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ABC Jan-Jun 2004: Performance By Publisher

ABC Jan-Jun 2004: Performance By Publisher

The figures listed in NewsLine’s ABC reports are those reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) as at Thursday 12 August 2004. Late submissions and changes may be made after this date, and will thereafter be amended in MediaTel’s Press database. For full notes on how NewsLine’s reports are compiled please see NewsLine.

The following figures show titles by publisher reporting for the six monthly period January to June 2004, but does not include titles reporting yearly.

BBC Magazines
Title Jan-Jun 03 Jan-Jun 04 % Change
Action Hero (N) n/a 35,377 n/a
Balamory (N) n/a 60,054 n/a
BBC Easy Gardening (N) n/a 61,597 n/a
BBC Gardeners World 360,236 360,342 0.0
BBC Good Food 324,473 304,144 -6.3
BBC Good Homes 106,002 119,983 13.2
BBC History Magazine 53,154 52,047 -2.1
BBC Homes & Antiques 151,307 114,580 -24.3
BBC Learning Is Fun 51,706 54,358 5.1
BBC Top Gear – UK Edition 144,583 132,102 -8.6
BBC Top Gear – International Edition* n/a 19,965 n/a
BBC Wildlife 41,706 45,417 8.9
Bob The Builder 110,557 90,339 -18.3
Bob The Builder Extra 60,603 57,769 -4.7
Disney Animated Adventures (N) n/a 20,987 n/a
Disney Girl 46,879 54,121 15.4
Disney’s Big Time 36,152 36,007 -0.4
Easy Cook (N) n/a 35,000 n/a
Eve 131,157 150,069 14.4
Fimbles 120,594 109,060 -9.6
Gardens Illustrated (N) n/a 32,846 n/a
Girl Talk 84,515 88,827 5.1
Girl Talk Special (N) n/a 55,174 n/a
It’s Hot 115,163 91,495 -20.6
Magic Key 54,401 45,809 -15.8
Match Of The Day Special* n/a 35,013 n/a
Noddy Magazine 26,176 28,613 9.3
Olive (N) n/a 63,517 n/a
Pop Girl (N) n/a 34,745 n/a
Radio Times 1,161,019 1,104,767 -4.8
Songs Of Praise (N) n/a 30,581 n/a
Teletubbies 91,155 84,775 -7.0
Top Of The Pops 252,410 216,954 -14.0
Toybox 177,864 170,153 -4.3
Toybox Teach Me 50,741 45,792 -9.8
Tweenies 157,752 137,761 -12.7
Tweenies Extra 83,584 64,695 -22.6
What To Wear (N) n/a 80,000 n/a
Total 3,993,889 4,324,835 8.3
* No data for Jan-Jun 03 period
Condé Nast
Title Jan-Jun 03 Jan-Jun 04 % Change
Condé Nast Traveller 82,780 83,031 0.3
Glamour 576,832 605,747 5.0
GQ 120,741 124,685 3.3
House & Garden 148,607 148,954 0.2
Tatler 84,280 84,466 0.2
Vanity Fair 89,258 93,125 4.3
Vogue 202,259 205,320 1.5
World Of Interiors 64,567 65,858 2.0
Total 1,369,324 1,411,186 3.1
Dennis Publishing
Title Jan-Jun 03 Jan-Jun 04 % Change
Auto Express 94,700 101,015 6.7
Bizarre 101,209 87,331 -13.7
Computer & Video Games 32,069 19,162 -40.2
Computer Buyer 38,321 34,892 -8.9
Computer Shopper 100,135 107,726 7.6
Custom PC (N) n/a 20,078 n/a
EVO 67,746 72,903 7.6
Fortean Times 28,249 27,846 -1.4
Jack (C) 33,347 38,445 15.3
Mac User 24,289 21,038 -13.4
Maxim 251,117 227,017 -9.6
Men’s Fitness 56,315 62,008 10.1
PC Pro 117,150 106,064 -9.5
PC Zone 50,050 41,073 -17.9
Week 85,145 92,701 8.9
Total 1,079,842 1,059,299 -1.9
Emap
Title Jan-Jun 03 Jan-Jun 04 % Change
Arena 32,683 42,136 28.9
Bliss 250,543 257,162 2.6
Car (incorporating Performance Car) 107,662 108,655 0.9
Classic Cars 55,385 54,741 -1.2
Closer 334,542 480,187 43.5
Digital Photo FX 35,147 39,740 13.1
Empire 181,768 195,410 7.5
Face (C) 43,717 n/a n/a
FHM 600,568 573,713 -4.5
Garden Answers 87,034 74,303 -14.6
Garden News 57,036 55,799 -2.2
Golf World 46,746 47,718 2.1
Heat 565,484 540,556 -4.4
Here’s Health 23,317 21,002 -9.9
J17 (C) 134,433 n/a n/a
Kerrang! 70,361 62,591 -11.0
Land Rover Owner International 54,450 54,744 0.5
Max Power 239,668 205,113 -14.4
Mixmag 53,212 50,457 -5.2
Mojo 103,654 100,347 -3.2
More! 250,869 257,897 2.8
Mother & Baby 88,217 90,864 3.0
New Woman 275,648 290,913 5.5
Nintendo Official Magazine 47,013 46,108 -1.9
Period Living & Traditional Homes 72,649 71,212 -2.0
Practical Classics and Car Restorer 70,301 67,652 -3.8
Pregnancy & Birth 53,674 56,205 4.7
Q 172,557 150,801 -12.6
Slimming* n/a 82,692 n/a
Sneak 100,107 92,369 -7.7
Smash Hits 150,042 120,701 -19.6
Todays Golfer Incorporating Fore! 101,776 101,795 0.0
Top Sante Health & Beauty 154,829 160,208 3.5
Yours 386,006 413,855 7.2
Zoo (N) n/a 200,125 n/a
Total 5,001,098 5,167,771 3.3
*No data for Jan-Jun 03 period      
Future Publishing
Title Jan-Jun 03 Jan-Jun 04 % Change
Cheatzone* n/a 7,205 n/a
Classic Rock 43,545 38,485 -11.6
Edge 27,315 27,464 0.5
Gamesmaster 59,222 55,254 -6.7
Metal Hammer 35,876 33,269 -7.3
NGC Magazine 32,253 23,804 -26.2
Official Playstation 2 Magazine 188,079 177,450 -5.7
Offical UK XBox Magazine** 80,179 83,549 4.2
PC Gamer 65,573 57,748 -11.9
PlayStation World** 53,349 56,834 6.5
PSM2 58,527 45,147 -22.9
Redline 71,071 72,438 1.9
Total Film 90,453 90,749 0.3
XBox Gamer** 34,710 20,037 -42.3
Xbox World* n/a 23,753 n/a
Total 840,152 813,186 -3.2
*No data for Jan-Jun 03 period
**Published by Future’s FXM International subsidiary      
H Bauer
Title Jan-Jun 03 Jan-Jun 04 % Change
Bella 398,009 414,984 4.3
Real 180,680 204,455 13.2
Spirit & Destiny 75,663 80,826 6.8
Take A Break 1,225,116 1,208,473 -1.4
Thats Life! 592,036 573,966 -3.1
Total TV Guide (N) n/a 103,560 n/a
TV Choice 967,807 1,082,654 11.9
TV Quick 394,251 354,620 -10.1
Total 3,833,562 4,023,538 5.0
Hachette Filipacchi
Title Jan-Jun 03 Jan-Jun 04 % Change
All About Soap 106,049 88,197 -16.8
B 165,431 128,169 -22.5
Elle 200,912 201,469 0.3
Elle Decoration 61,954 62,022 0.1
Inside Soap 247,699 182,161 -26.5
Red 189,857 197,263 3.9
Sugar 326,185 295,009 -9.6
TV Hits 143,842 100,377 -30.2
Total 1,441,929 1,254,667 -13.0
Highbury Cabal/Entertainment/Leisure
Title Jan-Jun 03 Jan-Jun 04 % Change
Cube 31,736 29,172 -8.1
DVD Review 36,532 34,867 -4.6
Fast Car* n/a 125,608 n/a
Front 110,323 100,259 -9.1
Gardens Monthly (N) n/a 55,488 n/a
P2 19,048 18,929 -0.6
Play 64,686 54,109 -16.4
The Real Homes Magazine 116,104 90,423 -22.1
XBM 32,163 29,559 -8.1
Total 378,856 538,414 42.1
*No data for Jan-Jun 03 period
IPC
Title Jan-Jun 03 Jan-Jun 04 % Change
19 (C) 97,161 n/a n/a
25 Beautiful Homes 132,759 121,704 -8.3
Amateur Gardening 64,160 59,001 -8.0
Chat 575,585 606,599 5.4
Country Homes & Interiors 101,528 92,058 -9.3
Essentials 144,780 123,998 -14.4
Family Circle 149,238 130,940 -12.3
Golf Monthly 75,082 76,197 1.5
Homes & Gardens 161,553 155,843 -3.5
Ideal Home 273,489 271,161 -0.9
InStyle 179,174 190,102 6.1
Living etc 90,846 85,952 -5.4
Loaded 261,937 235,140 -10.2
Marie Claire 376,476 380,760 1.1
Mizz 114,141 78,158 -31.5
New Musical Express 72,443 70,014 -3.4
Now 590,544 580,007 -1.8
Nuts (N) n/a 290,337 n/a
Practical Parenting 45,564 47,216 3.6
Soaplife 115,071 90,581 -21.3
TV & Satellite Week 254,445 222,510 -12.6
TV Times 529,632 473,379 -10.6
Uncut 105,781 112,816 6.7
Wallpaper 110,920 107,800 -2.8
What’s On TV 1,689,621 1,635,023 -3.2
Woman 571,482 536,364 -6.1
Woman & Home 283,025 303,701 7.3
Woman’s Own 484,705 446,194 -7.9
Woman’s Weekly 465,500 451,690 -3.0
World Soccer 51,279 51,592 0.6
Total 7,873,841 7,846,132 -0.4
National Magazine Company
Title Jan-Jun 03 Jan-Jun 04 % Change
Best 414,739 401,678 -3.1
Company 330,617 325,185 -1.6
Cosmo Girl! 188,249 200,168 6.3
Cosmopolitan 462,157 456,447 -1.2
Country Living 170,137 179,396 5.4
Esquire 69,193 64,136 -7.3
Good Housekeeping 400,253 417,893 4.4
Harpers & Queen 88,623 97,756 10.3
House Beautiful 170,200 211,761 24.4
Prima 330,045 330,179 0.0
Prima Baby 52,570 48,137 -8.4
She 185,558 181,228 -2.3
Zest 115,169 119,096 3.4
Total 2,977,510 3,033,060 1.9

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