Just one of the UK’s major consumer magazine publishers circulated more copies in the first half of this year than in the same period in 2008, ABC data has revealed.
Here we look at 10 of the biggest publishing houses and the titles that fared the best (and worst) in the latest consumer magazine ABCs.
Bauer Consumer Media
Total circulation down 6.1%
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Biggest rise: More up 17.3% to 190,708
Biggest fall: Zoo down 31.2% to 111,012
BBC Worldwide
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Total circulation down 8.5%
Biggest riser: Olive rose 1.1% to 86,117
Biggest fall: Toybox fell 43.3% to 41,582
The ABC breaks out BBC Worldwide titles produced in Bristol in their own category. As a total, joint circulation between the two fell by 7.2% with BBC Bristol’s History magazine the biggest climber – up 9.15% to 63,888.
Conde Nast
Total circulation down 5.8%
Biggest rise: Vanity Fair up 0.5% to 101,698
Biggest fall: Easy Living down 10.5% to 180,034
Dennis Publishing
Total circulation down 1.0%
Biggest rise: The Week up 10.3% to 165,609
Biggest fall: Evo down 15.5% to 74,201
Future Publishing
Total circulation rose 0.8%
Biggest rise: Classic Rock up 5.5% to 70,301
Biggest fall: Metal Hammer down 5.2% to 46,004
H Bauer
Total circulation down 4.9%
Biggest rise: Bella up 27.4% to 243,991
Biggest fall: TV Quick down 22.5% to 144,270
Total circulation down 6.0%
Biggest rise: All About Soap up 1.9% to 107,162
Biggest fall: Psychologies Magazine down 13.0% to 130,608
Haymarket Consumer Media
Total circulation down 11.3%
Biggest rise: None rose
Biggest fall: What Car? down 19.3% to 87,220
IPC Media
Total circulation down 8.9%
Biggest rise: Soaplife up 7% to 117,966
Biggest fall: NME down 27.2% to 40,948
National Magazine Company
Total circulation down 4.3%
Biggest rise: Reveal up 14% to 315,660
Biggest fall: She down 14.1% to 148,860
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