Over 15.6 million Australians read magazines in print or online

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 7-Feb-20

Roy Morgan has released the Australian Magazine Readership report for the 12 months to December 2019. A total of 15,644,000 Australians aged 14+ (75.1%) now read magazines in print or online, down 0.6 per cent from a year ago. Readership of print magazines was almost 13.1 million Australians aged 14+ (62.8 per cent), down 3.8% from a year ago. The free ‘Coles Magazine’ remains the most widely-read print magazine, with a readership of 4,573,000 (down 4.8%), while ‘Better Homes & Gardens’ remains the most widely-read paid magazine with a print readership of 1,698,000 million (up 8.4 per cent). Meanwhile, Taste.com.au remains the best-read magazine title across print and digital formats, with a total cross-platform audience of more than 3.1 million (down 2.6 per cent). These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey of 50,422 Australians aged 14+ in the 12 months to December 2019.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Magazine readership increases to over 15.2 million

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 1-Nov-19

Roy Morgan has released the Australian Magazine Readership report for the 12 months to September 2019. A total of 15,205,000 Australians aged 14+ (73.3%) now read magazines in print or online, up 0.6 per cent from a year ago. Readership of print magazines is almost 13.3 million Australians (64.0 per cent), down 2.5% from a year ago. Five of Australia’s top 10 magazines grew their print readership over the past year. The free ‘Coles Magazine’ remains the most widely-read print magazine, with a readership of 4,762,000 (up 3.1 per cent), while ‘Better Homes & Gardens’ remains the most widely-read paid magazine with a print readership of 1,673,000 million (up 3.1 per cent). Meanwhile, Taste.com.au remains the best-read magazine title across print and digital formats, with a total cross-platform audience of almost 3.2 million (down 1.2 per cent). These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey of 49,462 Australians aged 14+ in the 12 months to September 2019.

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Magazine readership up year on year at over 15.2 million

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Aug-19

Roy Morgan has released the Australian Magazine Readership report for the 12 months to June 2019. A total of 15,227,000 Australians aged 14+ (73.7 per cent) now read magazines in print or online, up 1.2 per cent from a year ago. Readership of print magazines is just over 13.5 million Australians (65.2 per cent), down 1.3% from a year ago. Twelve of Australia’s top 20 magazines grew their print readership over the past year, with six of the leading titles growing their readership by at least five per cent. The free ‘Coles Magazine’ remains the most widely-read print magazine, with a readership of 4,763,000 per issue (up 4.4 per cent), while ‘Better Homes & Gardens’ remains the most widely-read paid magazine with 1,572,000 million readers. Meanwhile, Taste.com.au remains the best-read magazine title across print and digital formats, with a total cross-platform audience of more than 3.2 million (up 1.6 per cent). These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey, derived from in-depth face-to-face interviews with 1,000 Australians each week and over 50,000 each year.

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Bauer dominates in four of Top 10 Magazine categories

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Jul-19

Analysis of Roy Morgan’s readership results for the 12 months to March 2019 shows that Bauer Magazines is the most widely read magazine publisher in four of the Top 10 Magazine categories: Mass Women’s Magazines, Motoring Magazines, TV Magazines and Women’s Lifestyle Magazines. Bauer is a Top 3 publisher in a total of eight of the Top 10 categories, which also includes Food & Entertainment Magazines, Home & Garden Magazines, Health & Family Magazines and Women’s Fashion Magazines categories. Other publishers to perform well include Medium Rare (which is the most widely read publisher for Food & Entertainment Magazines and Business, Financial & Airline Magazines) and Pacific Magazines (which is the most widely read publisher for Home & Garden Magazines and Health & Family Magazines).

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, MEDIUM RARE, PACIFIC MAGAZINES PTY LTD

1.4 million Australians read puzzle magazines

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 3-Jun-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that leading puzzle magazines are now read by over 1.4 million Australians aged 14+ in an average month. Leading puzzle magazines are often closely associated with a higher circulation magazine such as Take 5, Australian Women’s Weekly, Woman’s Day and New Idea, and help to raise the profile and readership of the primary magazine. Although many of the leading puzzle magazines are closely associated with a higher circulation magazine, the majority of readers of puzzle magazines do not in fact also read the namesake title magazine. Take 5 Mega Puzzler with a readership of 325,000 shares 35% of its readers with its namesake title Take 5 (Weekly) while nearly-two thirds of Take 5 Mega Puzzler’s readership (65%), do not read Take 5 (Weekly). For other puzzle magazines an even higher majority of their readership do not also read the namesake title. At least 70% of the readers of Australian Women’s Weekly Puzzle Book, New Idea Jumbo Puzzler, Take 5 Pocket Puzzler and Woman’s Day Superpuzzler do not also read the associated primary magazine.

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Magazine readership now over 15.2 million following increase

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 13-May-19

Roy Morgan has released the Australian Magazine Readership report for the 12 months to March 2019. A total of 15,245,000 Australians aged 14+ (74.1 per cent) now read magazines, whether in print or online. This is up 1.6 per cent (or 238,000) from a year ago. Readership of print magazines is just under 12.6 million Australians (61.2 per cent), unchanged from a year ago. Nine of Australia’s top 15 magazines grew their print readership over the past year, with five of the leading titles growing their readership by at least five per cent. ‘Women’s Weekly’ is Australia’s most widely-read paid magazine, after growing readership by 3.7 per cent to 1,536,000 in the year to March. However, the free ‘Coles Magazine’ remains the most widely-read print magazine, with an average readership of 4,840,000 per issue (up 10.8 per cent).

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Magazine readership continues to increase

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 8-Feb-19

Roy Morgan has released the Australian Magazine Readership report for the 12 months to December 2018. A total of 15,189,000 Australians aged 14+ (74.2 per cent) now read magazines, whether in print or online either via the web or an app. This is up 1.2 per cent from a year ago. Readership of print magazines is just under 12.6 million Australians (61.5 per cent), up 0.2 per cent from a year ago. Nine of Australia’s top 15 magazines grew their print readership over the past year, with six of the leading titles growing their readership by at least five per cent. ‘Women’s Weekly’ is now Australia’s most widely-read paid magazine after growing readership by 5.1 per cent to 1,570,000 in 2018. However, the free ‘Coles Magazine’ remains the most widely-read print magazine, with an average readership of 4,806,000 per issue (up 15.8 per cent).

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

The launch of the new monthly Take 5 magazine has Take 5 readership over 1 million for first time

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Nov-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that the launch of the new monthly "Take 5" magazine early in 2018 has proven a winner. Some 736,000 Australians read the monthly magazine in the four months to September, while readership of the traditional weekly magazine was 520,000. A total of 1,016,000 Australians read either the weekly or monthly magazine in the four months to September. The research also shows that only 242,000 Australians read both magazines, with the majority of readers of the new monthly magazine not being existing readers of the weekly magazine. A positive outcome from the launch of "Take 5 Monthly" is that the new magazine has attracted a far higher male readership; 28.8% of its readership are men, compared to only 19.4% of "Take 5 Weekly" magazine’s readership. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says the positive impact that "Take 5 Monthly" has had so far shows that the ability to leverage a well-known title to launch a magazine with similar content and an existing audience can not only appeal to the traditional readers of a magazine but also attract a new readership willing to give an old favourite another look.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Magazine readership up on a year ago powered by a wide variety of titles

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 10-Aug-18

Roy Morgan has released the Australian Magazine Readership report for the 12 months to June 2018. A total of 15,040,000 Australians aged 14+ (74.1 per cent) read magazines either in print or online, up 0.7 per cent from a year ago. Readership of print magazines was over 13.6 million Australians (67.3 per cent), up 0.5 per cent from a year ago. Ten of Australia’s top 15 magazines grew their print readership over the past year, with six of the leading titles growing their readership by at least 5 per cent on a year ago. The free "Coles Magazine" remains the most widely-read print magazine, with an average readership of 4,563,000 per issue (up 21.5 per cent), while "Better Homes & Gardens" remains the most widely read paid magazine with more than 1.6 million readers. Meanwhile, Taste.com.au remains the best-read magazine title across print and digital formats, with a total cross-platform audience of more than 3.1 million.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Australians spending more time online than working

Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-Jul-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that Australians aged 14+ spent a total of just over 21.9 billion hours on the Internet in the year to March 2018 (whether at home, at school, while at work or elsewhere), compared to 20.5 billion hours working. Some 4.6 billion of those hours online occurred at work – whether work related or not. Analysing time on the Internet more closely shows that 5.9 billion hours were spent using social media, while the balance of just under 16 billion hours was spent using the Internet for other purposes. A further 18.6 billion hours were spent watching TV and 14.6 billion hours were spent listening to radio. The 92% of Australians who watch TV in a given week average 1,004 hours each of TV viewing over the full year while the 85% who listen to radio during the week listen to an average of 851 hours per year of radio. Newspapers scored 1.8 billion hours of national attention over the year, with magazines claiming just over 820 million hours overall.

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