An overview of performances by publisher, focusing on some of the triumphs and disappointments of the leading consumer magazine publishers over the January to June 2013 ABC period.
Please note: figures are based on total average circulation per publisher, and year on year percentage increases and decreases.
Read on for a selection of the winners and losers…
Bauer Consumer Media
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 1,888,815
Year on Year % change: -10.1%
Winner: Garden News (up 12.3% YoY)
Losers: Mother & Baby and Zoo (down -22.6% and -23.1% YoY respectively)
Conde Nast Publications Ltd
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 1,193,772
Year on Year % change: -8.4%
Winners: GQ (lowest fall, at -2% YoY)
Losers: Glamour and Vanity Fair (down -14.8% and -12.2% YoY respectively)
D C Thomson & Co
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 439,940
Year on Year % change: -7.5%
Winners: People’s Friend (lowest fall, down -2.7% YoY)
Losers: People’s Friend Special Series and Weekly News (down -21.6% and -14.9% YoY respectively)
Dennis Publishing
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 452,914
Year on Year % change: -3.8%
Winners: The Week and Land Rover Monthly (up 3.1% and 0.6% YoY respectively)
Losers: Health & Fitness and Men’s Fitness (down -13.2% and -12.9% YoY respectively)
Egmont Magazines
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 624,392
Year on Year % change: 0%
Winners: Go Girl and Toxic (up 6.6% and 22.1% YoY respectively)
Losers: Bin Weevils and Disney & Me (down -44.7% and -26.6% YoY respectively)
H Bauer Publishing
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 2,815,895
Year on Year % change: 1.0%
Winner: TV choice (up 0.3% YoY)
Losers: Spirit & Destiny and Eat In (down -11.9% and -10.2% YoY respectively)
Hearst Magazines UK
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 2,787,147
Year on Year % change: -11.3%
Winners: Elle Decoration (up 0.5% YoY)
Losers: Company and Reveal (down -36.7% and -25.9% YoY respectively)
Immediate Media Company
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 2,737,206
Year on Year % change: -2.2%
Winners: BBC History Magazine and BBC Focus (up 5.3% and 3.5% YoY respectively)
Losers: All About Animals and Girl Talk Art (down -30.1% and -33.6% YoY respectively)
IPC Media Ltd
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 4,748,272
Year on Year % change: -8.9%
Winners: Ideal Home and Style at Home (up 2.5% and 19.9% YoY respectively)
Losers: Nuts and Now (down -34.8% and -19.7% YoY respectively)
