Men’s Health magazine saw its circulation fall by more than ten per cent year-on-year, new ABC figures show.
Free copies make up a third of the Hearst UK-owned title’s 130,000 circulation. Free title Square Mile grew its distribution by one per cent.
The Radio Times, owned by Immediate Media, also saw double-digit year-on-year circulation decline , falling to 519,603 copies.
National Geographic was down 21 per cent year-on-year to 126,732.
Magazine circulations for the six-months to the end of June (ABC):
Men’s magazines
| Publication | ABC total (avg per issue) | Year-on-Year % change | Free copies | No. of issues in period |
| Men’s Health | 130,030 | -11% | 44,557 | 5 |
| GQ | 103,087 | -6% | 21,940 | 5 |
| The Gentleman’s Journal Newspaper | 60,760 | 60,760 | 1 | |
| Esquire | 56,040 | -7% | 26,649 | 3 |
| Square Mile FREE | 59,445 | 1% | 5 |
ES Magazine and Time Out
| Publication | ABC total (avg per issue) | Year-on-Year % change | Free copies | No. of issues in period |
| ES Magazine FREE | 362,305 | 0% | 24 | |
| Time Out FREE | 309,918 | 0% | 25 |
TV magazines
| Publication | ABC Total(avg per issue) | YoY ABC Total %change | Free Copies | No. of Issues |
| TV Choice | 1,122,207 | -4% | 26 | |
| What’s on TV | 778,348 | -6% | 25 | |
| Radio Times | 519,603 | -10% | 25 | |
| TV Times | 141,596 | -10% | 128 | 25 |
| TV & Satellite Week | 89,696 | -8% | 113 | 25 |
| Total TV Guide | 87,543 | -4% | 26 | |
| Inside Soap | 87,350 | -5% | 25 |
Travel magazines
| Publication | ABC Total(avg per issue) | YoY ABC Total %change | Free Copies | No. of Issues |
| National Geographic Magazine | 126,732 | -21% | 398 | 6 |
| Conde Nast Traveller | 81,075 | 1% | 14,376 | 5 |
| Escapism FREE | 74,233 | -12% | 2 | |
| The Sunday Times Travel Magazine | 55,511 | -6% | 13,552 | 6 |
| Lonely Planet | 35,537 | -12% | 4,013 | 6 |
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