The Economist UK remains Britain’s most popular news and current affairs title, recording a steady 5.2% period-on-period increase and a nearly 8% increase year-on-year. The title has a circulation 267,300.
Meanwhile, Private Eye follows closely behind with a circulation figure of nearly 235,000 – however, it had a bad start to the year and reported a -4.8% PoP and -6% YoY decline.
Dennis Publishing Ltd’s The Week also reported declines in the first half of 2018 – but much more substantial: -12.6% PoP and -12.3% YoY. Yet the title’s youthful offshoot, The Week Junior, recorded the best growth figures in the market and was up 23.4% PoP and 29% YoY, reaching an impressive 59,300.
Elsewhere, Monocle reported stable figures, up 0.1% PoP and 3.5% YoY to nearly 84,400.
| Print & Digital (Gross) | Total Print Circulation | Total Digital Circulation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Publisher | Jan – Jun 18 | % PoP | % YoY | Jan – Jun 18 | % PoP | % YoY | Jan – Jun 18 | % PoP | % YoY |
| The Economist – Worldwide Sales Group | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 1,410,667 | 1.36 | -2.37 | 948,851 | -1.26 | -9.01 | 461,816 | 7.23 | 14.86 |
| The Economist – North America edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 757,557 | -0.07 | -8.06 | 533,605 | -2.19 | -14.70 | 223,952 | 5.39 | 12.86 |
| The Economist – United Kingdom Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 267,264 | 5.17 | 7.68 | 172,218 | 4.08 | 6.03 | 95,046 | 7.21 | 10.82 |
| Private Eye | Pressdram Ltd | 234,904 | -4.75 | -6.01 | 234,904 | -4.75 | -6.01 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Economist – Continental Europe Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 206,106 | 2.33 | 5.94 | 143,224 | -1.08 | -1.03 | 62,882 | 11.03 | 26.19 |
| The Week | Dennis Publishing Limited | 177,158 | -12.57 | -12.27 | 177,158 | -12.57 | -12.27 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Economist – Asia Pacific Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 141,609 | 2.64 | 2.61 | 82,296 | -1.93 | -6.39 | 59,313 | 9.73 | 18.41 |
| The Spectator Group | Spectator (1828) Ltd | 102,866 | 9.81 | 9.70 | 67,886 | -2.09 | -1.46 | 34,980 | 43.71 | 40.62 |
| The Spectator excluding Australia | Spectator (1828) Ltd | 94,458 | 10.90 | 10.57 | 59,478 | -2.23 | -1.78 | 34,980 | 43.71 | 40.62 |
| Monocle | Winkontent Ltd | 84,368 | 0.12 | 3.51 | 84,368 | 0.12 | 3.51 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Week Junior | Dennis Publishing Limited | 59,266 | 23.43 | 29.13 | 59,266 | 23.43 | 29.13 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Oldie | Oldie Publications Ltd | 45,332 | 1.37 | 0.08 | 44,116 | 0.90 | -0.65 | 1,216 | 21.97 | 36.63 |
| Prospect | Prospect Publishing Ltd | 44,700 | 0.07 | 0.35 | 30,361 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 14,339 | -2.00 | -1.09 |
| MoneyWeek | Dennis Publishing Limited | 43,933 | -4.66 | -4.37 | 43,933 | -4.66 | -4.37 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Economist – Latin America edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 20,903 | 5.46 | 11.95 | 7,064 | -4.86 | 0.71 | 13,839 | 11.64 | 18.72 |
| The Economist – Middle East/Africa Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 17,228 | -14.98 | -20.04 | 10,444 | -24.40 | -31.44 | 6,784 | 5.18 | 7.49 |
| The Spectator Australia | Spectator (1828) Ltd | 8,408 | -1.14 | 0.80 | 8,408 | -1.14 | 0.80 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total | n/a | 3,716,727 | n/a | n/a | 1,758,729 | n/a | n/a | 1,009,147 | n/a | n/a |
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