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2002 Circulation Revenue for Top 100 ABC Magazines

Circulation Revenue for Top 100 ABC Magazines

2002
 

RankPublication NameSubscription Revenue Single Copy Revenue 2002 Total Circulation Revenue 
1 TV GUIDE $462,935,629$93,089,935$556,025,564
2 PEOPLE $239,029,434$229,498,810$468,528,243
3 READER'S DIGEST $319,198,078$24,053,557$343,251,636
4 TIME - THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE $284,200,540$35,991,626$320,192,166
5 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED $280,187,288$18,684,211$298,871,499
6 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC $221,294,933$15,768,532$237,063,465
7 NATIONAL ENQUIRER $21,157,292$161,351,352$182,508,645
8 NEWSWEEK $124,551,705$31,307,108$155,858,812
9 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS $138,387,194$11,541,412$149,928,605
10 STAR MAGAZINE $15,194,640$129,823,859$145,018,499
  TOTAL TOP 10$2,106,136,733$751,110,402$2,857,247,134
11 ENDLESS VACATION $130,197,522                        -   $130,197,522
12 WOMAN'S WORLD $5,550,815$122,161,396$127,712,211
13 COSMOPOLITAN $28,658,678$91,488,579$120,147,256
14 FAMILY CIRCLE $62,137,720$50,850,002$112,987,722
15 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING $81,379,604$29,868,360$111,247,964
16 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY $94,337,778$16,079,623$110,417,401
17 PLAYBOY $85,245,214$22,221,588$107,466,802
18 US WEEKLY $40,819,383$59,597,920$100,417,303
19 SOUTHERN LIVING $83,588,454$13,964,765$97,553,219
20 U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT $88,486,815$8,951,988$97,438,803
21 WOMAN'S DAY $50,694,862$44,409,017$95,103,879
22 SOAP OPERA DIGEST $55,314,152$33,956,244$89,270,396
23 MONEY $73,246,058$6,830,976$80,077,034
24 MARTHA STEWART LIVING $54,752,628$21,989,318$76,741,946
25 LADIES' HOME JOURNAL $63,579,675$10,600,064$74,179,739
  TOTAL TOP 25$3,104,126,091$1,284,080,242$4,388,206,331
26 PREVENTION $60,308,617$13,698,845$74,007,461
27 MAXIM $30,148,071$41,183,336$71,331,407
28 ROSIE $55,785,528$13,506,843$69,292,371
29 O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE $37,165,620$30,240,714$67,406,334
30 SMITHSONIAN $65,151,152$330,648$65,481,800
31 GLOBE $2,351,878$62,426,919$64,778,797
32 IN STYLE $17,791,878$46,979,353$64,771,231
33 BUSINESSWEEK (NORTH AMERICA) $57,122,774$7,512,407$64,635,181
34 GLAMOUR $22,744,032$41,384,973$64,129,005
35 FORTUNE (NORTH AMERICA) $52,497,287$7,263,903$59,761,190
36 SEVENTEEN $41,420,968$17,682,084$59,103,052
37 FORBES $53,026,315$4,878,379$57,904,693
38 AARP MODERN MATURITY $57,291,229                        -   $57,291,229
39 ECONOMIST (NORTH AMERICAN EDITION) $46,963,031$10,039,226$57,002,256
40 YM $39,821,207$16,192,831$56,014,038
41 PC MAGAZINE $47,045,190$7,222,514$54,267,704
42 NEW YORKER $44,153,327$7,684,390$51,837,717
43 SPORTING NEWS $46,439,601$4,258,575$50,698,176
44 MEN'S HEALTH & SPORTS MAGAZINES $30,744,311$17,749,236$48,493,547
45 COUNTRY LIVING $33,056,256$15,028,692$48,084,948
46 SHAPE $27,574,426$19,782,029$47,356,455
47 GOLF DIGEST $39,620,904$7,339,549$46,960,453
48 FIRST FOR WOMEN $4,566,580$41,692,888$46,259,468
49 BARRON'S $31,081,693$14,716,321$45,798,013
50 NRTA/AARP BULLETIN $45,358,636                        -   $45,358,636
  TOTAL TOP 50$4,093,356,602$1,732,874,897$5,826,231,493
51 REDBOOK $27,463,073$16,692,765$44,155,838
52 EBONY $35,271,357$8,579,456$43,850,813
53 ESPN THE MAGAZINE $39,006,864$4,458,538$43,465,402
54 PENTHOUSE $10,005,736$33,386,567$43,392,303
55 VOGUE $21,527,996$20,276,823$41,804,819
56 TRAVEL & LEISURE $39,974,563$1,735,155$41,709,718
57 JET $31,382,300$9,818,433$41,200,733
58 SUNSET $32,290,008$6,291,189$38,581,197
59 COOKING LIGHT $26,354,810$11,942,764$38,297,574
60 GUIDEPOSTS $37,618,923$126,992$37,745,915
61 VANITY FAIR $17,263,956$20,376,462$37,640,418
62 ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST $27,547,103$10,061,938$37,609,041
63 ROLLING STONE $22,369,839$14,040,172$36,410,011
64 PARENTS $31,876,840$4,087,293$35,964,133
65 DISCOVER $27,847,675$7,283,085$35,130,759
66 PC WORLD $24,491,057$10,482,232$34,973,289
67 CAR AND DRIVER $26,835,483$7,438,158$34,273,641
68 FOOD & WINE $31,036,793$3,224,575$34,261,367
69 STUFF $12,553,049$21,583,658$34,136,706
70 POPULAR SCIENCE $26,588,801$6,911,789$33,500,591
71 TEEN PEOPLE $17,905,173$15,137,025$33,042,197
72 POPULAR MECHANICS $25,213,308$7,523,922$32,737,230
73 PARENTING MAGAZINE $30,252,087$2,150,147$32,402,234
74 ELLE $20,316,786$11,322,507$31,639,293
75 GOLF MAGAZINE $26,173,313$5,085,191$31,258,504
  TOTAL TOP 75$4,762,523,495$1,992,891,733$6,755,415,219
76 FITNESS $17,878,234$12,828,956$30,707,190
77 HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW $26,775,616$3,820,259$30,595,875
78 SOAP OPERA WEEKLY $5,846,457$24,525,573$30,372,030
79 BON APPETIT $22,049,940$7,995,057$30,044,997
80 FHM $9,099,230$20,724,996$29,824,226
81 HEALTH $25,075,620$4,169,350$29,244,970
82 COUNTRY HOME $19,605,149$9,365,197$28,970,346
83 SELF $14,482,728$14,478,387$28,961,115
84 FAMILY HANDYMAN $25,867,104$3,062,505$28,929,609
85 REAL SIMPLE $15,284,463$12,956,375$28,240,838
86 MARIE CLAIRE $6,098,715$21,553,078$27,651,793
87 MOTOR TREND $20,290,923$7,200,338$27,491,261
88 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN $18,938,546$8,519,178$27,457,723
89 ESSENCE $17,950,053$8,321,916$26,271,969
90 KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE $24,385,902$1,279,698$25,665,600
91 COUNTRY WEEKLY $5,974,440$19,415,404$25,389,844
92 FIELD & STREAM $24,025,939$1,303,174$25,329,113
93 HOME $22,841,616$2,019,745$24,861,361
94 OFFICIAL U.S. PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE $6,490,778$18,109,114$24,599,893
95 BOYS' LIFE $23,826,195                        -   $23,826,195
96 MUSCLE & FITNESS $7,537,766$16,158,408$23,696,174
97 VICTORIA $17,210,068$6,374,301$23,584,369
98 FAMILYFUN $22,022,015$1,252,090$23,274,105
99 AMERICAN RIFLEMAN $22,380,165                        -   $22,380,165
100 TRADITIONAL HOME $13,959,979$8,233,216$22,193,195
 TOTAL TOP 100 $5,198,421,136$2,226,558,048$7,424,979,175

Sources: Revenues calculated by the Magazine Publishers of America from Audit Bureau of Circulations statements for the first and second six months of each year. Subscription revenues based on each title's basic 1-year subscription rate, single copy revenues based on suggested cover price.