Most UK magazines audited lost sales year on year in the first half of 2017, according to ABC.
Some 163 titles are audited on a six-monthly basis.
Among the big winners were:
- Prospect: up 37.2 per cent to 44,545
- The Spectator: up 11.3 per cent to 85,429
- Private Eye: up 8.6 per cent to 249,927.
The biggest fallers included:
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- Look: down 35.4 per cent to 59,390
- Woman: down 17.6 per cent to 183,872
- Heat: down 16.6 per cent to 120,175.
Full breakdown of UK magazine sales figures for the first six months of 2017: (source: ABC)
All figures are combined print and digital edition sales – note, many titles are missing from the list because they only release figures for the full year
| Title | Total | YoY% | % actively purchased |
| 1843 UK Edition | 100,989 | 7.2 | |
| 25 Beautiful Homes | 72,389 | -7.9 | 99.9 |
| Andys Amazing Adventures | 42,093 | 0.7 | 100 |
| ASOS.com | 453,300 | 0 | |
| Balance | 202,881 | 0.7 | |
| BBC Easy Cook | 29,181 | 0.9 | 89.3 |
| BBC Gardeners’ World | 208,262 | 1.4 | 99 |
| BBC Good Food | 186,667 | -6.8 | 97.5 |
| BBC Home Cooking Series | 25,408 | 17.8 | 100 |
| Bella | 161,647 | -8.2 | 100 |
| Best | 130,506 | -8.6 | 98.1 |
| Candis | 95,894 | -9.4 | 99.4 |
| Cbeebies Art | 52,649 | -14 | 100 |
| CBeebies Magazine | 53,569 | -8.2 | 100 |
| Cbeebies Special | 45,474 | -17.9 | 100 |
| Chat | 225,436 | -11.4 | 100 |
| Closer | 196,126 | -19.8 | 96.3 |
| Conde Nast Traveller | 78,091 | -0.1 | 41.9 |
| Cosmopolitan | 403,887 | -2.2 | 75.9 |
| Country Homes and Interiors | 70,478 | -6.8 | 99.9 |
| Country Living | 187,394 | 3.6 | 79.8 |
| delicious | 60,574 | 4.1 | 88.6 |
| Disney Frozen | 68,059 | -19 | 100 |
| Disney Star Wars Adventures | 22,010 | -42.1 | 100 |
| Disney Star Wars Lego | 59,009 | -26.2 | 100 |
| Disney Stars | 31,535 | -20 | 100 |
| Disney’s Princess | 35,316 | -21.6 | 100 |
| Doctor Who Magazine | 21,913 | -15.2 | 99.3 |
| Elle (U.K.) | 172,193 | 0.2 | 52.9 |
| Elle Decoration | 71,794 | 3.3 | 80.4 |
| Emma’s Diary Pregnancy Guide | 400,895 | 6.5 | |
| ES Magazine | 365,249 | -0.3 | |
| Escapism | 101,700 | 0 | |
| Esquire | 62,051 | -4.1 | 44.5 |
| First News | 86,413 | 3.8 | 49.4 |
| Foodism | 109,989 | 0.5 | |
| Fun to Learn – Favourites | 35,206 | -2.2 | 100 |
| Fun to Learn – Friends | 49,644 | 1 | 100 |
| Fun to Learn – Peppa Pig | 64,108 | -10.9 | 100 |
| Garden Answers | 33,521 | 48.2 | 66.7 |
| Garden News | 38,614 | 1.1 | 99.7 |
| Girl Talk | 40,302 | 4.5 | 100 |
| Girl Talk Art | 28,144 | 0.5 | 100 |
| Glamour | 275,536 | -8.2 | 92.8 |
| Go Girl | 32,047 | -19.9 | 97.8 |
| Go Jetters | 30,302 | -22.3 | 100 |
| Good Homes | 46,877 | 1.2 | 64.8 |
| Good Housekeeping | 439,561 | -1.2 | 82.7 |
| Good Living (Asda) | 1,797,167 | -8.7 | |
| GQ | 114,035 | -2.6 | 68.3 |
| Grand Designs | 27,265 | -5.9 | 81.7 |
| Grazia | 110,031 | -13.4 | 89.6 |
| Harper’s Bazaar | 111,424 | 0.6 | 39.1 |
| Heat | 120,175 | -16.6 | 90.8 |
| HELLO! | 230,940 | -8.8 | 95.3 |
| HELLO! Fashion Monthly | 68,476 | 3.5 | 96.8 |
| Hey Duggee | 15,168 | -26.6 | 100 |
| Homes & Gardens | 102,199 | -1.7 | 74.3 |
| Homes & Interiors Scotland | 9,856 | 12.3 | 71.6 |
| HomeStyle | 51,542 | -6.6 | 91.4 |
| Horrible Histories | 20,813 | -9.6 | 100 |
| House & Garden | 111,017 | -1.9 | 64.8 |
| House Beautiful | 109,970 | -4.4 | 75.6 |
| Ideal Home | 162,110 | -9.5 | 94 |
| Inside Soap | 98,226 | -6.8 | 98 |
| Jamie Magazine | 47,021 | 4.4 | 64 |
| Jewish Chronicle | 20,512 | 1 | 71.7 |
| Jewish News | 23,639 | -6.9 | |
| John Lewis Edition | 487,075 | 2.3 | |
| LEGO Friends | 43,997 | 9.7 | 100 |
| Lego Nexo Knights | 63,171 | 23.9 | 100 |
| LEGO Ninjago | 84,063 | 7.9 | 100 |
| Lego Special Series | 57,707 | 100 | |
| Living etc | 76,630 | -3.6 | 99.9 |
| Lonely Planet Traveller | 41,599 | -6.5 | 77.8 |
| Look | 59,390 | -35.4 | 96.6 |
| Love It! | 82,830 | 3.5 | 100 |
| Marie Claire | 155,723 | -5.8 | 77 |
| Mega | 38,102 | 26.8 | 100 |
| Men’s Health | 174,672 | -3 | 60.1 |
| MoneyWeek | 45,940 | 1.5 | 98.9 |
| Monocle | 81,504 | 7 | 96.3 |
| Mr Tumble Something Special | 23,835 | -24.4 | 100 |
| My Weekly | 98,814 | -1.5 | 93.4 |
| National Geographic Magazine | 184,264 | -0.1 | 95.1 |
| New! | 184,021 | -15.1 | 98.9 |
| Ni4Kids | 74,939 | 0 | |
| NME | 307,908 | -0.2 | 0.6 |
| Now | 86,838 | -20.8 | 99.9 |
| Octonauts | 26,894 | -22 | 100 |
| OK! Magazine | 170,231 | -3.5 | 89.4 |
| Olive | 32,496 | -12.9 | 88.6 |
| Paw Patrol | 45,007 | 100 | |
| Peppa Pig Bag-o-Fun | 77,037 | 5.6 | 100 |
| Pick Me Up | 121,503 | -9 | 100 |
| Pokemon | 40,859 | 100 | |
| Practical Photography | 39,183 | 76 | |
| Prima | 240,924 | -6.7 | 90.5 |
| Private Eye | 249,927 | 8.6 | 99.8 |
| Prospect | 44,545 | 37.2 | 76.9 |
| Radio Times | 622,773 | -6.8 | 99.7 |
| Reader’s Digest | 102,221 | -1.8 | 59.3 |
| Real People | 124,859 | -11.7 | 98.9 |
| Red | 166,340 | -14.2 | 79.7 |
| Reveal | 100,685 | -11.6 | 97.9 |
| Saga Magazine | 286,525 | -12.1 | 99 |
| Sainsbury’s Magazine | 166,158 | -12.4 | 95.2 |
| Shortlist | 503,089 | -0.6 | |
| Slimming World Magazine | 640,012 | 1.9 | 100 |
| Soaplife | 44,761 | 3.7 | 100 |
| Sparkle World | 47,304 | -16 | 100 |
| Square Mile | 59,422 | 0.3 | |
| Star | 107,840 | -14.3 | 98.9 |
| Style at Home | 77,518 | -11.3 | 99.9 |
| Stylist | 400,942 | -0.9 | |
| Swashbuckle | 31,926 | -4.1 | 100 |
| Sweet | 28,057 | 99.4 | |
| Take a Break | 515,019 | -8.4 | 100 |
| Take a Break Series | 165,046 | 11.8 | 100 |
| Tatler | 80,035 | -5.3 | 51.6 |
| Tesco Magazine | 1,962,965 | 0.3 | |
| That’s Life | 204,065 | -7.3 | 100 |
| The Economist – Asia Pacific Edition | 138,003 | -6.5 | |
| The Economist – Continental Europe Edition | 194,543 | -0.7 | 99.1 |
| The Economist – Middle East/Africa Edition | 21,545 | -10.2 | |
| The Economist – United Kingdom Edition | 248,196 | 5 | 95.2 |
| The Economist – Latin America edition | 18,671 | -1.9 | |
| The Economist – North America edition | 823,978 | -1.6 | |
| The Garden | 425,115 | 4.9 | |
| The Oldie | 45,296 | -2.4 | 95.9 |
| The People’s Friend | 186,817 | -7.6 | 99.6 |
| The Spectator Australia | 8,341 | 5.9 | |
| The Spectator excluding Australia | 85,429 | 11.3 | 89.3 |
| The Sunday Times Travel Magazine | 67,934 | 19.1 | 59.1 |
| The Week | 201,932 | -1.1 | 76.7 |
| The Week Junior | 45,895 | 81.5 | |
| Thomas and Friends | 35,013 | -10.6 | 100 |
| Time Out | 309,030 | 0 | 2.2 |
| Top of the Pops | 45,036 | 2.5 | 100 |
| Total TV Guide | 92,211 | -6.1 | 99.9 |
| Toxic | 40,523 | -30.1 | 98.9 |
| Toybox | 24,773 | 5.6 | 100 |
| Trolls | 44,074 | 100 | |
| TV & Satellite Week | 111,232 | -12 | 99.9 |
| TV Choice | 1,200,487 | -2.6 | 100 |
| TV Times | 176,929 | -10.3 | 99.9 |
| Ultimate Spider-man | 23,308 | -26.6 | 99.4 |
| Vanity Fair | 72,012 | -10.1 | 65.1 |
| Vogue | 190,021 | -2.6 | 81.6 |
| Waitrose Food | 690,058 | -0.8 | |
| We Love Pop Magazine | 26,615 | -8.5 | 100 |
| Weekly News | 15,145 | -16.7 | 99.9 |
| Weightwatchers Magazine | 100,297 | 0.2 | 89.2 |
| What’s on TV | 885,595 | -6.3 | 100 |
| Wired | 51,006 | -5.7 | 69.7 |
| Woman | 183,872 | -17.6 | 100 |
| Woman & Home | 302,600 | -4.1 | 97.2 |
| Woman’s Own | 170,385 | -10.9 | 100 |
| Woman’s Weekly | 267,081 | -6 | 99.9 |
| Women’s Health | 131,960 | 2.9 | 74.9 |
| World Of Interiors | 55,059 | -5.2 | 66.1 |
| Your Home | 109,727 | -1.9 | 95 |
| Yours | 251,901 | -2.1 | 89.8 |
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