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Womens Weeklies – ABCs Roundup
The latest ABC figures for the period July to December for womens weeklies shows that Chat has the highest circulation increase year on year up 12.7%; in second place was Woman with a 9.5% increase.
Chat, Woman, and Womans Own all had circulation increases year on year of over 9%. The worst three performers were My Weekly, Lady, and Womans Realm. Womans Realm suffering the biggest decline in circulation, down 4.58%.
The highest market share was achieved by Woman with 15.3%, with Womans Weekly and Womans Own closely following, with 15.1% and 15.0% share respectively. Womans Weekly, the market leader last year has this year lost 0.5% points in share seemingly to Woman. Other titles in the sector remained fairly steady in terms of market share.
| PERIOD ENDING 12/93 | MARKETSHARE % | PERIOD ENDING 12/94 | MARKETSHARE % | CIRC CH % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAT | 480,398 | 9.4 | 541,423 | 10.2 | 12.7 |
| WOMAN | 741.674 | 14.5 | 812,211 | 15.3 | 9.5 |
| WOMANS OWN | 728,703 | 14.3 | 795,293 | 15 | 9.1 |
| HELLO! | 471,952 | 9.2 | 476,551 | 9 | 1 |
| PEOPLES FRIEND | 477,316 | 9.3 | 479,582 | 9.1 | 0.5 |
| WOMANS WEEKLY | 795,230 | 15.6 | 798,177 | 15.1 | 0.4 |
| BEST | 563,386 | 11 | 564,233 | 10.7 | 0.2 |
| MY WEEKLY | 428,140 | 8.4 | 423,812 | 8 | -1 |
| LADY | 55,655 | 1.1 | 54,638 | 1 | -1.8 |
| WOMANS REALM | 368,021 | 7.2 | 351,164 | 6.6 | -4.6 |
| TOTAL | 5,110,475 | 100 | 5,297,084 | 100 |
