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As the latest ABC circulation figures are released for the consumer magazine market, Mediatel News presents its round-up of the results.

Private Eye, The Economist and the Week Junior all post healthy results, according to the latest consumer magazine ABC results.

Conde Nast’s Wired fared the best of any title in the men’s lifestyle category in terms of maintaining its circulation, holding steady at 50,000 copies.

2019 was a mixed bag for the home interest titles – and although the majority of the market was down, 15 titles recorded circulation growth.

Freebie Stylist, the flagship title of the Stylist Group, held steady at 403,900, as did Conde Nast’s Vogue (192,200), Tatler (79,100) and Hearst’s Harper’s Bazaar (116,400).

The women’s weeklies market is in terminal decline with all titles recording both period-on-period and year-on-year declines for two consecutive quarters.

Despite Christmas usually giving the TV listings market a festive boost, only two titles recorded any growth in the final six months of 2019 – while every title was down year-on-year.

Continuing to top Rajar’s league table in terms of weekly reach is Total Global Radio (UK) with a healthy 23.2m listeners – although the group continues to experience a decline.

The share of digital radio listening has increased by 11% to a new record of 58.5%, according to the latest Rajar results.

The festive season proved strong for the national breakfast market during the last quarter of 2019, with 11 of 17 stations recording a boost in listenership compared to Q3.