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Average Circulation for Top 100 ABC Magazines, 2005

RANK
2005
RANK
2004
PUBLICATION NAME
2005 Total Paid
2004 Total Paid
% Change

1

1

AARP THE MAGAZINE

22,675,655

22,668,583

0.0%

2

2

AARP BULLETIN

22,075,011

22,103,758

-0.1%

3

3

READER'S DIGEST

10,111,773

10,155,054

-0.4%

4

4

TV GUIDE

8,211,581

9,015,866

-8.9%

5

5

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS

7,620,932

7,627,256

-0.1%

6

6

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC***

5,403,934

5,471,803

-1.2%

7

7

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

4,634,763

4,631,527

0.1%

8

8

FAMILY CIRCLE

4,296,370

4,252,730

1.0%

9

10

LADIES' HOME JOURNAL

4,122,460

4,114,353

0.2%

10

9

WOMAN'S DAY

4,048,799

4,130,507

-2.0%

TOTAL TOP 10

93,201,276

94,171,436

-1.0%

11

11

TIME

4,038,508

4,034,272

0.1%

12

12

PEOPLE

3,734,536

3,690,387

1.2%

13

13

AAA WESTWAYS

3,676,058

3,623,799

1.4%

14

14

PREVENTION

3,338,450

3,334,404

0.1%

15

15

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

3,289,656

3,319,300

-0.9%

16

17

NEWSWEEK

3,158,988

3,135,476

0.7%

17

18

PLAYBOY

3,060,376

3,113,780

-1.7%

18

19

COSMOPOLITAN

2,969,952

2,989,301

-0.6%

19

20

SOUTHERN LIVING

2,745,663

2,718,108

1.0%

20

23

GUIDEPOSTS

2,640,471

2,646,622

-0.2%

21

24

AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE

2,528,853

2,567,987

-1.5%

22

25

MAXIM

2,517,450

2,524,447

-0.3%

23

21

O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE

2,513,318

2,685,755

-6.4%

24

28

AAA GOING PLACES

2,450,540

2,366,198

3.6%

25

22

VIA MAGAZINE*

2,435,904

2,676,644

-9.0%

TOTAL TOP 25

138,299,996

139,597,914

-0.9%

26

26

REDBOOK

2,412,882

2,384,102

1.2%

27

27

GLAMOUR

2,371,986

2,379,573

-0.3%

28

87

AAA LIVING ±

2,167,800

1,007,291

115.2%

29

32

PARENTS

2,049,100

2,022,932

1.3%

30

30

SMITHSONIAN

2,048,322

2,046,499

0.1%

31

29

SEVENTEEN

2,034,462

2,129,622

-4.5%

32

33

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

2,028,167

2,018,403

0.5%

33

31

PARENTING

1,972,595

2,027,818

-2.7%

34

34

MONEY

1,968,211

1,945,917

1.1%

35

35

MARTHA STEWART LIVING

1,950,482

1,907,231

2.3%

36

36

GAME INFORMER MAGAZINE

1,934,859

1,846,631

4.8%

37

39

REAL SIMPLE

1,900,676

1,765,432

7.7%

38

38

ESPN THE MAGAZINE

1,876,136

1,791,219

4.7%

39

37

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

1,803,793

1,810,562

-0.4%

40

16

HOME & AWAY ±

1,801,441

3,317,597

-45.7%

41

40

IN STYLE

1,783,235

1,754,475

1.6%

42

41

FAMILYFUN

1,781,451

1,737,920

2.5%

43

44

MEN'S HEALTH

1,774,558

1,692,282

4.9%

44

46

COOKING LIGHT

1,732,001

1,671,852

3.6%

45

42

COUNTRY LIVING

1,723,740

1,731,490

-0.4%

46

47

ENDLESS VACATION

1,716,213

1,654,639

3.7%

47

60

US WEEKLY

1,668,135

1,413,087

18.0%

48

48

SHAPE

1,655,330

1,618,060

2.3%

49

50

GOLF DIGEST

1,582,770

1,577,524

0.3%

50

49

WOMAN'S WORLD

1,575,214

1,584,244

-0.6%

TOTAL TOP 50

185,613,550

186,434,310

-0.4%

51

43

VFW MAGAZINE*

1,561,257

1,700,463

-8.2%

52

54

FIELD & STREAM

1,538,018

1,518,942

1.3%

53

53

TEEN PEOPLE

1,525,409

1,536,394

-0.7%

54

52

FITNESS

1,506,002

1,541,371

-2.3%

55

45

EBONY

1,486,120

1,681,183

-11.6%

56

56

POPULAR SCIENCE

1,468,386

1,468,374

0.0%

57

51

FIRST FOR WOMEN

1,461,657

1,555,765

-6.0%

58

58

SUNSET

1,458,628

1,456,418

0.2%

59

70

STAR MAGAZINE

1,428,767

1,240,058

15.2%

60

59

GOLF MAGAZINE

1,421,014

1,417,751

0.2%

61

143

TEEN VOGUE

1,410,609

583,596

141.7%

62

63

SELF

1,410,476

1,360,308

3.7%

63

61

COSMO GIRL!

1,383,468

1,373,028

0.8%

64

64

AMERICAN RIFLEMAN

1,374,970

1,346,743

2.1%

65

55

HEALTH

1,368,162

1,470,716

-7.0%

66

62

CAR AND DRIVER

1,354,146

1,363,611

-0.7%

67

66

STUFF

1,333,768

1,280,644

4.1%

68

65

BON APPETIT

1,325,475

1,318,109

0.6%

69

68

ROLLING STONE

1,309,117

1,267,110

3.3%

70

69

COUNTRY HOME

1,286,239

1,266,266

1.6%

71

73

FHM (FOR HIM MAGAZINE)

1,277,511

1,219,665

4.7%

72

67

VOGUE

1,260,316

1,268,623

-0.7%

73

76

WEIGHT WATCHERS

1,255,634

1,144,337

9.7%

74

57

NATIONAL ENQUIRER

1,239,211

1,466,489

-15.5%

75

74

SCHOLASTIC PARENT & CHILD*

1,238,983

1,202,828

3.0%

TOTAL TOP 75

220,296,887

220,483,098

-0.1%

76

72

BOYS' LIFE

1,220,774

1,224,106

-0.3%

77

71

POPULAR MECHANICS

1,216,268

1,236,494

-1.6%

78

75

VANITY FAIR

1,172,734

1,150,072

2.0%

79

77

FAMILY HANDYMAN

1,150,770

1,139,639

1.0%

80

105

IN TOUCH WEEKLY

1,150,735

887,937

29.6%

81

78

MOTOR TREND

1,119,803

1,127,739

-0.7%

82

90

MORE

1,085,681

992,757

9.4%

83

88

LUCKY

1,066,408

1,003,584

6.3%

84

80

ESSENCE

1,060,613

1,060,500

0.0%

85

82

ALLURE

1,060,099

1,023,866

3.5%

86

79

ELLE

1,054,447

1,060,578

-0.6%

87

84

NEW YORKER

1,053,019

1,011,084

4.1%

88

81

SCOUTING

1,020,466

1,038,660

-1.8%

89

86

HOME

1,016,043

1,007,744

0.8%

90

89

AMERICAN HUNTER

988,817

997,459

-0.9%

91

91

BUSINESSWEEK

986,549

982,790

0.4%

92

95

GOURMET

981,221

971,676

1.0%

93

92

TRADITIONAL HOME

978,892

975,024

0.4%

94

93

THIS OLD HOUSE

968,603

972,456

-0.4%

95

94

TRAVEL + LEISURE

968,175

972,259

-0.4%

96

96

MARIE CLAIRE

960,900

948,726

1.3%

97

99

JET

956,909

927,402

3.2%

98

97

OUTDOOR LIFE

949,447

943,055

0.7%

99

101

MIDWEST LIVING

947,888

912,847

3.8%

100

100

FORBES

926,581

924,908

0.2%

TOTAL TOP 100

246,358,726

245,976,451

0.2%

* denotes first half figures only.

** denotes second half figures only.

*** In August 2004, National Geographic began to report their International circulation separately. This number represents domestic circulation on a going forward basis.
± In March 2005, Home & Away and Michigan Living were united under the new name AAA Living.
Sources: Averages calculated by the MPA from Audit Bureau of Circulations statements for the first and second six months of each year. Domestic titles audited by ABC; annuals, international editions and comics have been excluded. Totals may not add exactly, due to rounding of averaged numbers.
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