Avg. Subscription Circulation for Top 100 ABC Magazines
2003
| RANK 2003 |
RANK 2002 |
Publication Name |
Subscriptions 2003 |
Subscriptions 2002 |
% CHANGE |
| 1 |
1 |
AARP BULLETIN |
21,622,237 |
21,703,580 |
-0.4% |
| 2 |
- |
AARP THE MAGAZINE** |
21,035,278 |
21,360,662 |
-1.5% |
| 3 |
3 |
READER'S DIGEST |
10,514,867 |
11,408,080 |
-7.8% |
| 4 |
4 |
TV GUIDE |
8,351,186 |
8,167,531 |
2.2% |
| 5 |
5 |
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS |
7,326,954 |
7,283,537 |
0.6% |
| 6 |
6 |
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC |
6,385,321 |
6,508,675 |
-1.9% |
| 7 |
8 |
TIME - THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE |
3,936,447 |
3,933,264 |
0.1% |
| 8 |
10 |
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING |
3,804,292 |
3,704,124 |
2.7% |
| 9 |
9 |
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL |
3,789,804 |
3,746,593 |
1.2% |
| 10 |
14 |
FAMILY CIRCLE |
3,497,803 |
3,113,068 |
12.4% |
| |
|
TOTAL TOP 10 |
90,264,187 |
90,929,112 |
-0.7% |
| 11 |
11 |
WESTWAYS |
3,477,257 |
3,369,799 |
3.2% |
| 12 |
12 |
HOME & AWAY |
3,320,869 |
3,312,075 |
0.3% |
| 13 |
13 |
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED |
3,137,953 |
3,146,758 |
-0.3% |
| 14 |
18 |
WOMAN'S DAY |
3,039,333 |
2,816,820 |
7.9% |
| 15 |
16 |
NEWSWEEK |
2,995,883 |
3,027,599 |
-1.0% |
| 16 |
19 |
PREVENTION |
2,918,717 |
2,745,044 |
6.3% |
| 17 |
17 |
PLAYBOY |
2,713,365 |
2,844,352 |
-4.6% |
| 18 |
21 |
VIA MAGAZINE |
2,633,163 |
2,643,896 |
-0.4% |
| 19 |
20 |
GUIDEPOSTS |
2,620,981 |
2,696,697 |
-2.8% |
| 20 |
22 |
AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE |
2,591,965 |
2,639,097 |
-1.8% |
| 21 |
23 |
SOUTHERN LIVING |
2,381,356 |
2,321,902 |
2.6% |
| 22 |
24 |
AAA GOING PLACES |
2,254,480 |
2,202,555 |
2.4% |
| 23 |
25 |
PEOPLE |
2,173,117 |
2,197,901 |
-1.1% |
| 24 |
26 |
SEVENTEEN |
2,063,208 |
2,076,239 |
-0.6% |
| 25 |
27 |
SMITHSONIAN |
2,021,842 |
2,035,974 |
-0.7% |
| |
|
TOTAL TOP 25 |
130,607,674 |
131,005,816 |
-0.3% |
| 26 |
31 |
MARTHA STEWART LIVING |
2,020,801 |
1,955,451 |
3.3% |
| 27 |
28 |
PARENTING MAGAZINE |
1,996,085 |
2,020,848 |
-1.2% |
| 28 |
29 |
PARENTS |
1,995,640 |
1,994,796 |
0.0% |
| 29 |
30 |
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT |
1,975,590 |
1,977,670 |
-0.1% |
| 30 |
33 |
REDBOOK |
1,909,970 |
1,830,872 |
4.3% |
| 31 |
32 |
MONEY |
1,898,270 |
1,838,972 |
3.2% |
| 32 |
34 |
YM |
1,880,279 |
1,811,159 |
3.8% |
| 33 |
36 |
MAXIM |
1,740,872 |
1,680,495 |
3.6% |
| 34 |
42 |
ESPN THE MAGAZINE |
1,688,090 |
1,500,264 |
12.5% |
| 35 |
40 |
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY |
1,668,170 |
1,545,277 |
8.0% |
| 36 |
35 |
VFW MAGAZINE |
1,664,883 |
1,686,452 |
-1.3% |
| 37 |
44 |
FAMILYFUN |
1,633,254 |
1,473,045 |
10.9% |
| 38 |
39 |
O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE |
1,600,197 |
1,548,568 |
3.3% |
| 39 |
38 |
ENDLESS VACATION |
1,575,644 |
1,549,971 |
1.7% |
| 40 |
37 |
*EBONY |
1,549,089 |
1,612,206 |
-3.9% |
| 41 |
41 |
FIELD & STREAM |
1,500,773 |
1,504,442 |
-0.2% |
| 42 |
46 |
GOLF DIGEST |
1,429,016 |
1,418,071 |
0.8% |
| 43 |
47 |
COUNTRY LIVING |
1,417,769 |
1,377,344 |
2.9% |
| 44 |
43 |
AMERICAN RIFLEMAN |
1,404,392 |
1,492,011 |
-5.9% |
| 45 |
45 |
GLAMOUR |
1,359,225 |
1,421,502 |
-4.4% |
| 46 |
51 |
COOKING LIGHT |
1,354,385 |
1,315,490 |
3.0% |
| 47 |
49 |
POPULAR SCIENCE |
1,325,010 |
1,332,772 |
-0.6% |
| 48 |
48 |
SUNSET |
1,323,014 |
1,345,417 |
-1.7% |
| 49 |
52 |
GOLF MAGAZINE |
1,307,099 |
1,311,946 |
-0.4% |
| 50 |
90 |
GAME INFORMER MAGAZINE |
1,305,575 |
812,019 |
60.8% |
| |
|
TOTAL TOP 50 |
171,130,760 |
170,362,872 |
0.5% |
| 51 |
50 |
BOYS' LIFE |
1,283,549 |
1,323,678 |
-3.0% |
| 52 |
53 |
HEALTH |
1,277,838 |
1,255,665 |
1.8% |
| 53 |
54 |
SHAPE |
1,246,953 |
1,255,095 |
-0.6% |
| 54 |
56 |
CAR AND DRIVER |
1,226,383 |
1,223,131 |
0.3% |
| 55 |
55 |
MEN'S HEALTH |
1,225,786 |
1,232,731 |
-0.6% |
| 56 |
58 |
PC MAGAZINE |
1,180,548 |
1,177,014 |
0.3% |
| 57 |
61 |
TEEN PEOPLE |
1,141,617 |
1,121,176 |
1.8% |
| 58 |
63 |
BON APPETIT |
1,132,763 |
1,102,497 |
2.7% |
| 59 |
60 |
ROLLING STONE |
1,130,418 |
1,121,661 |
0.8% |
| 60 |
59 |
MOTOR TREND |
1,124,898 |
1,127,274 |
-0.2% |
| 61 |
79 |
FITNESS |
1,099,529 |
894,807 |
22.9% |
| 62 |
95 |
REAL SIMPLE |
1,076,579 |
766,139 |
40.5% |
| 63 |
65 |
FAMILY HANDYMAN |
1,075,999 |
1,077,796 |
-0.2% |
| 64 |
67 |
POPULAR MECHANICS |
1,070,334 |
1,050,555 |
1.9% |
| 65 |
62 |
AMERICAN HUNTER |
1,070,211 |
1,106,396 |
-3.3% |
| 66 |
80 |
COUNTRY HOME |
1,066,185 |
892,864 |
19.4% |
| 67 |
66 |
SCOUTING |
1,058,488 |
1,061,718 |
-0.3% |
| 68 |
69 |
MICHIGAN LIVING |
1,047,344 |
1,041,626 |
0.5% |
| 69 |
70 |
KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE |
998,067 |
1,018,201 |
-2.0% |
| 70 |
71 |
PC WORLD |
992,586 |
981,606 |
1.1% |
| 71 |
72 |
COSMOPOLITAN |
980,535 |
956,246 |
2.5% |
| 72 |
73 |
BUSINESSWEEK (NORTH AMERICA) |
963,156 |
952,591 |
1.1% |
| 73 |
78 |
SELF |
950,365 |
905,171 |
5.0% |
| 74 |
74 |
HOME |
941,008 |
951,734 |
-1.1% |
| 75 |
76 |
TRAVEL + LEISURE |
936,283 |
929,641 |
0.7% |
| |
|
TOTAL TOP 75 |
198,428,175 |
196,889,878 |
0.8% |
| 76 |
83 |
NEW YORKER |
924,916 |
884,245 |
4.6% |
| 77 |
77 |
CHILD |
921,034 |
917,472 |
0.4% |
| 78 |
|
*VIM & VIGOR |
910,405 |
- |
- |
| 79 |
68 |
OUTDOOR LIFE |
904,254 |
1,049,545 |
-13.8% |
| 80 |
84 |
THIS OLD HOUSE |
886,456 |
874,162 |
1.4% |
| 81 |
81 |
FOOD & WINE |
884,994 |
886,766 |
-0.2% |
| 82 |
82 |
FORBES |
884,265 |
884,505 |
0.0% |
| 83 |
85 |
GOURMET |
883,871 |
841,016 |
5.1% |
| 84 |
107 |
STUFF |
882,876 |
699,724 |
26.2% |
| 85 |
113 |
COSMO GIRL! |
849,433 |
667,809 |
27.2% |
| 86 |
97 |
HOUSE & GARDEN |
835,266 |
757,247 |
10.3% |
| 87 |
89 |
FORTUNE (NORTH AMERICA) |
833,595 |
813,578 |
2.5% |
| 88 |
88 |
ESSENCE |
810,940 |
815,912 |
-0.6% |
| 89 |
86 |
*JET |
798,342 |
825,300 |
-3.3% |
| 90 |
75 |
DISCOVER |
794,673 |
929,806 |
-14.5% |
| 91 |
100 |
MIDWEST LIVING |
792,345 |
747,118 |
6.1% |
| 92 |
103 |
ELLE |
779,712 |
725,600 |
7.5% |
| 93 |
96 |
HANDY, HANDYMAN CLUB OF AMERICA MAGAZINE |
779,320 |
759,010 |
2.7% |
| 94 |
- |
WORKING MOTHER |
773,133 |
- |
- |
| 95 |
146 |
WEIGHT WATCHERS |
764,736 |
517,377 |
47.8% |
| 96 |
118 |
MORE |
764,050 |
647,746 |
18.0% |
| 97 |
99 |
SMART MONEY |
762,182 |
749,735 |
1.7% |
| 98 |
121 |
TRADITIONAL HOME |
758,461 |
634,545 |
19.5% |
| 99 |
94 |
VOGUE |
756,709 |
768,857 |
-1.6% |
| 100 |
104 |
VANITY FAIR |
751,229 |
719,332 |
4.4% |
| |
|
TOTAL Top 100 |
219,115,367 |
215,006,278 |
1.9% |
*First six months only
**2002 circulation is a combination of AARP Modern Maturity and My Generation, which were combined in 2003 as AARP the Magazine.
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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