ABC Consumer January – June 2014: News and Current Affairs
For the first time Newsline is reporting on combined print and digital (gross) figures for all magazine brands, as this is now ABC’s “headline figure”.
Although the separate figures for print and digital are revealed in the charts below, all copy will only reference combined data. As a result, please note that there is no comparable year-on-year data.
Domestic
The latest Consumer ABC results for January – June 2014 reveal little change for titles in the Domestic sector, with the top three titles maintaining their positions.
Despite seeing a -2.6% PoP decline in gross monthly circulation over the period, Pressdram Ltd’s Private Eye came out on top with almost 218,300.
A 0.6% PoP increase meant that Dennis Publishing’s The Week closed in on the 200,000 mark, while BBC History Magazine was up 0.7% PoP to secure nearly 90,000.
The greatest increases in gross monthly circulation belonged to Prospect, up 2.1% PoP, and The Oldie, up 1.9% PoP.
The only other title to see a decrease other than Private Eye was Limerick Post, down -0.7%.
| Print & Digital (Gross) | Total Print Circulation | Total Digital Circulation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Publisher | Jan 14 – Jun 14 | % PoP | % YoY | Jan 14 – Jun 14 | % PoP | % YoY | Jan 14 – Jun 14 | % PoP | % YoY |
| Total | 674,652 | 663,366 | 11,286 | |||||||
| Private Eye | Pressdram Ltd | 218,290 | -2.6 | n/a | 218,290 | -2.6 | -2.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Week | Dennis Publishing Limited | 199,459 | 0.6 | n/a | 199,459 | 0.6 | 1.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| BBC History Magazine | Immediate Media Company | 89,981 | 0.7 | n/a | 78,695 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 11,286 | 1.3 | 28.7 |
| The Spectator excluding Australia | Spectator (1828) Ltd | 54,256 | 0.3 | n/a | 54,256 | 0.3 | 3.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Oldie | Oldie Publications | 45,410 | 1.9 | n/a | 45,410 | 1.9 | 0.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Limerick Post | Carnbeg Ltd | 35,942 | -0.7 | n/a | 35,942 | -0.7 | -1.2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Prospect | Prospect Publishing Ltd | 31,314 | 2.1 | n/a | 31,314 | 2.1 | 2.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Business & Finance
The period brought some good news for the Business & Finance sector, with no titles recording any decline in gross monthly circulation.
While three of the four Economist titles led the ranks once again, with the Europe, UK and Asia Pacific editions up 1.1% PoP, 1.2%, PoP and 0.8% PoP, respectively, it was the Investors Chronicle that recorded the greatest increase in gross monthly circulation, up 7.5% PoP.
The next greatest increase in gross monthly circulation belonged to the remaining Economist title for the Middle East/Africa, up 2.8%, followed by China Daily European Weekly and MoneyWeek, both up 1.9% PoP.
| Print & Digital (Gross) | Total Print Circulation | Total Digital Circulation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Publisher | Jan 14 – Jun 14 | % PoP | % YoY | Jan 14 – Jun 14 | % PoP | % YoY | Jan 14 – Jun 14 | % PoP | % YoY |
| Total | 830,546 | 760,795 | 69,751 | |||||||
| The Economist – Continental Europe Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 248,388 | 1.1 | n/a | 225,966 | -1.2 | -1.7 | 22,422 | 31.5 | 58.8 |
| The Economist – United Kingdom Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 223,730 | 1.2 | n/a | 201,950 | -3.1 | -3.5 | 21,780 | 72.3 | 147.0 |
| The Economist – Asia Pacific Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 152,348 | 0.8 | n/a | 130,152 | -4.4 | -8.1 | 22,196 | 48.7 | 92.6 |
| China Daily European Weekly | China Daily UK Co. Ltd | 92,547 | 1.9 | n/a | 92,547 | 1.9 | 5.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| MoneyWeek | MoneyWeek Ltd | 57,851 | 1.9 | n/a | 57,851 | 1.9 | 11.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Investors Chronicle | FT Business | 28,705 | 7.5 | n/a | 28,705 | 7.5 | 6.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Economist – Middle East/Africa Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 26,977 | 2.8 | n/a | 23,624 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 3,353 | 5.9 | 11.9 |