UK Consumer Magazine FACTS!

Here are ten facts about the UK Consumer Magazine Industry, in relation to their sales, their variety, and the amount of people whom they influence. This information was produced by PPA Marketing, a Market Research website, at the end of 2009.

1. The consumer magazine industry is estimated to be worth almost £2.8bn
2. More than 3,200 consumer magazine titles are currently published in the UK
3. Almost 240 new consumer titles were launched in the UK in 2008
4. Approximately 1.2 billion copies of ABC-audited consumer magazines were sold in the UK last year
5. The British public spends approximately £2bn on consumer magazines annually
6. Advertisers spent a total of £780m with consumer magazines last year: almost £750m in print advertising and a further £30m on digital advertising
7. UK digital adspend with consumer magazines accounted for more than one-fifth of the total EU digital ad market
8. The British public is the third biggest spender (per head) on consumer magazines in the EU, following closely behind the Finnish and the French
9. Adults in the UK spend an average of almost £40 a year on consumer magazines
10. 85% of UK adults read an NRS-listed consumer magazine in 2008

They also have forecasts of similar information for upcoming years in the form of visual graphs, which are downloadable.