Consumer ABCs: News & Current Affairs
No doubt helped by fodder from Brexit and the US Election, Private Eye reported record sales during the July to December period, with its circulation up 8.74% period-on-period and 8.9% year-on-year.
The Ian Hislop-edited title now has circulation of more than 250,200 – the highest in its 55-year history.
The Spectator Group also performed particularly well, with circulation up 7.3% PoP and 13.8% over the year – the biggest yearly increase in the market.
Unsurprisingly, Economist Worldwide Sales Group continues to lead the market by a long way with a steady print and digital circulation of almost 1.5 million.
In the UK, The Economist also remained fairly stable, with a small -0.3% PoP decline in circulation seeing the title secure a circulation of a little less than 235,700.
The Week followed closely behind – up 1% over the period and the year to reach 206,300.
Not such good for Time Magazine (British Isles), however, which was down by 11.7% over the year to finish with a circulation of 92,400.
Elsewhere in the UK, BBC History Magazine was up a tiny 0.02% to 97,600, while Sky at Night was down -4.6% YoY to 23,500.
| Print & Digital (Gross) | Total Print Circulation | Total Digital Circulation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Publisher | Jul – Dec 16 | % PoP | % YoY | Jul – Dec 16 | % PoP | % YoY | Jul – Dec 16 | % PoP | % YoY |
| The Economist – Worldwide Sales Group | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 1,459,974 | 0.00 | 124.56 | 1,114,549 | -1.79 | 130.09 | 345,425 | 6.25 | 108.40 |
| The Economist – North America edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 850,045 | 1.54 | n/a | 695,667 | -0.83 | n/a | 154,378 | 13.82 | n/a |
| Time Magazine – EMEA Group | Time Magazines Europe Ltd | 361,586 | n/a | -15.80 | 334,243 | n/a | -17.62 | 27,343 | n/a | 15.31 |
| Private Eye | Pressdram Ltd | 250,204 | 8.74 | 8.89 | 250,204 | 8.74 | 8.89 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Time Magazine – EMEA (excluding BI/SA) | Time Magazines Europe Ltd | 240,468 | n/a | -17.89 | 223,180 | n/a | -19.60 | 17,288 | n/a | 13.06 |
| The Economist – United Kingdom Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 235,670 | -0.28 | 0.14 | 155,817 | -2.76 | -3.69 | 79,853 | 4.93 | 8.54 |
| The Week | Dennis Publishing Limited | 206,251 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 206,251 | 1.01 | 1.04 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Economist – Continental Europe Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 192,691 | -1.63 | -18.73 | 147,744 | -0.22 | -24.72 | 44,947 | -5.99 | 10.09 |
| The Economist – Asia Pacific Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 141,526 | -4.08 | -5.88 | 92,695 | -6.24 | -11.67 | 48,831 | 0.30 | 7.51 |
| New Scientist – Worldwide Sales Group | Reed Business Information Limited | 124,623 | n/a | -1.27 | 102,400 | n/a | -3.16 | 22,223 | n/a | 8.46 |
| BBC History Magazine | Immediate Media Company | 97,550 | n/a | 0.02 | 81,081 | n/a | -1.09 | 16,469 | n/a | 5.90 |
| Time Magazine – British Isles (BI) | Time Magazines Europe Ltd | 92,405 | n/a | -11.74 | 84,928 | n/a | -13.44 | 7,477 | n/a | 13.51 |
| The Spectator Group | Spectator (1828) Ltd | 90,810 | 7.31 | 13.77 | 68,776 | 5.04 | 6.66 | 22,034 | 15.08 | 43.68 |
| Fortune Magazine – Europe | Time Magazines Europe Ltd | 86,442 | n/a | -7.96 | 82,787 | n/a | -8.88 | 3,655 | n/a | 19.41 |
| The Spectator excluding Australia | Spectator (1828) Ltd | 82,585 | 7.60 | 15.17 | 60,551 | 5.12 | 7.41 | 22,034 | 15.08 | 43.68 |
| New Scientist – Worldwide Sales Excluding Australasia & US/Canada | Reed Business Information Limited | 81,156 | n/a | -0.12 | 69,195 | n/a | -2.58 | 11,961 | n/a | 17.02 |
| Monocle | Winkontent Ltd | 80,251 | 5.34 | 0.08 | 80,251 | 5.34 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| MoneyWeek | Moneyweek Ltd | 46,498 | 2.78 | 2.10 | 46,498 | 2.78 | 2.10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Oldie | Oldie Publications Ltd | 45,612 | -1.74 | -1.73 | 45,010 | -2.03 | -1.87 | 602 | 26.21 | 10.26 |
| New Statesman | New Statesman Ltd | 34,025 | n/a | 5.34 | 32,098 | n/a | 2.01 | 1,927 | n/a | 130.78 |
| Prospect | Prospect Publishing Ltd | 32,697 | 0.68 | 1.79 | 31,089 | 0.24 | 1.51 | 1,608 | 10.14 | 7.41 |
| Investors Chronicle | Financial Times Ltd | 30,935 | 2.01 | -2.14 | 27,031 | 1.59 | -4.96 | 3,904 | 5.06 | 23.12 |
| Time Magazine – Southern Africa (SA) | Time Magazines Europe Ltd | 28,713 | n/a | -9.98 | 26,135 | n/a | -13.06 | 2,578 | n/a | 40.49 |
| BBC Sky at Night | Immediate Media Company | 23,453 | n/a | -4.57 | 21,186 | n/a | -6.71 | 2,267 | n/a | 21.49 |
| The Economist – Middle East/Africa Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 21,868 | -8.85 | -20.03 | 15,379 | -13.92 | -28.16 | 6,489 | 5.93 | 9.30 |
| New Scientist – Australasian Sales | Reed Business Information Limited | 21,760 | n/a | -3.35 | 17,396 | n/a | -6.08 | 4,364 | n/a | 9.32 |
| New Scientist – US/Canadian Sales | Reed Business Information Limited | 21,707 | n/a | -3.37 | 15,809 | n/a | -2.34 | 5,898 | n/a | -6.02 |
| The Economist – Latin America edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 18,174 | -4.51 | n/a | 7,247 | -12.56 | n/a | 10,927 | 1.69 | n/a |
| What Franchise | Partridge Publications (2000) Ltd | 13,422 | n/a | 0.14 | 13,422 | n/a | 0.14 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Spectator Australia | Spectator (1828) Ltd | 8,225 | 4.44 | 1.39 | 8,225 | 4.44 | 1.39 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| What Investment | Vitesse Media Plc | 7,240 | n/a | 2.22 | 7,240 | n/a | 2.22 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| in-Cumbria | Cumbrian Newspapers | 5,482 | n/a | n/a | 5,482 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total | n/a | 5,034,048 | n/a | n/a | 3,055,017 | n/a | n/a | 864,482 | n/a | n/a |
