ABC Consumer January – June 2015: News and Current Affairs

Newsline is now 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.

Domestic

Following a fairly flat period for domestic titles last time round, firm favourite Private Eye was up 4% period on period (PoP) and 4.6% year on year (YoY) to secure a total circulation of almost 228,300.

Up 1.4% PoP, The Week, with a circulation of 202,800, celebrated its 34th consecutive ABC increase, while The Week Magazine, also published by Dennis, was up an impressive 11.3% over the period and 17% over the year.

The Spectator Group came in third with a combined audience of almost 64,000, while The Oldie finished the period with 46,100.

While the majority of increases across the titles were small, no magazine in the domestic sector saw a decline in circulation period on period or year on year.

Business & Finance

Combined print and digital circulations in the business and finance magazine market were largely flat during the January – June period, with only MoneyWeek and Shares seeing any notable declines.

MoneyWeek recorded a -8.9% period on period decline and a substantial -17.1% year on year drop. The title currently has a circulation, in both print and digital, of almost 48,000.

Meanwhile, MSM Magazines’ Shares was down -8.8% PoP and -8% YoY to a little over 14,000.

The Economist (worldwide) maintained its comfortable lead over all the titles with a circulation of almost 653,000 – whilst the UK edition was up 1.8% PoP (with a circulation of 228,000).