Average Single Copy Circulation for Top 100 ABC Magazines
First Six Months, 2000
| RANK |
PUBLICATION NAME |
SINGLE COPY |
TOTAL PAID CIRCULATION |
| 1 |
COSMOPOLITAN |
1,873,098 |
2,709,496 |
| 2 |
FAMILY CIRCLE |
1,772,889 |
5,002,383 |
| 3 |
NATIONAL ENQUIRER |
1,692,307 |
2,088,182 |
| 4 |
TV GUIDE |
1,690,628 |
10,844,269 |
| 5 |
WOMAN'S DAY |
1,592,667 |
4,151,481 |
| 6 |
WOMAN'S WORLD |
1,531,750 |
1,604,066 |
| 7 |
STAR |
1,375,808 |
1,709,754 |
| 8 |
PEOPLE WEEKLY |
1,342,917 |
3,525,250 |
| 9 |
FIRST FOR WOMEN |
1,254,838 |
1,476,327 |
| 10 |
GLAMOUR |
1,123,910 |
2,207,914 |
| 11 |
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING |
1,072,806 |
4,507,306 |
| 12 |
MAXIM |
978,518 |
2,157,324 |
| 13 |
IN STYLE |
924,830 |
1,571,433 |
| 14 |
READER'S DIGEST |
733,300 |
12,613,790 |
| 15 |
GLOBE |
723,803 |
775,602 |
| 16 |
TEEN PEOPLE |
676,000 |
1,671,338 |
| 17 |
YM |
629,200 |
2,202,615 |
| 18 |
REDBOOK |
615,811 |
2,338,941 |
| 19 |
SEVENTEEN |
577,638 |
2,369,734 |
| 20 |
MARIE CLAIRE |
548,740 |
887,451 |
| 21 |
PENTHOUSE |
541,733 |
851,066 |
| 22 |
PREVENTION |
479,684 |
3,014,859 |
| 23 |
PLAYBOY |
474,173 |
3,014,812 |
| 24 |
VOGUE |
430,942 |
1,112,917 |
| 25 |
MCCALL'S |
429,333 |
4,204,022 |
| 26 |
MEN'S HEALTH |
417,000 |
1,649,156 |
| 27 |
COUNTRY LIVING |
412,548 |
1,651,206 |
| 28 |
SELF |
403,783 |
1,190,707 |
| 29 |
YM SPECIAL |
402,500 |
402,500 |
| 30 |
BRIDE'S MAGAZINE |
397,294 |
475,013 |
| 31 |
PILLSBURY CLASSIC COOKBOOKS |
396,754 |
510,063 |
| 32 |
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL |
395,000 |
4,173,295 |
| 33 |
J-14 |
390,683 |
422,315 |
| 34 |
MADEMOISELLE |
382,779 |
1,113,402 |
| 35 |
VANITY FAIR |
375,445 |
1,069,650 |
| 36 |
SHAPE |
371,864 |
1,538,192 |
| 37 |
MARTHA STEWART LIVING |
366,619 |
2,310,692 |
| 38 |
US WEEKLY |
355,966 |
850,434 |
| 39 |
THE SOURCE |
355,417 |
446,011 |
| 40 |
TEEN |
331,798 |
2,096,676 |
| 41 |
SOAP OPERA DIGEST |
321,356 |
1,111,621 |
| 42 |
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS |
303,167 |
7,627,977 |
| 43 |
FITNESS |
296,000 |
1,061,397 |
| 44 |
MODERN BRIDE |
292,917 |
407,923 |
| 45 |
ELLE |
268,785 |
918,795 |
| 46 |
TWIST |
268,240 |
302,946 |
| 47 |
ALLURE |
265,662 |
858,488 |
| 48 |
COUNTRY SAMPLER |
265,270 |
427,120 |
| 49 |
MUSCLE & FITNESS |
264,930 |
485,316 |
| 50 |
EBONY |
258,450 |
1,785,145 |
| 51 |
ESSENCE |
257,325 |
1,009,263 |
| 52 |
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE |
253,164 |
7,957,062 |
| 53 |
TRUE STORY PLUS |
251,501 |
462,474 |
| 54 |
SOAP OPERA WEEKLY |
249,666 |
320,208 |
| 55 |
COOKING LIGHT |
249,582 |
1,451,813 |
| 56 |
TRADITIONAL HOME |
242,000 |
823,807 |
| 57 |
COUNTRY HOME |
238,250 |
1,066,795 |
| 58 |
MONEY |
238,178 |
1,908,573 |
| 59 |
COUNTRY LIVING GARDENER |
235,422 |
512,059 |
| 60 |
GQ - GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY |
233,980 |
827,605 |
| 61 |
COUNTRY WEEKLY |
220,183 |
449,541 |
| 62 |
BRIDAL GUIDE |
215,349 |
246,472 |
| 63 |
SOUTHERN LIVING |
210,844 |
2,540,821 |
| 64 |
LOW RIDER MAGAZINE |
194,988 |
212,500 |
| 65 |
VIBE |
194,521 |
727,069 |
| 66 |
BON APPETIT |
190,014 |
1,230,626 |
| 67 |
OFFICIAL U.S. PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE |
189,749 |
276,168 |
| 68 |
VICTORIA |
186,828 |
961,191 |
| 69 |
POPULAR MECHANICS |
186,317 |
1,224,960 |
| 70 |
SOPHISTICATE'S HAIRSTYLE GUIDE |
181,394 |
181,394 |
| 71 |
COMPUTER SHOPPER |
175,450 |
506,189 |
| 72 |
HARPER'S BAZAAR |
169,301 |
708,104 |
| 73 |
ROLLING STONE |
167,199 |
1,251,520 |
| 74 |
SOPHISTICATE'S BLACK HAIR STYLES AND CARE GUIDE |
166,016 |
166,016 |
| 75 |
USA TODAY BASEBALL WEEKLY |
163,687 |
266,018 |
| 76 |
PC WORLD |
161,718 |
1,268,016 |
| 77 |
ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY |
161,657 |
401,317 |
| 78 |
COUNTRY HOME COUNTRY GARDENS |
160,333 |
360,692 |
| 79 |
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN |
160,293 |
700,043 |
| 80 |
SOAP OPERA UPDATE |
158,892 |
185,736 |
| 81 |
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST |
157,622 |
840,913 |
| 82 |
MOTOR TREND |
157,207 |
1,263,725 |
| 83 |
CAR AND DRIVER |
156,200 |
1,381,909 |
| 84 |
GOLF DIGEST |
155,383 |
1,571,732 |
| 85 |
NEWSWEEK |
154,013 |
3,138,460 |
| 86 |
MARY ENGELBREIT'S HOME COMPANION |
152,876 |
597,015 |
| 87 |
DETAILS |
152,516 |
583,199 |
| 88 |
POPULAR SCIENCE |
150,400 |
1,566,817 |
| 89 |
TIPS & TRICKS |
148,105 |
193,842 |
| 90 |
ELEGANT BRIDE |
146,383 |
146,383 |
| 91 |
VERANDA |
145,649 |
340,220 |
| 92 |
PARENTS |
142,250 |
1,992,364 |
| 93 |
JANE |
141,454 |
552,923 |
| 94 |
TRUCKIN' |
140,188 |
186,606 |
| 95 |
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL |
136,506 |
865,127 |
| 96 |
FLORIDA DESIGN |
135,904 |
182,554 |
| 97 |
TIME - THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE |
135,340 |
4,073,827 |
| 98 |
FOR THE BRIDE BY DEMETRIOS |
135,143 |
135,143 |
| 99 |
METROPOLITAN HOME |
134,333 |
607,097 |
| 100 |
PEOPLE EN ESPANOL |
133,761 |
326,614 |
Sources: Averages calculated by the Audit Bureau of Circulations statements for the first six months of each year. Domestic titles audited by ABC; Annuals, international editions and comics have been excluded. Totals may not add exactly, due to rounding of averaged numbers.
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