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All the ABC winners and losers

The latest circulation figures for South Africa's main print titles, newspapers and magazines, have been released for the previous six month period (July-Dec 2004). Here are all the ABC winners and losers from Media Toolbox.

The biggest MAGAZINE brands

Huisgenoot340,570#1
You222,845#2
Sarie137,970#3
TV Plus 135,563#4
Rooi Rose119,994#5
FHM118,428#6
Cosmopolitan117,255#7
True Love114,793#8
CAR105,934# 9
People105,535#10
Reader's Digest101,046#11

Interestingly Media24 either directly publishers or own a stake in seven of the top 10 magazine brands for this period. Caxton owns two and Reader's Digest is the tenth.

The winners...

  • SA Home Owner gains more than 9500 copies.
  • TV Plus gained nearly 9500 copies.
  • Saltwater Girl gains more than 6800 copies.
  • Finansies & Tegniek climbs 4700 copies.
  • Visi+ gains 4700 copies.
  • Finance Week climbs nearly 4000 copies.
  • FHM climbs with more than 3700.
  • heat gains 2700 copies.

    The losers...

  • Bona falls with nearly 13 500 copies.
  • Drum falls with 13 000 copies.
  • Huisgenoot falls nearly 13000 copies.
  • Rooi Rose loses more than 10 000 copies.
  • You loses nearly 10 000 copies.
  • People loses more than 8300 copies.
  • Essentials falls more than 7600 copies.
  • SA Garden & Home down 6500 copies.
  • Fair Lady falls more than 6200 copies.
  • Conde Nast House & Garden down more than 5900 copies.
  • House & Leisure down 5500 copies.
  • GQ falls 5000 copies.
  • Tuin Paleis down nearly 4700 copies.

    Largest newspaper brands in the country

    Urban Weekly Newspapers:

    (Total Net Sales per Publishing Day)

    Sunday Times505,402
    Rapport322,731
    Soccer-Laduma244,509
    Son199,959
    City Press173,992
    Sunday Sun173,738
    Sunday World143,208
    Die Burger117,092
    Sunday Tribune109,774
    Weekend Argus103,953
    Ilanga103,597

    Urban Daily Newspapers:

    (Total Net Sales per Publishing Day)

    Daily Sun364,356
    The Star166,461
    Sowetan122,825
    Die Burger104,102
    Beeld102,070

    All the magazines...

    Men's magazines

    TitleTotal Net SalesPositions July-Dec 2004 / vs. Jan-Jun 2004
    FHM118,428#1 / #1
    Men's Health89,562#2 / #2
    GQ35,020#3 / #3

    GQ falls with nearly 5000 copies. FHM climbs with more than 3700.

    Women's magazines (glossies):

    The top 5:

    Sarie137,970#1 / #1
    Rooi Rose119,994#2 / #2
    Cosmopolitan117,255#3 / #5
    True Love114,793#4 / #3
    Glamour92,552#5 / #4

    The other 5:

    Fair Lady88,123#6 / #6
    Finesse81,815#7 / #9
    Your Family78,267#8 / #8
    DIT77,811#10 / #9
    Essentials76,295#10 / #7

    Rooi Rose loses more than 10 000 copies. Sarie secures its position as the leading women's magazine in the country. Essentials falls more than 7600 copies. Fair Lady falls more than 6200 copies.

    Business magazines:

    Financial Mail (Weekly)25,612#1 /#1
    Personal Finance21,583#2 /#2
    Finance Week (Weekly)17,614#3 /#4
    Succeed16,771#4 /#3
    Finansies & Tegniek (Weekly)15,089#5 /#6
    Enterprise12,851#6 /#5

    Finance Week up nearly 4000 copies, Finansies & Tegniek up nearly 5000 copies.

    General Interest & celebrity:

    Huisgenoot340,570#1 / #1
    You222,845#2 / #2
    TV Plus135,563#3 / #3
    AA Traveller133,593
    People105,535#4 / #4
    Reader's Digest101,046#5 / #6
    Vroue Keur98,574#6 / #NA
    Bona96,584#7 / #5
    Drum67,012#8 / #7
    heat47,358#9 / #NA
    Top Billing31,611#10 / #NA

    Lots of bad news here folks. Bona falls with nearly 13 500 copies, Drum falls with 13 000 copies, Huisgenoot falls nearly 13 000 copies, You nearly 10 000 copies, People loses more than 8300, Reader's Digest loses nearly 8000 On the upside TV Plus gained nearly 9500 copies. heat gains 2700 copies.

    Home & Garden magazines

    SA Garden & Home93,579#1 / #1
    SA Home Owner60,497#2 / #3
    Tuis56,011#3/ #NA
    Conde Nast House & Garden46,086#4 / #2
    House & Leisure38,743#5 / #4
    Tuin Paleis34,372#6 / #5
    Elle Decoration29,539#7 / #7
    Food & Home Entertaining27,891#8 / #6
    Visi+19,098#9 / #8
    Habitat10,897#10 / #9

    SA Garden & Home down 6500 copies. Conde Nast House & Garden down more than 5900 copies. House & Leisure down 5500 copies. Tuin Paleis down nearly 4700 copies. SA Home Owner gains more than 9500 copies! Visi+ gains 4700 copies.

    Sporting magazines:

    Kick Off60,893#1 / #1
    SA Sports Illustrated42,145#2 / #2
    Amakhosi37,772#3 / #NA
    Compleat Golfer24,115#4 / #3
    Golf Digest21,479#5 / #4
    Bicycling South Africa18,006#6 / #6
    Runners World17,549#7 / #5
    ZigZag Surfing magazine14,444#8 / #7

    Youth magazines:

    Saltwater Girl35,001#1 / #1
    Seventeen30,741#2 / #2
    TeenZone24,061#3 / #3
    Wicked25,311#4 / #4
    Blunt18,329#5 / #5

    Saltwater Girl gains more than 6800 copies.

    Based on information supplied by the South African Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC). Thanks to Media Toolbox for extrapolating the data.

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