UK Comic and Chidrens Magazine Sales
Based in part on
Audit Bureau of Circulations Data
2006 - 2007 percentages calculated by Steve
Holland
Publisher listed is the current publisher
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• Last Updated: 22 August 2008
UK Comic and Chidrens Magazine Sales
Based in part on
Audit Bureau of Circulations Data
2006 - 2007 percentages calculated by Steve
Holland
Publisher listed is the current publisher
| Pre-School Comics/Magazines | (Jul-Dec 2006) |
(Jul-Dec 2007) |
(Jan - Jun 2008) |
07-08 Percentage Change | |
| In the Night Garden (BBC Worldwide) | 110,350 |
103,644 |
(-6.1%) | ||
| Fun to Learn-Friends (Redan) | 81,583 |
84,340 |
86,435 |
+2.5%) | |
| Toybox (BBC Worldwide) | 90,997 |
82,607 |
73,290 |
(-11.3%) | |
| CBeebies Weekly (BBC Worldwide) | 70,554 |
65.179 |
61,587 |
(-5.5%) | |
| Cbeebies Animals (BBC Worldwide) | 58,558 |
(new) | |||
| Bob the Bui/der (BBC Worldwide) | 79,081 |
57,139 |
54,557 |
(-4.5%) | |
| Charlie & Lola (BBC Worldwide) | 54,937 |
51,538 |
(-6.2%) | ||
| Fun to Learn-Favourites (Redan) | 70,113 |
56,002 |
50,729 |
(-9.4%) | |
| Dora the Explorer (GE Magazines) | 46,014 |
54,000 |
50,006 |
(-7.4%) | |
| Power Rangers (Egmont Magazines) | 52,588 |
49,037 |
(-6.8%) | ||
| Disney and Me (Egmont Magazines) | 55,003 |
47.012 |
46,564 |
(-1.0%) | |
| Fimbles (BBC Worldwide) | 45,009 |
||||
| Lazy Town (Titan Magazines) | 43,425 |
(new) | |||
| Play and Learn-Thomas & Friends (Egmont Magazines) | 40,081 |
40,386 |
40,504 |
(+0.3%) | |
| Daisy (Egmont Magazines) | 40,053 |
||||
| Fireman Sam (Egmont Magazines) | 41,001 |
38,507 |
(-6.1%) | ||
| Thomas and Friends (Egmont Magazines) | 47,503 |
40,773 |
38,433 |
(-5.7%) | |
| Fifi and the FlowerTots (Titan Magazines) | 32,388 |
||||
| Teletubbies (BBC Worldwide) | 48,073 |
42,895 |
31,576 |
(-26.4%) | |
| Tweenies (BBC Worldwide) | 66,112 |
32,909 |
30,502 |
(-7.3%) | |
| Balamory (BBC Worldwide) | 64,064 |
36,555 |
28,862 |
(-21%) | |
| Thomas Express Special (Egmont Magazines) | 27,025 |
27,352 |
(+1.2%) | ||
| Disney Fairies (Egmont Magazines) | 30,053 |
25,543 |
(-15%) | ||
| Winnie the Pooh (Egmont Magazines) | 24,028 |
||||
| Noddy Magazine (Titan Magazines) | 37,056 |
30,105 |
22,506 |
(-25.2%) | |
| Comics/Magazines | 06/12/2007 |
01/06/2008 |
Percentage Change | ||
| Disney High School Musical (Panini UK) | 142,053 |
(new) | |||
| The Simpsons Comics (Titan Publishing) | 134,631 |
133,086 |
112,067 |
(-15.8%) | |
| Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Worldwide) | 107,557 |
154,989 |
93,791 |
(-39.5%) | |
| Viz Comic (Dennis Publishing) Figures from Jan-Dec 2007 |
94,364 |
88,165 |
88,165 |
(no change) | |
| Girl Talk (BBC Worldwide) | 87,915 |
86,955 |
81,912 |
(-5.8%) | |
| Simpsons Comics Presents (Titan Publishing) | 83,485 |
90,005 |
74,585 |
(-17.1%) | |
| Disney's Princess (Egmont Magazines) | 78,023 |
69,023 |
67,664 |
(-2.0%) | |
| Beano (D. C. Thomson) 2006 figure estimated, based on combined July-December 2006 figures for the Beano and Dandy (see this article by Steve Holland on Bear Alley) |
74,567 |
74,419 |
61,931 |
(-16.8%) | |
| Sparkle World (Redan) | 63,815 |
65,706 |
(+3.0%) | ||
| Go Girl (BBC Worldwide) | 44,058 |
61,766 |
66,501 |
(+7.7%) | |
| Disney's WITCH | 64,119 |
||||
| TOXIC (Egmont Magazines) | 47,803 |
54,049 |
53,784 |
(-0.5%) | |
| Bratz (D. C. Thomson) | 43,226 |
64,279 |
53,212 |
(-17.2%) | |
| Power Rangers (Egmont Magazines) | 53,549 |
||||
| Barbie (Egmont Magazines) | 64,312 |
55,018 |
52,559 |
(-4.5%) | |
| Kraze Club (Attic Media) | 54,686 |
51,044 |
51,044 |
(no change) | |
| Figures from Jan-Dec 2007 | |||||
| BeanoMax (D. C. Thomson) | 51,431 |
48,275 |
(-6.1%) | ||
| Cartoon Network | 47,249 |
||||
| Scooby Doo (Panini) | 54,167 |
46,567 |
(-14%) | ||
| Spongebob Squarepants (Titan Publishing) | 39,287 |
45,297 |
40,330 |
(-11%) | |
| Spectacular Spiderman (Panini UK) | 45,595 |
40,011 |
(-12.2%) | ||
| Transformers Comic (Titan PUblishing) | 45,092 |
38,733 |
(-14.1%) | ||
| Girl Talk Special/Extra (BBC Worldwide) | 40,827 |
37,211 |
(-8.9%) | ||
| Wallace & Gromit (Titan Magazines) | 34,003 |
||||
| Amy Magazine (BBC Worldwide) | 36,223 |
34,062 |
(-6.0%) | ||
| Hot Wheels (Toontastic) | 33,081 |
||||
| Goodie Bag Mag (D. C. Thomson) | 28,552 |
31,903 |
(+11.7%) | ||
| Dandy (D. C. Thomson) 2006 figure estimated, based on combined July-December 2006 figures for the Beano and Dandy (see this article by Steve Holland on Bear Alley) |
37,283 |
28,550 |
23,869 |
(-16.4%) | |
| 2000AD (Rebellion) Estimate based on discussion with other companies. This is probably generous. 2000AD suffers from too many "invisibles" - editions put away by newsagents for regular orders - so it doesn't have huge news stand exposure. |
20,000 |
20,000 |
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| For sales figures of British Comics in the 1960s and 1970s, click here | |||||
• Read
Steve Holland's analysis of UK Comic Sales for Jan - June 2008 on Bear
Alley
• Read
Steve Holland's analysis of UK Comic Sales for July - December 2007
• Read
Steve Holland's analysis of UK Comic Sales for Jan - June 2007
• For sales figures of British Comics in the 1960s and 1970s, click
here