Reader's Digest, Canadian Health tops in PMB report
The latest topline readership report from the Print Measurement Bureau has Reader's Digest continuing to hold first in readership with 6.4 million readers. Followed by Canadian Living with 3.8 million.
Canadian Health again has the most readers per copy with an average of 31.5. The Hockey News came in second with an average of 21.4 readers per copy.
The PMB 2009 Fall topline report was released earlier this week and as Masthead reported average readership is up overall and readers per copy have remained close to their spring levels.
A total of 114 publications were measured for the PMB 2009 Fall report, including six measured for the first time in the 2008 fieldwork.
English Canadian Health
LouLou
Our Canada
Parents Canada
The Health Journal
French LouLou
Top 10 English-language magazines (total readership)
Title
PMB 2009 Fall
Reader's Digest
6423
Canadian Living
3800
what's cooking
3581
Chatelaine
3549
Canadian Geographic
3458
People
3423
Canadian House & Home
2357
Maclean's
2341
CAA Magazine
2306
Canadian Health & Lifestyle
2302
Top 10 English-language magazines (readers per copy)
Title
PMB 2009 Fall
Canadian Health
31.5
The Hockey News Magazine
21.4
People
19.9
Outdoor Canada
16.8
Canadian Geographic
16.4
Cottage Life
13.1
Canadian Gardening
12.5
FASHION
12.5
Elle Canada
12.1
Canadian Business
11.7
Top 10 French-language magazines (total readership)
Title
PMB 2009 Fall
qu'est-ce qui mijote
1382
Coup de pouce
1236
Touring (Fre & Eng)
1139
Le Journal de Montreal (l-v)
1094
Le Journal de Montreal (sam.)
1074
Selection du Reader's Digest
1073
Chatelaine (Fr)
938
7 Jours
903
Le Journal de Montreal (dim.)
891
L'actualite
887
Top 10 French-language magazines (readers per copy)
Canadian Health and Canadian Health & Lifestyle magazines have very similar logos. This may explain why the reader per copy for Canadian Health is so high. With distributing only 41,000 copies per issue four times a year while Canadian Health & Lifestyle distributes 397,000 copies per issue 4 times a year, could it be possible that Canadian Health is benefiting from duplication?