Can you name the top circulated magazines in the U.S.?

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Top Circulated Magazines (U.S) Quiz

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Created Oct 25, 2008 in Literature
Featured Oct 25, 2008
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	percussiveness:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 17:24 GMT	15 points
	Wow, I would not have guessed that #1 is first by that much.

	thevictor390:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 17:29 GMT	12 points
	Never would have guessed Game Informer would be on there, although I tried EGM in desperation at the end. Also surprised Time isn't higher.

	DirtyKash:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 17:52 GMT	8 points
	Maxim is about to catch up to Playboy.

	Antithesys:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 18:02 GMT	12 points
	Not that I have a particular penchant for Rolling Stone, but I have a hard time believing it loses out to some of these.

	el_barto:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 18:07 GMT	10 points
	Haha, I only got number 1 b/c its sitting on my parents coffee table.

	Ben:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 19:20 GMT	14 points
	Other notables... ESPN THE MAGAZINE 2,047,969 MARTHA STEWART LIVING 2,037,630 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 1,813,411 ROLLING STONE 1,453,385 CAR AND DRIVER 1,303,077

	hi19hi19:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 19:21 GMT	11 points
	Some of these are just sent out to you whether you want them or not. I want to know top SUBSCRIBED magazines.

	C_W_Browne:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 19:23 GMT	9 points
	i bought 1,700,653 of the playboys.

	AdmiralMaxtreme:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 19:26 GMT	11 points
	hi19hi19: That's why the AARP magazine is #1. A subscribed list would be interesting.

	ElDavo:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 20:08 GMT	3 points
	I would've been better, but I don't do these magazines. It's just that I forgot about all of these group magazines they send to every member of the group. I don't think a subscribed list is necessary, it's not like there aren't any subscribed mags on this list.

	MRL:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 21:00 GMT	3 points
	thevictor390: I suspect Game Informer's numbers are boosted thanks to promotional deals. I remember three or four years back, I let myself get talked into a store discount card for Software Etc., and a year's subscription to Game Informer was part of the package. I wouldn't be surprised to find out they're still doing that.

	magister:	Oct 25th, 2008 at 21:24 GMT	1 point
	Does anyone get the feeling that Betty Friedan might be turning over in her grave over some of the more popular magazines?

	radiosilence:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 00:01 GMT	5 points
	It's sad that I remembered what my mom read when I was kid: Better Homes and Gardens, Good Housekeeping and Woman's Day. All that was missing was Redbook.

	jdmerkel:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 02:46 GMT	4 points
	No Swank? No Club? No American Grizzly?

	Matt8204:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 03:23 GMT	-1 points
	You're absolutely right, MRL (re: Gamestop) and they still do it. A few months ago, I traded in a bunch of games that I don't play anymore and with the leftover store credit (after buying a game), I got the magazine subscription for free. Funny, I guessed all of the "other notables" that Ben posted. Given her popularity, I'm surprised Oprah's magazine didn't make the list. Rolling Stone's extreme liberal bias may turn some people off and cost them readers who are moderates or conservatives, which could explain its absence from the list. Not saying it's right or wrong (they're entitled to their viewpoints) but it could be a factor. I was surprised that none of the big financial magazines (Money, Smart Money, Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, etal) made the list. Almost makes me want to get a subscription to one of them so I can get a leg up. In these tough economic times, I know I could use a little more financial knowledge, lol.

	Jeremy:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 04:52 GMT	3 points
	Wow, I've never even heard of about a third of these, including #1.

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	allison raines (simple sentence):	Oct 26th, 2008 at 05:30 GMT	-2 points
	@Joe--as for the, uh, good/usable mags, people just aren't buying every issue--they are clinging to their old favourite copies from 8th grade. IT just doesn't translate into $$$.

	davidr:	Oct 26th, 2008 at 16:19 GMT	5 points
	@radiosilence, `All that was missing was Redbook.': I managed to misread that and now I can't get the idea of `Redneck Magazine' out of my head.

	John:	Oct 27th, 2008 at 16:36 GMT	2 points
	I don't know about "Redneck magazine" but from the sounds of it "Southernliving" might not be too far off.

	Brandon:	Oct 27th, 2008 at 21:59 GMT	2 points
	is this per issue or per year?

	cece:	Oct 29th, 2008 at 18:11 GMT	6 points
	I've been coming to this website for some time now and just decided to register due to your comment, John. I come to this site in order to expand my own intelligence and to acquire greater understanding about the world around me. My mother has subscribed to Southern Living for years. It is essentially a magazine that focuses on homes and gardens as well as travel in the region. The joke that the South is filled with rednecks is simply a tired one.

	John:	Oct 30th, 2008 at 02:32 GMT	4 points
	Don't worry cece, it was just that, a joke. I have family in Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina you don’t have to worry about me being an ignorant person, just a little different sense of humor than yours. At least I got one more person to register.

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	magister:	Nov 1st, 2008 at 17:11 GMT	7 points
	@Zach Harris: But it's a numbers game. Rolling Stone is simply not in the top 25 by circulation. This isn't a quiz about the quality of the magazine.

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	zifyoip:	May 28th, 2009 at 20:41 GMT	2 points
	I'm surprised Parade isn't on here. I've heard it described as the most widely circulated magazine in the United States; Wikipedia says it has a circulation of 32 million and a readership of 71 million.

	ClintT13:	Jun 10th, 2009 at 04:09 GMT	3 points
	If this list is going to include magazines that you don't subscribe to (AARP and AAA mags) then I really don't understand how Parade isn't part of the list. As the above poster said, it's circulation is over 30 million.

	marmalade:	Jul 1st, 2009 at 16:31 GMT	3 points
	I'm really suprised the Economist didn't make the list.

	TomcatMurr:	Jul 26th, 2009 at 19:42 GMT	2 points
	I haven't even heard of half of these! Didn't even know the AARP had a magazine (and it's #1). Shows how much I pay attention to magazines! cry

	Haunter:	Aug 6th, 2009 at 20:01 GMT	2 points
	I guess Parade doesn't count because it's more of an insert now. And there's no LIFE anymore, either.

	icing:	Oct 15th, 2009 at 03:18 GMT	2 points
	I agree with hi19hi19 - some of these publications are just sent to you when you join the organization (AARP and the AAA titles). Don't think they should be compared to magazines to which people PAY to subscribe, since there's no real way to measure. Sure, all the members GET the magazines, but who knows how many of them actually read them.

	rgreen13:	Apr 15th, 2010 at 01:35 GMT	0 points
	All the good ones are free...this quiz is BULL****!!!!!

	regismayhem:	May 10th, 2010 at 19:55 GMT	0 points
	Mag-a-zine...? Took me a while to remember what that was.

	jhirozawa:	Jun 9th, 2010 at 05:12 GMT	1 point
	Wow, these are mostly old people magazines. I guess younger people read things online. It makes sense.

	Azazello:	Jul 16th, 2010 at 03:23 GMT	1 point
	Family Circle? Prevention?? Taste of Home????? Has ANYBODY heard of these magazines?? This is insane. Was I that naive in thinking that everybody read The Economist, Rolling Stone, ESPN, and even Vogue? I mean, if you go into a doctor's office, it's likely that you'll see only a very select few of these titles. I guess I totally overestimated the American public...

	Dr_Seusss:	Jul 24th, 2010 at 15:42 GMT	2 points
	The power of the AARP cannot be denied.

	KansasJayhawk:	Aug 3rd, 2010 at 05:48 GMT	3 points
	I was surprised not to see Seventeen, Rolling Stone, Highlights, or ESPN.

	EDGAR:	Aug 22nd, 2010 at 18:20 GMT	1 point
	What about SWANK??

	demonopie:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 02:59 GMT	2 points
	Being a retired Letter I knew AARP was number one, sad to see so many magazine dying out. I would have though Entertainment Weekly would have made it. It was a terrible day in Postal history when they started bagging the Playboys.