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August 13, 2009

Mag ABCs: The top 50 actively published titles

By Press Gazette

For each magazine the first percentage (in brackets) specifies the active sales of each title’s total circulation. The second set of percentage figures shows year-on-year increase/decrease in paid-for sales.

1. TV Choice 1,335,894 (100.0%) -4.1%

2. What’s on TV 1,270,032 (100.0%) -5.6%

3. Radio Times 961,114 ( 99.9%) -4.2%

4. Take a Break 914,104 (100.0%) -6.1%

5. Saga 652,055 (98.1%) -1.8%

6. OK! 551,765 (99.6%) 0.3%

7. Closer 521,018 (100.0%) 0.4%

8. Reader’s Digest 540,074 (88.1%) -16.5%

9. Glamour 474,228 (99.9%) -4.9%

10. Heat 437,425 (97.9%) -6.9%

11. Chat 423,267 (100.0%) -11.1%

12. Good Housekeeping 394,421 (100.0%) -4.5%

13. New! 388,971 (100.0%) -7.1%

14. That’s Life 384,659 (100.0%) -10.7%

15. Cosmopolitan 376,857 (100.0%) -4.8%

16. Now 376,612 (99.9%) -13.7%

17. Woman and Home 339,901 (98.2%) 3.9%

18. Woman 326,106 (99.9%) -9.5%

19. Pick Me Up 313,886 (99.9%) -21.1%

20. National Geographic 340,264 (92.0%) -7.0%

21. Look 313,176 (99.9%) 3.0%

22. Reveal 311,324 (100.0%) 15.1%

23. TV Times 310,066 (99.9%) -7.7%

24. Star 307,543 (100.0%) 12.7%

25. Love It! 305,784 (100.0%) -15.5%

26. BBC Good Food 305,070 (99.7%) -4.1%

27. Womans Weekly 303,746 (100.0%) -2.6%

28. Woman’s Own 303,300 (100.0%) -8.6%

29. Sainsbury’s 301,540 (99.9%) -2.0%

30. Best 291,566 (100.0%) -1.0%

31. Yours 299,360 (95.9%) -14.4%

32. Slimming World Magazine 289,978 (99.0%) 1.5%

33. Peoples Friend 283,498 (100.0%) -5.4%

34. Prima 268,372 (100.0%) -3.2%

35. Candis 272,100 (96.8%) -7.4%

36. Gardrs’ Wld 262,545 (95.0%) -9.3%

37. Bella 242,060 (100.0%) 28.0%

38. Hello! 339,973 (67.6%) -16.8%

39. Marie Claire 265,186 (86.5%) -14.9%

40. Company 224,968 (100.0%) -4.1%

41. Grazia 225,235 (95.3%) -1.3%

42. Men’s Health 225,195 (93.8%) -0.5%

43. Weight Watchers 207,925 (99.9%) -10.3%

44. Red 208,398 (98.4%) -1.5%

45. TV Easy 201,724 (100.0%) -12.8%

46. Private Eye 195,271 (99.9%) 0.5%

47. Real People 194,459 (100.0%) -13.2%

48. FHM 209,712 (90.4%) -22.3%

49. TV & Sat 183,556 (99.9%) -2.4%

50. Nuts 182,896 (99.9%) -25.4%

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