The Media in Figures: Magazine sales, UK and ROI-wide

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.