New issue just hit my mail box

[Scott Colmer]

I got curious so I Googled it.   The US magazines with top circulation. You'd never even think of the top ones!

 

1	AARP The Magazine 22,274,096 1958 AARP
2	AARP Bulletin	22,244,820	1960	AARP
3	Costco Connection	8,654,464		Costco Wholesale
4	Game Informer	7,629,995	1991	GameStop
5	Better Homes And Gardens	7,615,581	1922	Meredith
6	Reader's Digest	4,536,912	1922	The Reader's Digest Association
7	Good Housekeeping	4,348,641	1885	Hearst Magazines
8	Family Circle	4,092,525	1932	Meredith
9	National Geographic	4,029,881	1888	National Geographic Society
10	People	3,527,541	1974	Time Inc.
11	Woman's Day	3,311,803	1931	Hearst Magazines
12	Time	3,289,377	1923	Time Inc.

The company I work for prints a number of those. Check QG.com. We also print smaller circ mags like Models Cars.

I suffered damaged copies for a while, then it cleared up. Now if someone can tell me how to un-brick my back issues that got damaged in a house flood, I would be pretty happy.

 

Edited October 30, 2015 by Scott Colmer

[Scott Colmer]

So the magazines that are going to retailers are distributed by first boxing them up at the point of printing, then these boxes full of magazines are delivered to dozens of distribution points throughout all 50 states, where distributors unbox them, divide them up, and then deliver them to each retail outlet in their area?

That is it. One I asked our local Hobby Town about stocking SA. They said the corporate distributor determines what they stock.

I would imagine that a single store location like Pegasus Hobbies subscribes to a certain number of magazines each week, but I never asked them. Those would come bulked either in large capacity envelope or a box.