Magazine Data for 2008
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 |
Officially released numbers |
|---|---|---|
|
Shounen Jump
|
2,790 (2,780)
|
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Shounen Magazine
|
1,770 (1,870)
|
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Shounen Sunday
|
870 (940)
|
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Shounen Champion
|
500 (500)
|
|
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Shounen Ace A
|
90 (90)
|
|
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V Jump
|
340 (270)
|
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Monthly Korokoro Comic
|
890 (930)
|
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Monthly Magazine
|
950 (970)
|
|
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Jump Square
|
450 (new)
|
|
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Weekly Young Jump
|
940 (970)
|
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Weekly Young Magazine
|
940 (980)
|
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|
Comic Bunch
|
180 (200)
|
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Young Animal
|
190 (190)
|
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Afternoon
|
120 (120)
|
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Gundam Ace
|
180 (180)
|
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Big Comic Original
|
830 (860)
|
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|
Morning
|
400 (410)
|
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|
Business Jump
|
360 (370)
|
|
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Nakayoshi
|
340 (400)
|
|
|
Ribbon
|
330 (380)
|
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Chao
|
930 (980)
|
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|
LaLa
|
170 (170)
|
|
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Hana to yume
|
260 (280)
|
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|
BE LOVE
|
190 (190)
|
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Cookie
|
180 (200)
|
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Kiss
|
160 (170)
|
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|
YOU
|
190 (190)
|
Anime and Hobby Magazines
|
Magazine
|
Actual number printed |
Officially released numbers |
|---|---|---|
|
Newtype
|
160 (150)
|
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|
Animedia
|
110 (110)
|
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Animage
|
60 (70)
|
|
|
Megami Magazine
|
70 (60)
|
|
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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 |
Officially released numbers |
|---|---|---|
|
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)
|
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|
Comptiq
|
70 (60)
|
|
|
B’s Log
|
50 (50)
|
|
|
GameJapan
|
30 (30)
|
|
|
Weekly Ascii
|
200 (220)
|
Via: Makonako
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:34 pm
（´д｀）
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:11 pm
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.
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:16 pm
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
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:35 am
Now where is LO on that list?
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:46 am
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.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:14 pm
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.