Avg. Single Copy Circulation for Top 100 ABC Magazines

2003

RANK 2003	RANK 2002	Publication Name	Single Copy 2003	Single Copy 2002	% CHANGE
1	1	COSMOPOLITAN	1,908,509	2,036,290	-6.3%
2	2	WOMAN'S WORLD	1,485,778	1,546,934	-4.0%
3	5	PEOPLE	1,442,678	1,427,526	1.1%
4	4	NATIONAL ENQUIRER	1,263,865	1,456,634	-13.2%
5	7	FIRST FOR WOMEN	1,199,873	1,232,424	-2.6%
6	6	WOMAN'S DAY	1,126,765	1,388,229	-18.8%
7	3	FAMILY CIRCLE	1,117,733	1,521,000	-26.5%
8	14	O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE	992,375	720,017	37.8%
9	8	STAR MAGAZINE	987,371	1,172,013	-15.8%
10	11	IN STYLE	927,247	981,190	-5.5%
		TOTAL TOP 10	12,452,192	13,482,256	-7.6%
11	10	GLAMOUR	927,205	985,357	-5.9%
12	9	GOOD HOUSEKEEPING	875,649	995,612	-12.0%
13	13	MAXIM	769,272	860,137	-10.6%
14	12	TV GUIDE	667,026	899,594	-25.9%
15	21	US WEEKLY	602,513	458,968	31.3%
16	15	READER'S DIGEST	552,655	670,389	-17.6%
17	16	MARIE CLAIRE	550,690	608,844	-9.6%
18	17	GLOBE	496,641	591,893	-16.1%
19	-	IN TOUCH WEEKLY	486,298	-	-
20	18	REDBOOK	471,930	556,426	-15.2%
21	20	VOGUE	460,643	482,782	-4.6%
22	24	MEN'S HEALTH	460,409	444,843	3.5%
23	19	TEEN PEOPLE	437,685	506,255	-13.5%
24	23	FHM (FOR HIM MAGAZINE)	425,461	449,974	-5.4%
25	29	J-14	416,128	395,940	5.1%
		TOTAL TOP 25	21,052,394	22,389,267	-6.0%
26	31	COSMO GIRL!	409,448	394,462	3.8%
27	28	VANITY FAIR	402,423	400,142	0.6%
28	26	SHAPE	391,116	413,159	-5.3%
29	33	PLAYBOY	386,729	371,102	4.2%
30	27	SELF	380,595	403,523	-5.7%
31	22	STUFF	379,607	450,787	-15.8%
32	40	REAL SIMPLE	361,222	328,010	10.1%
33	30	PREVENTION	356,694	395,872	-9.9%
34	32	MARTHA STEWART LIVING	345,373	385,778	-10.5%
35	34	*SOURCE	333,970	370,572	-9.9%
36	25	YM	329,100	420,593	-21.8%
37	51	M	322,655	243,990	32.2%
38	37	LADIES' HOME JOURNAL	311,417	354,755	-12.2%
39	49	WEIGHT WATCHERS	309,131	257,254	20.2%
40	35	SEVENTEEN	309,053	369,300	-16.3%
41	36	COUNTRY LIVING	308,506	357,826	-13.8%
42	39	FITNESS	308,084	330,709	-6.8%
43	44	ALLURE	302,004	301,512	0.2%
44	38	PENTHOUSE	294,454	348,212	-15.4%
45	-	MARTHA STEWART WEDDINGS	293,640	-	-
46	42	BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS	281,959	321,667	-12.3%
47	41	BRIDE'S MAGAZINE	261,877	324,759	-19.4%
48	45	COOKING LIGHT	261,624	272,107	-3.9%
49	47	NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC	258,847	265,464	-2.5%
50	52	ESSENCE	258,794	241,392	7.2%
		TOTAL TOP 50	29,210,711	30,712,207	-4.9%
51	48	*EBONY	249,755	272,533	-8.4%
52	64	XXL	245,786	190,429	29.1%
53	46	ELLE	242,775	269,584	-9.9%
54	53	MODERN BRIDE	240,518	238,672	0.8%
55	58	LUCKY	236,929	217,406	9.0%
56	54	SOPHISTICATE'S HAIRSTYLE GUIDE	228,805	234,121	-2.3%
57	55	SOUTHERN LIVING	223,326	233,213	-4.2%
58	63	SOAP OPERA DIGEST	198,952	197,996	0.5%
59	61	TWIST	194,811	201,860	-3.5%
60	62	GQ - GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY	191,649	200,337	-4.3%
61	57	MUSCLE & FITNESS	188,977	224,797	-15.9%
62	56	COUNTRY WEEKLY	188,149	230,446	-18.4%
63	68	SOAPS IN DEPTH - CBS	186,524	186,919	-0.2%
64	66	SOAPS IN DEPTH - ABC	180,443	189,315	-4.7%
65	72	BRIDAL GUIDE	179,105	179,803	-0.4%
66	75	HARPER'S BAZAAR	177,962	171,490	3.8%
67	60	TRADITIONAL HOME	173,500	207,910	-16.6%
68	50	*COUNTRY SAMPLER	171,517	237,247	-27.7%
69	65	BON APPETIT	169,417	190,359	-11.0%
70	74	TIME - THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE	167,837	178,663	-6.1%
71	67	TRUCKIN'	167,526	188,191	-11.0%
72	76	VIBE	165,745	168,796	-1.8%
73	59	COUNTRY HOME	164,523	210,218	-21.7%
74	69	MUSCLE & FITNESS HERS	162,239	186,375	-13.0%
75	78	SOAP OPERA WEEKLY	161,841	165,859	-2.4%
		TOTAL TOP 75	34,069,319	35,884,739	-5.1%
76	73	POPULAR MECHANICS	160,325	179,141	-10.5%
77	-	KING	157,098	-	-
78	80	NEWSWEEK	152,495	155,409	-1.9%
79	96	USA TODAY SPORTS WEEKLY	151,333	141,617	6.9%
80	79	VERANDA	151,045	156,840	-3.7%
81	77	OFFICIAL U.S. PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE	148,780	167,864	-11.4%
82	91	*FLORIDA DESIGN	148,507	144,220	3.0%
83	81	CAR AND DRIVER	146,958	155,350	-5.4%
84	-	ELLE GIRL	146,667	-	-
85	94	ROLLING STONE	146,623	142,179	3.1%
86	92	SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN	145,703	143,421	1.6%
87	87	MOTOR TREND	145,023	150,383	-3.6%
88	90	POPULAR SCIENCE	143,408	144,357	-0.7%
89	70	LOW RIDER	141,322	180,565	-21.7%
90	85	GOLF DIGEST	140,679	153,291	-8.2%
91	82	MARY ENGELBREIT'S HOME COMPANION	139,258	155,181	-10.3%
92	101	CREATIVE HOME	137,000	130,200	5.2%
93	83	*GAMEPRO	135,925	155,089	-12.4%
94	84	COUNTRY LIVING GARDENER	134,931	154,159	-12.5%
95	-	BLENDER	133,470	-	-
96	97	ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST	133,031	140,924	-5.6%
97	106	EASYRIDERS	132,404	123,235	7.4%
98	102	SOPHISTICATE'S BLACK HAIR STYLES AND CARE GUIDE	132,308	129,775	2.0%
99	86	*COUNTRY HOME COUNTRY GARDENS	132,000	158,000	-16.5%
100	-	OFFICIAL XBOX MAGAZINE	129,818	-	-
		TOTAL TOP 100	37,635,426	39,045,934	-3.6%

*First 6 months only.
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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