15.4% |
| 64 |
94 |
XXL |
190,429 |
144,233 |
32.0% |
| 65 |
77 |
BON APPETIT |
190,359 |
189,276 |
0.6% |
| 66 |
76 |
SOAPS IN DEPTH - ABC |
189,315 |
189,381 |
0.0% |
| 67 |
81 |
TRUCKIN' |
188,191 |
166,614 |
13.0% |
| 68 |
72 |
SOAPS IN DEPTH - CBS |
186,919 |
192,200 |
-2.7% |
| 69 |
73 |
MUSCLE & FITNESS HERS |
186,375 |
191,355 |
-2.6% |
| 70 |
74 |
LOW RIDER |
180,565 |
189,738 |
-4.8% |
| 71 |
75 |
VICTORIA |
180,065 |
189,654 |
-5.1% |
| 72 |
78 |
BRIDAL GUIDE |
179,803 |
186,007 |
-3.3% |
| 73 |
69 |
POPULAR MECHANICS |
179,141 |
197,604 |
-9.3% |
| 74 |
63 |
TIME - THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE |
178,663 |
220,302 |
-18.9% |
| 75 |
88 |
HARPER'S BAZAAR |
171,490 |
152,585 |
12.4% |
|
|
Top 75* |
36,408,860 |
37,628,934 |
-3.2% |
| 76 |
80 |
VIBE |
168,796 |
168,214 |
0.3% |
| 77 |
82 |
OFFICIAL U.S. PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE |
167,864 |
161,039 |
4.2% |
| 78 |
71 |
SOAP OPERA WEEKLY |
165,859 |
193,405 |
-14.2% |
| 79 |
87 |
VERANDA |
156,840 |
153,292 |
2.3% |
| 80 |
67 |
NEWSWEEK |
155,409 |
201,702 |
-23.0% |
| 81 |
93 |
CAR AND DRIVER |
155,350 |
144,850 |
7.2% |
| 82 |
86 |
MARY ENGELBREIT'S HOME COMPANION |
155,181 |
155,207 |
0.0% |
| 83 |
- |
GAMEPRO |
155,089 |
- |
- |
| 84 |
70 |
COUNTRY LIVING GARDENER |
154,159 |
193,883 |
-20.5% |
| 85 |
90 |
GOLF DIGEST |
153,291 |
148,930 |
2.9% |
| 86 |
96 |
COUNTRY HOME COUNTRY GARDENS |
152,792 |
141,750 |
7.8% |
| 87 |
84 |
MOTOR TREND |
150,383 |
157,889 |
-4.8% |
| 88 |
138 |
SUPER STREET |
146,143 |
92,840 |
57.4% |
| 89 |
99 |
ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY |
144,712 |
131,260 |
10.2% |
| 90 |
92 |
POPULAR SCIENCE |
144,357 |
144,997 |
-0.4% |
| 91 |
N/A |
FLORIDA DESIGN |
144,220 |
150,189 |
-4.0% |
| 92 |
89 |
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN |
143,421 |
150,270 |
-4.6% |
| 93 |
119 |
SPORT COMPACT CAR |
143,043 |
113,395 |
26.1% |
| 94 |
85 |
ROLLING STONE |
142,179 |
155,968 |
-8.8% |
| 95 |
97 |
ROAD & TRACK |
142,084 |
138,717 |
2.4% |
| 96 |
105 |
USA TODAY SPORTS WEEKLY |
141,617 |
127,198 |
11.3% |
| 97 |
100 |
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST |
140,924 |
130,266 |
8.2% |
| 98 |
109 |
JANE |
137,045 |
123,800 |
10.7% |
| 99 |
83 |
MONEY |
131,694 |
160,470 |
-17.9% |
| 100 |
108 |
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL |
130,886 |
124,482 |
5.1% |
|
|
Top 100* |
40,132,191 |
41,192,942 |
-2.6% |
* Totals may not add exactly, due to rounding of averaged numbers.
Sources: Averages calculated by the MPA from Audit Bureau of Circulations statements for the first and second six months of each year. Domestic titles audited by ABC; annuals, international editions, and comics have been excluded.
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