The Economist remains the UK’s best-selling news and current affairs title according to the latest ABC figures – holding steady with its circulation, despite a price rise in March.
The title’s global print and digital circulation was essentially flat on the previous period at 1,657,800, while the UK edition circulation (ex-Ireland) was up 1.4% to 302,300.
Meanwhile, Private Eye, which places second in the rankings, also held steady, proving that people are still seeking out satire in politically ridiculous times. The print magazine was down a marginal -0.1% PoP and -0.6% YoY to a total circulation of 233,600.
Elsewhere, Dennis’ The Week Junior once again recorded the strongest growth out of all titles in the market, up 15.8% in H1 and 18.3% YoY to a total print circulation of 70,100.
However, its parent publication, The Week, suffered a -3.9% decline over the period to 145,300, an -18% drop on this time last year.
MoneyWeek also saw its circulation fall significantly (-11% PoP and -23.2% YoY), while The Spectator (excluding Australia) was down -24% PoP and -19.2% YoY to a circulation of 76,300 across both print and digital.
However, citing a new methodology which has seen The Spectator pull out of the ABC’s ‘double counting’ – meaning the publication does not count a ‘print and digital subscription’ as two separate subscriptions – then The Spectator is technically up 9% YoY.
| Print & Digital (Gross) | Total Print Circulation | Total Digital Circulation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Publisher | Jan – Jun 19 | % PoP | % YoY | Jan – Jun 19 | % PoP | % YoY | Jan – Jun 19 | % PoP | % YoY |
| The Economist | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 859,232 | -1.00 | -39.10 | 859,232 | -1.00 | -9.40 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Private Eye | Pressdram Ltd | 233,565 | -0.10 | -0.60 | 233,565 | -0.10 | -0.60 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Week | Dennis Publishing Limited | 145,263 | -3.90 | -18.00 | 145,263 | -3.90 | -18.00 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Monocle | Winkontent Ltd | 80,043 | -5.10 | -5.10 | 80,043 | -5.10 | -5.10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Spectator excluding Australia | Spectator (1828) Ltd | 76,349 | -24.00 | -19.20 | 62,609 | 4.90 | 5.30 | 13,740 | -66.40 | -60.70 |
| The Week Junior | Dennis Publishing Limited | 70,115 | 15.80 | 18.30 | 70,115 | 15.80 | 18.30 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The Oldie | Oldie Publications Ltd | 47,002 | 2.70 | 3.70 | 45,565 | 2.70 | 3.30 | 1,437 | 4.00 | 18.20 |
| Prospect | Prospect Publishing Ltd | 44,871 | 0 | 0.40 | 30,946 | -0.10 | 1.90 | 13,925 | 0.20 | -2.90 |
| MoneyWeek | Dennis Publishing Limited | 33,756 | -11.00 | -23.20 | 33,756 | -11.00 | -23.20 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Investors Chronicle | Financial Times Ltd | 30,565 | -3.40 | -6.90 | 25,688 | -2.80 | -5.80 | 4,877 | -6.10 | -12.30 |
| The Spectator Australia | Spectator (1828) Ltd | 8,918 | 2.00 | 6.10 | 8,918 | 2.00 | 6.10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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