Bestsellers
The top 100 magazines in the UK
We’ve teamed up with the Retail Newsagent Bestsellers team to bring you your top 100 in magazines. Once again, its been a tough year for the magazine market with 6 of the top 10 products (ranked by circulation) down on last year but there are some encouraging results and opportunities. OK! Magazine is up 10%, Closer up a fraction at 0.1% and New! have increased circulation an impressive 35.1%. Star’s circulation rose 84%, but this was down to being bundled with OK! Mag.
Retail Newsagents’ Bestsellers issue features exclusive data that was compiled by Retail Newsagent using Newstrade figures along with detailed analysis.
Take a look at the top 10 below and then download the entire top 100, to print out and keep, here.
1. TV Choice
Newsstand single copy
1,302,382Newsstand change year on year
-4.9%Estimated RSV
£26.0m2. What's on TV
Newsstand single copy
1,243,574Newsstand change year on year
-5.5%Estimated RSV
£30.5m3. Take a Break
Newsstand single copy
891,794Newsstand change year on year
-4.4%Estimated RSV
£34.8m4. Radio Times
Newsstand single copy
818,800Newsstand change year on year
-6.6%Estimated RSV
£45.0m5. New!
Newsstand single copy
587,227Newsstand change year on year
35.1%Estimated RSV
£25.0m6. Closer
Newsstand single copy
527,601Newsstand change year on year
0.1%Estimated RSV
£34.3m7. OK! Magazine
Newsstand single copy
522,685Newsstand change year on year
10.0%Estimated RSV
£70.7m8. Star
Newsstand single copy
477,862Newsstand change year on year
84.0%Estimated RSV
£21.5m9. Chat
Newsstand single copy
424,787Newsstand change year on year
-6.4%Estimated RSV
£17.0m10. Heat
Newsstand single copy
422,881Newsstand change year on year
-2.6%Estimated RSV
£34.9mDownload the entire top 100, to print out and keep here.
Comments (2)

It is excellent to see this here. I will be looking at how we can use top seller information and change our range by removing unprofitable titles.
Steve
My magazines needed a change, thank you