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Consumer ABCs: News & Current Affairs

Consumer ABCs: News & Current Affairs

No doubt helped by fodder from Brexit and the US Election, Private Eye reported record sales during the July to December period, with its circulation up 8.74% period-on-period and 8.9% year-on-year.

The Ian Hislop-edited title now has circulation of more than 250,200 – the highest in its 55-year history.

The Spectator Group also performed particularly well, with circulation up 7.3% PoP and 13.8% over the year – the biggest yearly increase in the market.

Unsurprisingly, Economist Worldwide Sales Group continues to lead the market by a long way with a steady print and digital circulation of almost 1.5 million.

In the UK, The Economist also remained fairly stable, with a small -0.3% PoP decline in circulation seeing the title secure a circulation of a little less than 235,700.

The Week followed closely behind – up 1% over the period and the year to reach 206,300.

Not such good for Time Magazine (British Isles), however, which was down by 11.7% over the year to finish with a circulation of 92,400.

Elsewhere in the UK, BBC History Magazine was up a tiny 0.02% to 97,600, while Sky at Night was down -4.6% YoY to 23,500.

News & Current Affairs: Jul – Dec 2016 Comparisons
Print & Digital (Gross) Total Print Circulation Total Digital Circulation
Title Publisher Jul – Dec 16 % PoP % YoY Jul – Dec 16 % PoP % YoY Jul – Dec 16 % PoP % YoY
The Economist – Worldwide Sales Group The Economist Newspaper Ltd 1,459,974 0.00 124.56 1,114,549 -1.79 130.09 345,425 6.25 108.40
The Economist – North America edition The Economist Newspaper Ltd 850,045 1.54 n/a 695,667 -0.83 n/a 154,378 13.82 n/a
Time Magazine – EMEA Group Time Magazines Europe Ltd 361,586 n/a -15.80 334,243 n/a -17.62 27,343 n/a 15.31
Private Eye Pressdram Ltd 250,204 8.74 8.89 250,204 8.74 8.89 n/a n/a n/a
Time Magazine – EMEA (excluding BI/SA) Time Magazines Europe Ltd 240,468 n/a -17.89 223,180 n/a -19.60 17,288 n/a 13.06
The Economist – United Kingdom Edition The Economist Newspaper Ltd 235,670 -0.28 0.14 155,817 -2.76 -3.69 79,853 4.93 8.54
The Week Dennis Publishing Limited 206,251 1.01 1.04 206,251 1.01 1.04 n/a n/a n/a
The Economist – Continental Europe Edition The Economist Newspaper Ltd 192,691 -1.63 -18.73 147,744 -0.22 -24.72 44,947 -5.99 10.09
The Economist – Asia Pacific Edition The Economist Newspaper Ltd 141,526 -4.08 -5.88 92,695 -6.24 -11.67 48,831 0.30 7.51
New Scientist – Worldwide Sales Group Reed Business Information Limited 124,623 n/a -1.27 102,400 n/a -3.16 22,223 n/a 8.46
BBC History Magazine Immediate Media Company 97,550 n/a 0.02 81,081 n/a -1.09 16,469 n/a 5.90
Time Magazine – British Isles (BI) Time Magazines Europe Ltd 92,405 n/a -11.74 84,928 n/a -13.44 7,477 n/a 13.51
The Spectator Group Spectator (1828) Ltd 90,810 7.31 13.77 68,776 5.04 6.66 22,034 15.08 43.68
Fortune Magazine – Europe Time Magazines Europe Ltd 86,442 n/a -7.96 82,787 n/a -8.88 3,655 n/a 19.41
The Spectator excluding Australia Spectator (1828) Ltd 82,585 7.60 15.17 60,551 5.12 7.41 22,034 15.08 43.68
New Scientist – Worldwide Sales Excluding Australasia & US/Canada Reed Business Information Limited 81,156 n/a -0.12 69,195 n/a -2.58 11,961 n/a 17.02
Monocle Winkontent Ltd 80,251 5.34 0.08 80,251 5.34 0.08 n/a n/a n/a
MoneyWeek Moneyweek Ltd 46,498 2.78 2.10 46,498 2.78 2.10 n/a n/a n/a
The Oldie Oldie Publications Ltd 45,612 -1.74 -1.73 45,010 -2.03 -1.87 602 26.21 10.26
New Statesman New Statesman Ltd 34,025 n/a 5.34 32,098 n/a 2.01 1,927 n/a 130.78
Prospect Prospect Publishing Ltd 32,697 0.68 1.79 31,089 0.24 1.51 1,608 10.14 7.41
Investors Chronicle Financial Times Ltd 30,935 2.01 -2.14 27,031 1.59 -4.96 3,904 5.06 23.12
Time Magazine – Southern Africa (SA) Time Magazines Europe Ltd 28,713 n/a -9.98 26,135 n/a -13.06 2,578 n/a 40.49
BBC Sky at Night Immediate Media Company 23,453 n/a -4.57 21,186 n/a -6.71 2,267 n/a 21.49
The Economist – Middle East/Africa Edition The Economist Newspaper Ltd 21,868 -8.85 -20.03 15,379 -13.92 -28.16 6,489 5.93 9.30
New Scientist – Australasian Sales Reed Business Information Limited 21,760 n/a -3.35 17,396 n/a -6.08 4,364 n/a 9.32
New Scientist – US/Canadian Sales Reed Business Information Limited 21,707 n/a -3.37 15,809 n/a -2.34 5,898 n/a -6.02
The Economist – Latin America edition The Economist Newspaper Ltd 18,174 -4.51 n/a 7,247 -12.56 n/a 10,927 1.69 n/a
What Franchise Partridge Publications (2000) Ltd 13,422 n/a 0.14 13,422 n/a 0.14 n/a n/a n/a
The Spectator Australia Spectator (1828) Ltd 8,225 4.44 1.39 8,225 4.44 1.39 n/a n/a n/a
What Investment Vitesse Media Plc 7,240 n/a 2.22 7,240 n/a 2.22 n/a n/a n/a
in-Cumbria Cumbrian Newspapers 5,482 n/a n/a 5,482 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Total n/a 5,034,048 n/a n/a 3,055,017 n/a n/a 864,482 n/a n/a
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