Average Circulation for Top 100 ABC Magazines
First Six Months, 2003
| RANK |
Publication Name |
Subscriptions |
Single Copy Sales |
Total Paid |
| 1 |
AARP BULLETIN* |
21,576,428 |
|
21,576,428 |
| 2 |
AARP THE MAGAZINE* |
20,018,227 |
|
20,018,227 |
| 3 |
READER'S DIGEST |
10,540,207 |
550,142 |
11,090,349 |
| 4 |
TV GUIDE |
8,344,013 |
682,839 |
9,026,852 |
| 5 |
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS |
7,328,505 |
282,500 |
7,611,005 |
| 6 |
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC |
6,427,084 |
258,600 |
6,685,684 |
| 7 |
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING |
3,778,054 |
825,935 |
4,603,989 |
| 8 |
FAMILY CIRCLE |
3,430,685 |
1,147,904 |
4,578,589 |
| 9 |
MY GENERATION* |
4,268,738 |
425 |
4,269,163 |
| 10 |
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL |
3,786,568 |
313,500 |
4,100,068 |
| 11 |
TIME |
3,925,818 |
170,117 |
4,095,935 |
| 12 |
WOMAN'S DAY |
2,939,073 |
1,126,333 |
4,065,406 |
| 13 |
PEOPLE |
2,226,893 |
1,402,089 |
3,628,982 |
| 14 |
WESTWAYS* |
3,442,681 |
|
3,442,681 |
| 15 |
HOME & AWAY* |
3,332,431 |
|
3,332,431 |
| 16 |
PREVENTION |
2,906,187 |
371,559 |
3,277,746 |
| 17 |
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED |
3,147,367 |
119,429 |
3,266,796 |
| 18 |
NEWSWEEK |
3,017,709 |
157,680 |
3,175,389 |
| 19 |
PLAYBOY |
2,750,714 |
404,228 |
3,154,942 |
| 20 |
COSMOPOLITAN |
999,897 |
1,860,127 |
2,860,024 |
| 21 |
GUIDEPOSTS |
2,623,243 |
15,571 |
2,638,814 |
| 22 |
VIA MAGAZINE* |
2,625,166 |
|
2,625,166 |
| 23 |
SOUTHERN LIVING |
2,375,827 |
224,905 |
2,600,732 |
| 24 |
AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE* |
2,594,631 |
|
2,594,631 |
| 25 |
O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE |
1,543,310 |
989,311 |
2,532,621 |
| 26 |
MAXIM |
1,700,991 |
814,365 |
2,515,356 |
| 27 |
SEVENTEEN |
2,105,850 |
303,439 |
2,409,289 |
| 28 |
REDBOOK |
1,887,044 |
484,327 |
2,371,371 |
| 29 |
MARTHA STEWART LIVING |
2,055,451 |
311,975 |
2,367,426 |
| 30 |
GLAMOUR |
1,353,416 |
890,596 |
2,244,012 |
| 31 |
YM |
1,962,437 |
272,333 |
2,234,770 |
| 32 |
AAA GOING PLACES* |
2,230,593 |
|
2,230,593 |
| 33 |
PARENTS |
2,002,995 |
85,167 |
2,088,162 |
| 34 |
PARENTING MAGAZINE |
1,996,208 |
60,440 |
2,056,648 |
| 35 |
SMITHSONIAN |
2,021,426 |
8,594 |
2,030,020 |
| 36 |
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT |
1,973,227 |
46,238 |
2,019,465 |
| 37 |
MONEY |
1,859,917 |
103,123 |
1,963,040 |
| 38 |
EBONY |
1,549,089 |
249,755 |
1,798,844 |
| 39 |
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY |
1,634,715 |
90,338 |
1,725,053 |
| 40 |
COUNTRY LIVING |
1,406,038 |
306,741 |
1,712,779 |
| 41 |
IN STYLE |
754,955 |
943,125 |
1,698,080 |
| 42 |
MEN'S HEALTH |
1,241,467 |
455,559 |
1,697,026 |
| 43 |
ESPN THE MAGAZINE |
1,656,777 |
35,958 |
1,692,735 |
| 44 |
NATIONAL ENQUIRER |
326,157 |
1,346,244 |
1,672,401 |
| 45 |
FAMILYFUN |
1,631,457 |
27,839 |
1,659,296 |
| 46 |
SHAPE |
1,220,668 |
414,598 |
1,635,266 |
| 47 |
WOMAN'S WORLD |
94,099 |
1,531,680 |
1,625,779 |
| 48 |
COOKING LIGHT |
1,349,038 |
268,155 |
1,617,193 |
| 49 |
TEEN PEOPLE |
1,154,961 |
432,370 |
1,587,331 |
| 50 |
GOLF DIGEST |
1,417,820 |
148,766 |
1,566,586 |
| 51 |
ENDLESS VACATION* |
1,554,389 |
|
1,554,389 |
| 52 |
FIELD & STREAM |
1,502,543 |
28,503 |
1,531,046 |
| 53 |
POPULAR SCIENCE |
1,323,797 |
149,473 |
1,473,270 |
| 54 |
SUNSET |
1,322,789 |
106,776 |
1,429,565 |
| 55 |
AMERICAN RIFLEMAN* |
1,418,633 |
|
1,418,633 |
| 56 |
GOLF MAGAZINE |
1,304,573 |
110,436 |
1,415,009 |
| 57 |
FIRST FOR WOMEN |
223,809 |
1,180,444 |
1,404,253 |
| 58 |
HEALTH |
1,273,124 |
116,226 |
1,389,350 |
| 59 |
BOYS' LIFE |
1,384,475 |
|
1,384,475 |
| 60 |
FITNESS |
1,051,067 |
333,000 |
1,384,067 |
| 61 |
CAR AND DRIVER |
1,227,762 |
149,633 |
1,377,395 |
| 62 |
REAL SIMPLE |
1,022,454 |
352,901 |
1,375,355 |
| 63 |
SELF |
940,399 |
407,251 |
1,347,650 |
| 64 |
BON APPETIT |
1,136,602 |
165,709 |
1,302,311 |
| 65 |
COSMO GIRL! |
855,720 |
423,716 |
1,279,436 |
| 66 |
MOTOR TREND |
1,130,511 |
146,300 |
1,276,811 |
| 67 |
ROLLING STONE |
1,132,245 |
132,573 |
1,264,818 |
| 68 |
STAR MAGAZINE |
235,454 |
1,023,547 |
1,259,001 |
| 69 |
PC MAGAZINE |
1,175,624 |
49,555 |
1,225,179 |
| 70 |
POPULAR MECHANICS |
1,051,744 |
170,607 |
1,222,351 |
| 71 |
COUNTRY HOME |
1,059,051 |
154,801 |
1,213,852 |
| 72 |
STUFF |
837,528 |
375,167 |
1,212,695 |
| 73 |
GAME INFORMER MAGAZINE |
1,198,434 |
11,706 |
1,210,140 |
| 74 |
VOGUE |
745,616 |
429,061 |
1,174,677 |
| 75 |
FAMILY HANDYMAN |
1,101,880 |
64,160 |
1,166,040 |
| 76 |
US WEEKLY |
644,310 |
506,392 |
1,150,702 |
| 77 |
VANITY FAIR |
753,222 |
371,249 |
1,124,471 |
| 78 |
PC WORLD |
994,470 |
109,369 |
1,103,839 |
| 79 |
FHM (FOR HIM MAGAZINE) |
653,702 |
449,732 |
1,103,434 |
| 80 |
AMERICAN HUNTER* |
1,083,852 |
|
1,083,852 |
| 81 |
ESSENCE |
812,116 |
256,098 |
1,068,214 |
| 82 |
SCOUTING* |
1,057,844 |
|
1,057,844 |
| 83 |
MICHIGAN LIVING* |
1,054,549 |
|
1,054,549 |
| 84 |
WEIGHT WATCHERS |
731,841 |
317,617 |
1,049,458 |
| 85 |
KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE |
999,205 |
24,413 |
1,023,618 |
| 86 |
ELLE |
769,368 |
245,050 |
1,014,418 |
| 87 |
HOME |
946,681 |
63,240 |
1,009,921 |
| 88 |
ALLURE |
691,967 |
307,767 |
999,734 |
| 89 |
BUSINESSWEEK |
965,557 |
25,027 |
990,584 |
| 90 |
GOURMET |
897,682 |
87,483 |
985,165 |
| 91 |
TRAVEL + LEISURE |
940,948 |
30,516 |
971,464 |
| 92 |
FOOD & WINE |
900,501 |
63,705 |
964,206 |
| 93 |
THIS OLD HOUSE |
882,739 |
81,325 |
964,064 |
| 94 |
NEW YORKER |
910,531 |
47,648 |
958,179 |
| 95 |
OUTDOOR LIFE |
919,938 |
29,375 |
949,313 |
| 96 |
CHILD |
918,542 |
16,600 |
935,142 |
| 97 |
TRADITIONAL HOME |
749,271 |
175,750 |
925,021 |
| 98 |
FORBES |
885,114 |
37,138 |
922,252 |
| 99 |
DISCOVER |
804,851 |
113,643 |
918,494 |
| 100 |
JET |
798,342 |
113,719 |
912,061 |
* High proportion of titles' circulation attributed to membership benefits.
Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations statements for the first six months of 2003. Domestic titles audited by ABC; annuals, international editions, and comics have been excluded.
