Magazine Data for 2008

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The new edition of Magazine Data has been released, with data on the average circulation per issue for Japanese magazines, and Japanese site Makonako has written up the numbers for the manga, anime, and gaming magazines.

The numbers shown are the average circulation per issue over the period between 1st October 2007 to 30th September 2008. The actual number printed is the actual average number of copies that were printed, while the officially released numbers are circulation figures that were announced by the publisher themselves, and cannot be trusted as they can inflate numbers easily.

The actual number printed may not completely be a good indication of actual sales too, as publishers may sometimes print more than what they can actually sell, just to inflate numbers a little so their magazine would look more attractive for advertisers. But it’s a lot harder to inflate numbers with actual numbers printed, so it’s much more reliable than the officially released numbers.

Most magazines are either maintaining their numbers or having small drops in circulation, but V Jump stands out for having a 25% increase in circulation. Though it might have been because of the Yugioh cards that came with the magazine.

The number in the brackets is the average circulation for 2007.

Manga Magazines
Magazine

Actual number printed
(in thousands)

Officially released numbers
(in thousands)

Shounen Jump
2,790 (2,780)
 
Shounen Magazine
1,770 (1,870)
 
Shounen Sunday
870 (940)
 
Shounen Champion
500 (500)
Shounen Ace A
90 (90)
 
V Jump
340 (270)
 
Monthly Korokoro Comic
890 (930)
 
Monthly Magazine
950 (970)
 
Jump Square
450 (new)
 
Weekly Young Jump
940 (970)
 
Weekly Young Magazine
940 (980)
 
Comic Bunch
180 (200)
 
Young Animal
190 (190)
Afternoon
120 (120)
 
Gundam Ace
180 (180)
 
Big Comic Original
830 (860)
 
Morning
400 (410)
 
Business Jump
360 (370)
 
Nakayoshi
340 (400)
 
Ribbon
330 (380)
 
Chao
930 (980)
 
LaLa
170 (170)
 
Hana to yume
260 (280)
 
BE LOVE
190 (190)
 
Cookie
180 (200)
 
Kiss
160 (170)
 
YOU
190 (190)
 
Anime and Hobby Magazines
Magazine

Actual number printed
(in thousands)

Officially released numbers
(in thousands)

Newtype
160 (150)
 
Animedia
110 (110)
 
Animage
60 (70)
 
Megami Magazine
70 (60)
 
Monthly Seigura
30 (30)
 
Seiyuu Animedia
20 (20)
 
Dengeki Hobby
100 (120)
 
Hobby Japan
140 (150)
 
Hyper Hobby
60 (60)
 
Dragon Magazine
40 (40)
 
The Sneaker
30 (30)
 
Gaming Magazines
Magazine

Actual number printed
(in thousands)

Officially released numbers
(in thousands)

Dengeki Playstation
130 (150)
 
Dengeki Nintendo DS
 
160 (160)
Dengeki DS&Wii
 
80 (new)
Dengeki PSP
 
100 (new)
Dengeki G’s magazine
 
120 (120)
Dengeki Hime
 
80 (80)
Dengeki Girl’s Style
 
80 (80)
Weekly Famitsu
 
500 (500)
Famitsu PSP+PS3
 
150 (250)
Famitsu DS+Wii
130 (180)
Famitsu Xbox360
 
120 (80)
FamitsuWave DVD
 
100 (100)
Famitsu Connect!on
 
80 (80)
Arcadia
 
120 (120)
Comptiq
70 (60)
B’s Log
 
50 (50)
GameJapan
 
30 (30)
Weekly Ascii
200 (220)
 

Via: Makonako

6 Responses to “Magazine Data for 2008”

  1. Anonymous Says:

    (´д`)

  2. Trevor_NT Says:

    Shonen Ace A, 90.000? I just checked Makonako, but still, it sounds way too low.

    And it´s startling how stable these numbers are compared to last year, but that´s Japan for you, I guess.

  3. Trevor_NT Says:

    Oh, and that Shonen Jump cover is a riot, never mind sending entire pages of HxH with only speech balloons or first draft roughs on them, now he doesn´t even bother inking his illustrations. :P

  4. Yoneda Says:

    Now where is LO on that list?

  5. Insert_name Says:

    One thing I’m curious about are the numbers of people who buy the mags to get their weekly fix of their favorite manga versus those who wait for tankouban releases. There’s also the folks who wait to get into manga until a decent number of volumes have been released. It’d be interesting to see how those compare, since those options are cheaper (and look nicer!) than buying the mags each week/month.

  6. Zepy Says:

    As a comparison, they print 2.79 million copies of Jump per week, while they print in the vicinity of 1.3 million copies per tankoubon for recent volumes of Bleach, 2.44 million for One Piece, 1.5 million for Naruto, 1.52 million for Hunter x Hunter, and 0.51 million for Eyeshield.

    Buying mags are pretty good to help readers find manga that suit their tastes, because most of these mags are very focused on certain target markets and generally carry manga that would suit the kind of readers that like stuff in their magazine.

    For example, Shounen Jump’s main target readership is males between 10-17, and there’s a good chance that many of these guys won’t like anything that’s published in Morning, and chances are that older guys would have much to complain about some Jump comics.

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