As Facebook passes 1bn global unique users, Press Gazette has compiled a unique list revealing the top 50 UK publications on the website.
For the purposes of this list we have defined Facebook popularity according to the number of ‘likes’ on a publication’s own Facebook page. We have only included print titles which are based primarily in the UK, founded here or have separate UK Facebook accounts.
This table is correct as of Wednesday 24 October to the best of our knowledge. If you spot a publication that we have missed out, please email pged@pressgazette.co.uk.
Click here to read our feature on how The Economist, The Sun and FHM developed their Facebook pages.
| Name | Facebook Likes | Twitter followers | Print circulation (UK) | |
| 1 | The Economist | 1,173,575 | 2,399,514 | 210,386 |
| 2 | The Sun | 625,372 | 167,249 | 2,502,691 |
| 3 | FHM | 600,969 | 64,865 | 123,844 |
| 4 | The Guardian | 441,568 | 621,905 | 204,271 |
| 5 | Financial Times | 438,341 | 933,879 | 280,124 |
| 6 | Metal Hammer | 380,072 | 138,925 | 35,259 |
| 7 | Fast Car | 349,762 | 7,581 | 19,004 |
| 8 | GQ Magazine | 337,614 | 239,743 | 120,139 |
| 9 | ELLE UK | 279,393 | 357,075 | 189,568 |
| 10 | Zoo Magazine | 269,870 | 138,396 | 46,310 |
| 11 | Kerrang! Magazine | 259,748 | 251,625 | 40,203 |
| 12 | Dazed & Confused | 239,425 | 444,325 | 89,633 |
| 13 | PC Gamer | 236,871 | 67,322 | 23,652 |
| 14 | Time Out London | 221,908 | 152,391 | 52,918 |
| 15 | NME | 211,912 | 370,037 | 23,924 |
| 16 | British Vogue | 207,216 | 830,815 | 205,033 |
| 17 | Mixmag | 197,720 | 87,283 | 24,500 |
| 18 | Horse & Hound | 168,629 | 35,745 | 49,324 |
| 19 | Metro | 167,297 | 47,234 | 1,313,761 |
| 20 | Good Housekeeping | 164,523 | 19,214 | 408,569 |
| 21 | Heat | 157,504 | 322,894 | 290,003 |
| 22 | Country Living magazine | 152,409 | 37,238 | 190,177 |
| 23 | More! Magazine | 144,874 | 52,624 | 106,065 |
| 24 | Wallpaper* magazine | 128,777 | 743,867 | 105,328 |
| 25 | Total Film | 126,748 | 112,310 | 68,897 |
| 26 | Look magazine | 125,961 | 1,253 | 250,071 |
| 27 | The Independent | 113,315 | 115,944 | 81,804 |
| 28 | Glamour UK | 105,420 | 117,676 | 470,138 |
| 29 | Computer Arts magazine | 102,744 | 95,259 | 13,713 |
| 30 | The Telegraph | 92,811 | 139,017 | 584,089 |
| 31 | Auto Trader UK | 82,576 | 22,585 | 60,524 |
| 32 | Daily Mirror | 82,452 | 25,249 | 1,088,724 |
| 33 | Empire magazine | 81,841 | 137,113 | 167,096 |
| 34 | MATCH magazine | 71,452 | 3,343 | 46,233 |
| 35 | Bizarre magazine | 63,236 | 29,796 | 20,428 |
| 36 | Classic Rock magazine | 59,690 | 50,948 | 62,354 |
| 37 | New Scientist | 53,576 | 677,901 | 88,588 |
| 38 | British Journal of Photography | 50,228 | 30,580 | 7,601 |
| 39 | Top of The Pops magazine | 49,910 | 3,700 | 78,352 |
| 40 | N-Photo | 49,420 | 3,716 | 20,000 |
| 41 | OK! Magazine | 47,791 | 292,426 | 355,969 |
| 42 | Grazia UK | 41,814 | 133,545 | 190,053 |
| 43 | ELLE decoration magazine | 40,462 | 9,601 | 70,655 |
| 44 | Closer magazine | 39,230 | 20,613 | 430,918 |
| 45 | The Week | 39,071 | 48,165 | 191,401 |
| 46 | Marie Claire UK | 37,339 | 53,891 | 255,021 |
| 47 | Daily Mail | 37,194 | 139,841 | 1,914,126 |
| 48 | Stylist magazine | 36,576 | 112,505 | 431,266 |
| 49 | T3 | 36,481 | 47,731 | 49,006 |
| 50 | EVO magazine | 36,344 | 22,958 | 55,815 |
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