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Number of Magazines by Category, 1988-1998

Number of Magazines by Category 1999-current year

Category	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Accounting	20	40	32	37	30	36	45	46	47	50	49
Advertising & Marketing	105	201	129	151	147	160	168	181	194	181	181
Aeronautics & Astronautics	113	177	139	150	135	126	141	164	169	168	154
African-American Interest									123	112	120
Agricultural Supplies					38	33	33	39	36	31	33
Agriculture	276	387	388	516	442	405	434	462	442	352	344
Almanacs	5	7	7	7	8
Animals									75	88	98
Anthropology	9	3	2	28	9	13	16	16	19	18	23
Antiques & Art Goods	30	37	49	52	63	94	92	94	113	98	101
Apparel & Accessories	76	106	102	112	81	69	83	88	94	87	94
Appliances					12	9	11	12	12	10	15
Archaeology	10	10	9	19	14	14	16	20	24	25	28
Architecture	57	80	77	84	94	97	106	107	119	120	130
Art & Sculpture	110	141	138	151	164	184	186	208	233	234	237
Astrology	19	27	31	40	33	36	25	26	28	24	24
Astronomy		12	13	14	12	12	13	12	11	12	13
Audio						20	23	23	27	27	31
Automotive	233	287	328	338	311	305	330	372	415	404	451
Baby		23	23	27	32	48	59	69	70	71	72
Baking		15	17	15	12	15	15	16	18	16	19
Banking & Finance	108	156	132	147	141	154	171	189	195	184	187
Barber & Beautician	27	100	38	40	33	31	35	37	42	40	45
Baseball					33	40	45	69	72	58	61
Basketball											110
Beverages--Brewing	82	116	115	124	103	102	104	114	129	122	125
Bibliography	5	8	13	12	14	16	16	15	18	17	16
Biochemistry					23	39	50	55	66	77	84
Biology	10	77	79	141	35	39	60	67	91	98	103
Biophysics					2	2	3	4	3	4	5
Black Interest		117	3	2	28	103	101	113
Blind	30		30	26	35	38	39	47	42	41	40
Boats & Boating	76	108	126	124	115	108	117	115	110	110	123
Book & Magazine Trade						84	89	84
Books & Book Trade	47	71	70	80	78				90	87	93
Botany		10	10	20	10	18	20	20	22	23	25
Bride		18	22	26	23	27	31	36	37	37	38
Broadcasting					74	66	73	76	79	70	74
Business & Industry	358	564	619	619	617	614	683	775	791	691	694
Cats					6	7	8	9	12	16	17
Chamber of Commerce	35	47	63	72	67	55	55	52	44	39	39
Chemistry & Chemicals	44	100	114	135	96	111	132	131	142	146	149
Children		164	125	121	166	186	217	254	260	228	251
Civil Defense & Survival	5
Civil Rights	11	16	35	28	39	49	58	58	62	49	45
Clubs	149	188	232	193	274	267	266	262	262	226	216
Collectibles						6	21	57	136	148	164
College & Alumni	652	268	761	750	746	710	707	703	696	461	454
College Student		794
College Student Lifestyle		6	84	92	107	105	112	100	90	64	61
Comics	182	196	196	166	162	327	480	532	532	538	471
Computers & Automation	338	503	460	498	450	437	510	571	590	581	605
Computers & Telecomm.
Confectionery		78	9	11	11	14	14	13	15	13	11
Construction & Building	346	282	298	293	303	264	283	317	340	328	386
Consumer Interests	21	35	37	42	55	71	78	77	85	83	104
Contributors					17	29	33	28
Cosmetics & Perfumes	9	11	19	17	14	11	14	18	19	22	32
Crafts									124	132	134
Credit Card Holders					10	11	9	10
Credit & Credit Unions									14	14	17
Crossword Puzzles		82	68	85	91	73	77	76	77	79	40
Culture & Humanities	48	46	76	89	84	123	131	142	171	165	174
Cycling--Bicycle & Motor		83	82	83	75	75	80	93	92	84	96
Dairy	32	45	44	50	46	50	49	48	51	48	49
Dance	17	24	28	32	31	35	36	40	39	37	35
Deaf					4	6	5	8	9	11	16
Dental	47	85	84	127	69	63	72	74	77	73	71
Department Store & Retail	65	50	40	34	39	39	44	64	64	56	61
Direct Mail					5	6	14	25	27	23
Direct Marketing											24
Disability					2	28	37	46	53	56	60
Dogs					34	42	40	41	43	49	50
Dressmaking & Needlework	56
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals	35	73	90	120	74	75	91	101	109	109	112
Economics	20	34	45	75	49	67	71	75	88	86	88
Education	227	314	425	508	476	525	554	581	595	534	519
Electric & Electronic Equipment		105	88	86	91	88	109	132	132	133	148
Employment	25	35	43	46	44	57	64	74	81	75	76
Energy	39	107	74	71	45	47	54	59	64	62	61
Engineering	126	157	174	171	140	149	175	175	204	222	235
Engineering, Chemical	5	12	12	8	11	16	16	16	18	19	23
Engineering, Civil		25	25	25	24	27	30	32	39	44	103
Engineering, Electrical	66	76	75	74	72	79	93	101	101	93	96
Engineering, Mechanical	9	10	18	17	22	22	23	26	38	43	48
Entertainment	127	148	193	177	216	224	237	267	293	273	328
Entomology	1				8	6	8	8	10	10	7
Environment & Ecology	85	146	382	185	214	261	291	327	357	328	388
Ethnic	327	550	1161	1233	1254	728	731	751	735	449	433
Family	240	61	86	117	145	167	182	207	228	216	236
Fan Mags--Movies, Radio, TV		40	36	34	41	41	53	68	74	80	94
Feed, Grain & Milling					27	22	21	23	25	28	29
Fiction						5	9	3	31	48	53
Film		113	71	89	78	87	102	101	110	124	128
Fire Protection	20	31	33	34	29	30	33	42	42	37	33
Fish & Fisheries	19	45	51	48	65	44	45	51	60	57	56
Florist		22	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	14	15
Folklore	5	7	15	11	18	29	32	34	40	36	31
Food	158	100	111	113	119	141	163	190	210	199	223
Football					19	31	34	132	150	142	132
Forestry	12	23	35	37	38	40	43	38	42	42	41
Fund Raising	6	8	10	12
Funeral Service	17	20	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Fur					8	7	6	7	7	7	7
Furniture & Home Furnishings		75	70	64	63	55	59	70	86	79	91
Gambling						18	21	33	33	32	34
Gardening & Horticulture	86	111	123	131	127	134	151	151	160	146	159
Gay & Lesbian Interest					70	110	118	131	158	141	142
Genealogy	89	86	77	84	67	76	79	81	85	82	86
General Interest	87	123	150	172	215	156	175	182	204	199	195
Genetics					8	9	17	18	25	27	26
Geography	8	13	11	22	11	16	20	21	25	25	29
Geology	9	27	17	40	22	23	30	31	31	32	35
Geophysics	3				8	8	8	9	12	13	15
Gifts & Greeting Cards
Gifts, Games, Toys		33	46	44	48	48	75	86	103	96	98
Glass, Stone & Clay					25	30	32	37	42	43	49
Golf					44	47	58	74	72	68	76
Government	11	57	77	64	84	98	102	110	128	109	112
Grocery		75	79	80	70	64	68	64	66	60	62
Guns & Firearms					6	22	24	33	43	46	51
Hardware	21	34	33	31	22	20	24	26	25	22	22
Health	169	286	314	342	314	328	380	439	469	461	494
Hearing & Speech	18		30	39	27	31	29	31	31	32	29
Heating, Plumbing, A/C, Refrig.	53	61	61	57	56	53	50	54	54	54	62
History	115	140	171	245	178	214	227	240	256	243	261
Hobby	188	210	227	211	241	307	324	345	258	253	243
Hobby/Home/Hardware
Home Furn & Home Entertainment	200	313	205	184	147	147	156	176	193	199	221
Home & Home Furnishings
Home Economics					9	12	17	17	16	17	17
Homosexual Literature	50	44	83	90
Horses	135	202	212	223	185	168	160	163	160	117	119
Hospitals	56	88	107	101	103
Hospitals & Nursing Homes						95	98	109	116	112	112
Hotel Industry	24	47	43	49	48	47	48	53	59	58	61
House Organs	479	554	811	910	842	713	685	653	626	460	425
Humor & Satire		28	26	27	34	51	65	69	71	80	91
Hunting & Fishing					238	232	235	282	288	275	283
Hypnosis						1	1	1	2	2	2
Industrial Design					9	12	13	18	22	22	26
Industrial Relations/HR										52	59
Industrial Relations & Personnel	13	20	9	24	26	35	37	42	49
Instruments					18	17	17	19	20	21	25
Insurance	97	125	132	116	133	125	133	136	141	126	130
Interior Design & Decoration	82	51	63	52	71	72	79	85	92	97	119
International Affairs	55	59	185	149	114	148	158	165	172	146	149
International Trade	44	56	263	63	79	93	109	115	133	138	144
Investment	59	73	79	78	87	92	103	112	127	128	134
Jewelry, Clocks & Watches	15	24	28	26	25	23	23	25	25	23	34
Journalism	47	63	84	99	75	56	55	54	60	53	52
Labor	14	27	49	43	42	45	47	51	49	31	30
Labor Union	31	59	211	204	194	194	191	186	180	73	69
Laundry, Cleaning & Dyeing		15	19	17	17	14	14	16	16	15	15
Law	157	189	240	342	237	226	231	240	249	224	226
Law Enforcement & Penology		56	63	86	76	75	86	89	90	81	76
Leasing & Renting					6	9	11	12	13	14	14
Leather & Leather Products					16	14	18	18	16	17	20
Library	32	53	60	105	70	62	68	70	69	67
Library & Information Science											73
Lifestyle	158	167	232	208	236	237	251	240	273	272	336
Lighting	1				6	6	8	7	8	8	10
Literary Reviews	80	78	96	142	114	144	158	155	160	159	156
Literature & Linguistics	53	66	66	198	87	98	107	104	124	120	118
Livestock	101	142	143	138	145	135	138	139	147	134	137
Lumber & Wood					51	48	50	55	62	61	69
Lumber & Wood, Paper	18	61	67	69
Machinery	28	33	33	33	36	34	40	43	52	44	48
Management	72	103	106	86	104	126	168	192	232	244	265
Manufacturing	67	105	85	83	74	80	95	109	119	128	139
Mathematics	6	29	24	74	18	25	32	43	52	56	60
Meat & Meat Provisions					4	6	8	8	9	11	11
Media & Communications	31	50	54	53	54	69	71	80	95	90	93
Medicine	340	801	830	1038	687	705	843	967	985	980	996
Men's		132	167	162	147	80	81	107	109	113	113
Metals & Metalworking	67		89	87	82	81	90	91	86	85	83
Meteorology					4	7	9	8	8	7	7
Microbiology					16	8	9	21	23	25	28
Military & Naval	95	200	318	318	309	300	285	284	275	158	147
Mining & Minerals	57	19	82	80	57	53	56	59	69	57	56
Mobile Homes					13	17	16	18	17	17	18
Motion Pictures	62
Museum Publications	24	32	35	37	41	47	44	48	51	52	53
Music & Music Trades	241	286	300	343	301	319	329	373	397	449	466
Mystery & Horror						27	30	35	37	47	42
Natural History	17	21	23	19	31	32	31	34	41	41	41
Needlework & Knitting		61	65	72	64	76	80	86	85	80	81
New Age					7	25	42	50	58	59	61
News Magazines	39	38	46	41	65	105	99	130	124	121	124
Newspaper Industry					34	27	28	28	27	19	21
Newspaper Magazine Supps.	51	53	65	64	60	55	54	54	53	57	63
Nuclear Energy					17	15	14	15	13	13	13
Numismatics	14	16	16	17	10	11	11	16	19	20	19
Nursing	16	89	94	116	100	96	103	121	129	133	131
Nutrition	11	21	25	32	41	39	45	52	61	60	66
Oceanography	11	12	27	24	20	17	22	24	29	30	31
Office Methods & Equipment	17	44	52	42	43	49	54	49	49	51	51
Oils & Fats					4	6	6	7	7	9	6
Online Research											46
Optical	24	34	36	40	32	30	33	39	42	40	38
Ornithology	8				15	16	17	18	20	19	19
Outdoors	65	106	121	96	123	130	147	150	156	148	155
Packaging	20	24	22	20	17	17	19	23	28	34	33
Paint					11	13	14	15	16	17	18
Paper					18	23	26	28	27	26	30
Parapsychology	29	37	37	40	23	16	14	13	14	13	10
Parks & Recreational Areas	8	30	38	34	44	45	53	69	73	66	67
Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks	2	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6
Periodical Industry	10	111	19	15	20	21	20	28	30	26	26
Petroleum & Natural Gas	85		116	110	105	99	105	111	112	105	100
Pets	58	44	70	70	40	47	47	58
Philanthropy									27	22	22
Philately & Postal Affairs	34	38	39	44	36	35	35	35	38	34	34
Philosophy	31	37	52	89	54	61	60	58	64	57	59
Photography	48	64	68	68	68	74	85	92	106	106	103
Physics					34	42	42	45	52	60	56
Physiology					11	11	13	12	13	15	21
Plastics	25	36	37	33	32	33	33	35	33	35	39
Poetry & Creative Writing	493	410