Average Subscription Circulation for Top 100 ABC Magazines
2005
| RANK 2005 |
RANK 2004 |
Publication Name |
2005 Subscriptions |
2004 Subscriptions |
% CHANGE |
| 1 |
1 |
AARP THE MAGAZINE |
22,673,663 |
22,667,124 |
0.0% |
| 2 |
2 |
AARP BULLETIN |
22,075,011 |
22,103,758 |
-0.1% |
| 3 |
3 |
READER'S DIGEST |
9,658,765 |
9,613,793 |
0.5% |
| 4 |
4 |
TV GUIDE |
7,881,625 |
8,559,592 |
-7.9% |
| 5 |
5 |
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS |
7,407,332 |
7,378,113 |
0.4% |
| 6 |
6 |
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC |
5,237,108 |
5,323,446 |
-1.6% |
| 7 |
7 |
TIME-THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE |
3,887,480 |
3,866,054 |
0.6% |
| 8 |
9 |
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING |
3,864,089 |
3,772,255 |
2.4% |
| 9 |
8 |
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL |
3,832,710 |
3,829,330 |
0.1% |
| 10 |
10 |
AAA WESTWAYS |
3,676,058 |
3,623,799 |
1.4% |
|
|
TOTAL TOP 10 |
90,193,840 |
90,737,262 |
-0.6% |
| 11 |
11 |
FAMILY CIRCLE |
3,425,878 |
3,371,599 |
1.6% |
| 12 |
14 |
WOMAN'S DAY |
3,221,516 |
3,184,024 |
1.2% |
| 13 |
13 |
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED |
3,207,632 |
3,218,882 |
-0.3% |
| 14 |
15 |
NEWSWEEK |
3,029,481 |
2,992,201 |
1.2% |
| 15 |
16 |
PREVENTION |
2,980,640 |
2,966,049 |
0.5% |
| 16 |
17 |
PLAYBOY |
2,753,288 |
2,699,345 |
2.0% |
| 17 |
19 |
GUIDEPOSTS |
2,627,174 |
2,636,459 |
-0.4% |
| 18 |
21 |
SOUTHERN LIVING |
2,532,753 |
2,502,987 |
1.2% |
| 19 |
20 |
AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE |
2,528,853 |
2,567,987 |
-1.5% |
| 20 |
22 |
AAA GOING PLACES |
2,450,540 |
2,366,198 |
3.6% |
| 21 |
18 |
VIA MAGAZINE* |
2,435,904 |
2,676,644 |
-9.0% |
| 22 |
23 |
PEOPLE |
2,226,762 |
2,212,064 |
0.7% |
| 23 |
66 |
AAA LIVING± |
2,167,800 |
1,007,291 |
115.2% |
| 24 |
24 |
SMITHSONIAN |
2,040,560 |
2,038,317 |
0.1% |
| 25 |
27 |
REDBOOK |
2,033,756 |
1,968,663 |
3.3% |
|
|
TOTAL TOP 25 |
129,856,376 |
129,145,971 |
0.6% |
| 26 |
26 |
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT |
1,989,320 |
1,972,641 |
0.8% |
| 27 |
28 |
PARENTS |
1,986,778 |
1,949,634 |
1.9% |
| 28 |
29 |
MAXIM |
1,975,478 |
1,880,631 |
5.0% |
| 29 |
25 |
PARENTING |
1,940,655 |
1,991,074 |
-2.5% |
| 30 |
31 |
GAME INFORMER MAGAZINE |
1,918,940 |
1,832,856 |
4.7% |
| 31 |
30 |
MONEY |
1,850,296 |
1,841,634 |
0.5% |
| 32 |
33 |
ESPN THE MAGAZINE |
1,848,385 |
1,758,171 |
5.1% |
| 33 |
12 |
HOME & AWAY± |
1,801,441 |
3,317,597 |
-45.7% |
| 34 |
36 |
FAMILYFUN |
1,762,198 |
1,713,639 |
2.8% |
| 35 |
35 |
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY |
1,737,598 |
1,725,976 |
0.7% |
| 36 |
38 |
ENDLESS VACATION |
1,716,213 |
1,654,639 |
3.7% |
| 37 |
32 |
SEVENTEEN |
1,679,425 |
1,790,674 |
-6.2% |
| 38 |
39 |
MARTHA STEWART LIVING |
1,605,475 |
1,582,988 |
1.4% |
| 39 |
37 |
VFW MAGAZINE* |
1,561,257 |
1,700,463 |
-8.2% |
| 40 |
41 |
COOKING LIGHT |
1,514,406 |
1,438,378 |
5.3% |
| 41 |
46 |
REAL SIMPLE |
1,501,442 |
1,367,017 |
9.8% |
| 42 |
40 |
FIELD & STREAM |
1,500,468 |
1,485,069 |
1.0% |
| 43 |
43 |
COUNTRY LIVING |
1,478,912 |
1,435,413 |
3.0% |
| 44 |
34 |
O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE |
1,478,795 |
1,731,427 |
-14.6% |
| 45 |
45 |
GLAMOUR |
1,462,523 |
1,399,965 |
4.5% |
| 46 |
42 |
GOLF DIGEST |
1,450,195 |
1,437,978 |
0.8% |
| 47 |
48 |
AMERICAN RIFLEMAN |
1,374,970 |
1,346,743 |
2.1% |
| 48 |
50 |
SUNSET |
1,355,703 |
1,342,698 |
1.0% |
| 49 |
49 |
POPULAR SCIENCE |
1,340,405 |
1,343,446 |
-0.2% |
| 50 |
51 |
GOLF MAGAZINE |
1,323,261 |
1,325,776 |
-0.2% |
|
|
TOTAL TOP 50 |
171,010,910 |
171,512,493 |
-0.3% |
| 51 |
56 |
SHAPE |
1,311,451 |
1,208,761 |
8.5% |
| 52 |
47 |
HEALTH |
1,287,904 |
1,365,540 |
-5.7% |
| 53 |
55 |
MEN'S HEALTH |
1,280,909 |
1,216,822 |
5.3% |
| 54 |
44 |
EBONY |
1,268,379 |
1,427,876 |
-11.2% |
| 55 |
57 |
SCHOLASTIC PARENT & CHILD* |
1,237,512 |
1,201,073 |
3.0% |
| 56 |
52 |
FITNESS |
1,235,255 |
1,245,135 |
-0.8% |
| 57 |
54 |
CAR AND DRIVER |
1,222,188 |
1,221,961 |
0.0% |
| 58 |
53 |
BOYS' LIFE |
1,220,774 |
1,224,106 |
-0.3% |
| 59 |
58 |
BON APPETIT |
1,187,973 |
1,166,560 |
1.8% |
| 60 |
195 |
TEEN VOGUE |
1,177,486 |
346,763 |
239.6% |
| 61 |
59 |
ROLLING STONE |
1,174,904 |
1,138,292 |
3.2% |
| 62 |
60 |
COUNTRY HOME |
1,164,527 |
1,129,803 |
3.1% |
| 63 |
61 |
TEEN PEOPLE |
1,154,654 |
1,106,594 |
4.3% |
| 64 |
63 |
FAMILY HANDYMAN |
1,072,362 |
1,059,997 |
1.2% |
| 65 |
65 |
SELF |
1,068,046 |
1,010,766 |
5.7% |
| 66 |
62 |
POPULAR MECHANICS |
1,061,263 |
1,082,455 |
-2.0% |
| 67 |
68 |
STUFF |
1,045,840 |
983,675 |
6.3% |
| 68 |
64 |
SCOUTING |
1,020,466 |
1,038,660 |
-1.8% |
| 69 |
73 |
NEW YORKER |
1,006,698 |
961,876 |
4.7% |
| 70 |
67 |
AMERICAN HUNTER |
988,817 |
997,459 |
-0.9% |
| 71 |
70 |
COSMO GIRL! |
972,657 |
979,609 |
-0.7% |
| 72 |
72 |
MOTOR TREND |
971,663 |
978,595 |
-0.7% |
| 73 |
74 |
BUSINESSWEEK |
961,273 |
956,491 |
0.5% |
| 74 |
82 |
MORE |
954,581 |
879,561 |
8.5% |
| 75 |
75 |
HOME |
949,713 |
947,394 |
0.2% |
|
|
TOTAL TOP 75 |
199,008,201 |
198,388,309 |
0.3% |
| 76 |
69 |
COSMOPOLITAN |
939,558 |
982,856 |
-4.4% |
| 77 |
84 |
IN STYLE |
934,989 |
863,176 |
8.3% |
| 78 |
76 |
TRAVEL + LEISURE |
932,460 |
937,635 |
-0.6% |
| 79 |
77 |
OUTDOOR LIFE |
914,858 |
907,688 |
0.8% |
| 80 |
90 |
FHM (FOR HIM MAGAZINE) |
906,033 |
819,127 |
10.6% |
| 81 |
79 |
THIS OLD HOUSE |
902,580 |
896,349 |
0.7% |
| 82 |
81 |
GOURMET |
896,473 |
884,168 |
1.4% |
| 83 |
80 |
FORBES |
888,784 |
886,574 |
0.2% |
| 84 |
87 |
MIDWEST LIVING |
884,863 |
848,332 |
4.3% |
| 85 |
88 |
CHILD |
882,933 |
843,292 |
4.7% |
| 86 |
94 |
WEIGHT WATCHERS |
879,160 |
801,792 |
9.6% |
| 87 |
89 |
HOUSE & GARDEN |
863,916 |
837,398 |
3.2% |
| 88 |
83 |
FOOD & WINE |
863,825 |
874,201 |
-1.2% |
| 89 |
91 |
JET |
850,178 |
812,065 |
4.7% |
| 90 |
92 |
TRADITIONAL HOME |
827,120 |
812,009 |
1.9% |
| 91 |
93 |
WORKING MOTHER |
826,498 |
805,907 |
2.6% |
| 92 |
95 |
VOGUE |
819,001 |
799,971 |
2.4% |
| 93 |
104 |
LUCKY |
808,501 |
727,516 |
11.1% |
| 94 |
86 |
FORTUNE |
808,125 |
852,047 |
-5.2% |
| 95 |
97 |
HANDY, HANDYMAN CLUB OF AMERICA MAGAZINE |
802,811 |
789,995 |
1.6% |
| 96 |
96 |
ESSENCE |
802,491 |
796,509 |
0.8% |
| 97 |
100 |
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL |
781,871 |
765,417 |
2.1% |
| 98 |
78 |
PC WORLD |
775,737 |
904,802 |
-14.3% |
| 99 |
99 |
VANITY FAIR |
771,751 |
778,277 |
-0.8% |
| 100 |
71 |
KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE |
762,966 |
979,224 |
-22.1% |
|
|
TOTAL TOP 100 |
220,335,677 |
219,594,631 |
0.3% |
* denotes first half figures only.
** denotes second half figures only.
*** In August 2004, National Geographic began to report their International circulation separately. This number represents domestic circulation on a going forward basis.
± In March 2005, Home & Away and Michigan Living were united under the new name AAA Living.
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. Totals may not add exactly, due to rounding of averaged numbers.
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