Glamour magazine has taken the biggest hit to its sales figures among the women’s paid-for monthly titles, dropping by a quarter year-on-year, according to the latest ABC figures.
The fashion and beauty-focused lifestyle magazine sold more than 248,000 copies (94 per cent of which were actively purchased) over the six months to December, down from 350,000 in the same period the year before.
Three other titles – Healthy, Look and Women’s Fitness – saw sales drop by at least a fifth.
Sales of Marie Claire, Grazia, Candis, Spirit & Destiny and Health & Fitness magazines all fell by at least 10 per cent year-on-year.
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Hello! magazine’s sales were down by 16 per cent year-on-year, from 267,000 to 180,000 copies.
Meanwhile, Good Housekeeping saw the biggest rise in sales, up 11 per cent year-on-year to more than 441,000.
Sales of Cosmopolitan have leveled off after rocketing in the last period due to a reduced cover price. Along with Vogue, sales were even year-on-year, while Elle had a small increase (2 per cent).
All sales figures include combined print and digital output.
Women’s lifestyle magazine sales figures for six months to December. Source: ABC
| Title | Total combined circulation | YoY% change | % actively purchased |
| John Lewis Edition | 457,490 | -20.1 | FREE |
| ASOS.com | 453,553 | -0.3 | FREE |
| Good Housekeeping | 441,861 | 11 | 84.5 |
| Stylist | 403,876 | 0 | FREE |
| Cosmopolitan | 395,459 | 0.6 | 77.5 |
| Woman & Home | 311,651 | -4.3 | 98 |
| Prima | 254,897 | 2 | 89.2 |
| Yours | 253,982 | -2 | 92 |
| Glamour | 248,329 | -25.6 | 94 |
| HELLO! | 180,153 | -15.5 | 95.4 |
| Red | 176,300 | -1.3 | 80.8 |
| Vogue | 159,597 | 0 | 82.2 |
| Elle (U.K.) | 153,305 | 2.4 | 60.7 |
| Marie Claire | 144,393 | -12.8 | 84.1 |
| Women’s Health | 127,303 | 4.2 | 83.8 |
| Harrods Magazine | 125,271 | 0.8 | FREE |
| Grazia | 116,196 | -12.1 | 89.8 |
| Candis | 100,450 | -10.6 | 99.3 |
| Harpers Bazaar | 96,990 | 0.7 | 45.2 |
| Healthy | 90,055 | -21.9 | 100 |
| Look | 88,894 | -22.2 | 87.5 |
| HELLO! Fashion Monthly | 73,687 | -19.4 | 99.9 |
| Tatler | 68,187 | -2.3 | 55.4 |
| Vanity Fair | 47,751 | -4.9 | 66.5 |
| Top Sante Health & Beauty | 39,149 | -5.8 | 81 |
| Landscape | 37,057 | 0.1 | 99.6 |
| Spirit & Destiny | 31,189 | -12.3 | 99.9 |
| WM The Womans Magazine | 21,830 | 9.2 | FREE |
| No1 Magazine | 15,241 | 3.6 | 89.8 |
| Health & Fitness | 11,004 | -16.4 | 99.7 |
| Women’s Fitness | 9,516 | -20.1 | 99.8 |
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