THE television listings magazines – TV Choice, What’s on TV and Radio Times – occupy the top three places in a ‘league table’ of magazine sales, UK and Republic of Ireland-wide.
Says the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the average ‘actively purchased’ UK and ROI sales figures (for the six months up to the end of June) for the trio were 1,303,011, 1,033,376 and 755,581 respectively.
The following 97 entries – in what is a top 100 ranking by ABC – reads as follows:
4. Take a Break 651,162
5. Slimming World Magazine 463,473
6. Saga Magazine 450,138
7. Good Housekeeping 384,278
8. Glamour 376,539
9. Woman & Home 326,749
10. New! 320,662
11. Closer 306,353
12. Chat 297,483
13. Woman’s Weekly 282,593
14. Prima 258,947
15. OK! Magazine 251,837
16. Woman 251,514
17. That’s Life 251,089
18. Yours 250,936
19. Cosmopolitan 229,390
20.TV Times 226,922
21. Woman’s Own 220,853
22. BBC Good Food 214,715
23. BBC Gardeners’ World 213,303
24. National Geographic Magazine 212,321
25. Sainsbury’s Magazine 212,184
26. HELLO! 210,049
27. Star 209,085
28. Heat 206,716
29. Peoples Friend 206,553
30. Private Eye 205,196
31. Best 198,447
32. Bella 193,882
33. Ideal Home 181,533
34. Now 175,576
35. Red 172,102
36. Marie Claire 167,069
37. Real People 164,773
38. Reveal 163,381
39. Men’s Health 158,209
40. Pick Me Up 157,535
41. Look 155,272
42. Take a Break Series 154,848
43. The Week 150,440
44. Country Living 149,996
45. TV & Satellite Week 148,603
46. Candis 141,932
47. The Economist – United Kingdom edition 139,629
48. Grazia 138,017
49. Vogue 137,626
50. Reader’s Digest 133,496
51. Inside Soap 132,976
52. Weightwatchers Magazine 131,054
53. Elle (U.K.) 120,057
54. Your Home 118,686
55. Empire 117,434
56. TV Easy 108,661
57. Total TV Guide 107,691
58. Essentials 107,376
59. House Beautiful 105,143
60. Style at Home 104,131
61. My Weekly 102,485
62. Women’s Health 101,094
63. Love It! 100,794
64. Instyle UK 97,790
65. BBC Top Gear Magazine 94,965
66. Fun to Learn – Peppa Pig 87,863
67. 25 Beautiful Homes 84,858
68. Homes & Gardens 78,314
69. Country Homes and Interiors 75,704
70. GQ 74,304
71. Living etc 73,420
72. Peppa Pig Bag-o-Fun 69,844
73. New Scientist – Worldwide Sales Excluding Australasia and US/Canada 68,332
74. House & Garden 67,112
75. Four Four Two 61,320
76. Soaplife 61,088
77. Disney’s Princess 59,942
78. BBC History Magazine 59,698
79. Cbeebies Art 58,282
80. Psychologies Magazine 57,366
81. MoneyWeek 56,292
82. Fun to Learn – Friends 55,694
83. FHM 55,602
84. All About Soap 55,514
85. CBeebies Weekly 55,381
86. Forever Sports Magazine 54,468
87. delicious 53,699
88. Harpers Bazaar 53,269
89. Cbeebies Special 52,627
90. Toxic 49,493
91. Auto Express 46,203
92. Top of the Pops 46,063
93. Barbie 45,829
94. Lego Legends of Chima 45,650
95. Disney Stars 45,358
96. Something Special 43,932
97. Sofia The First 43,738
98. Elle Decoration 43,190
99. Top Sante Health & Beauty 42,872
100. Octonauts 42,717
Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations, August 14 2014.
