Top 100 U.S. Magazines by Circulation

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List ranking the top 100 U.S. magazines by circulation, providing each title’s position, name, circulation figure, founding year, and publisher information. The material enables quick comparison across major consumer, lifestyle, sports, news, and specialty publications, highlighting relative reach through circulation totals and contextualizing each magazine’s longevity via its founding date and publishing organization.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

FormatPDF

Pages4

Reading Time6 min

AccessFree to download

Rank and Magazine Names

Circulation, Founded, and Publisher

Top 100 U.S. Magazines by Circulation Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Name AARP The Magazine AARP Bulletin The Costco Connection Better Homes And Gardens Reader's Digest National Geographic Good Housekeeping Game Informer Woman's Day Family Circle Ladies' Home Journal People Time Taste of Home Sports Illustrated Cosmopolitan Prevention Southern Living Via Maxim Remedy/Remedy MD AAA Living O, The Oprah Magazine The American Legion Magazine Glamour Circulation[6] 23,721,626 23,574,328 8,196,081 7,644,011 6,112,811 4,493,110 4,427,964 4,364,170 3,919,488 3,849,673 3,831,072 3,553,420 3,312,484 3,257,200 3,212,278 3,046,229 2,927,638 2,841,894 2,740,176 2,549,893 2,517,659 2,460,455 2,415,336 2,346,264 2,320,325 Founded 19581960 1922 1922 18881885 1991 1931 1932 1883 19741923 1993 1954 18861950 1966 1997 2000 1926 1939 Publisher AARPAARP Costco Meredith The Reader's Digest Association National Geographic Society Hearst GameStop Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. (Lagardère) Meredith Meredith Time Inc. (Time Warner) Time Inc. (Time Warner) The Reader's Digest Association Time Inc. (Time Warner) Hearst Rodale Southern Progress Corporation/Time Inc. (Time Warner) American Automobile Association Alpha Media Group MediZine American Automobile Association Hearst American Legion Condé Nast Publications (Advance Publications) 26 Parenting 2,229,253 1987 Bonnier 27 Redbook 2,226,356 1903 Hearst 28 Parents 2,202,324 1926 Meredith 29 FamilyFun 2,117,635 1991 The Walt Disney Company 30 TV Guide 2,093,124 1953 OpenGate Capital 31 ESPN The Magazine 2,073,813 1998 ESPN American Automobile 32 AAA World 2,072,502 Association 33 M~~arth~~Living~~a ~~S~~tewart~~ 2,057,960 1990 ~~ ~~M~~artha~~OmnimSe~~te~~di~~w~~a~~art ~~L~~iving~~ 34 Smithsonian 2,054,696 1970 Smithsonian Institution 35 Seventeen 2,048,781 1944 Hearst 36 Guideposts 2,026,433 1945 Guideposts 37 Real Simple 2,014,781 2000 Time Inc. (Time Warner) 38 Us Weekly 1,952,885 1977 Wenner Media 39 Money 1,928,179 1972 Time Inc. (Time Warner) 40 Men's Health 1,917,411 1987 Rodale Entertainment 41 1,798,643 1990 Time Inc. (Time Warner) Weekly 42 American Rifleman 1,794,633 1887 National Rifle Association Southern Progress 43 Cooking Light 1,783,139 1987 Corporation/Time Inc. (Time Warner) 44 InStyle 1,760,365 1994 Time Inc. (Time Warner) Every Day with The Reader's Digest 45 1,709,636 2005 Rachael Ray Association Condé Nast Publications 46 Golf Digest 1,676,792 1950 (Advance Publications) The Reader's Digest 47 Birds & Blooms 1,655,052 1995 Association 48 Shape 1,650,752 1981 American Media 49 Playboy 1,628,567 1953 Playboy Enterprises 50 Country Living 1,614,398 1978 Hearst Condé Nast Publications 51 Bon Appétit 1,611,930 1956 (Advance Publications) The Newsweek Daily Beast 52 Newsweek 1,610,632 1933 Company 53 Women's Health 1,588,260 2005 Rodale 54 Self 1,519,016 1979 Condé Nast Publications (Advance Publications) 55 Fitness 1,515,065 Meredith 56 Golf Magazine 1,455,190 1960 Time Inc. (Time Warner) 57 Rolling Stone 1,453,158 1967 Wenner Media Food Network 58 1,399,894 2009 Hearst Magazine Southern Progress 59 Health 1,391,627 1981 Corporation/Time Inc. (Time Warner) 60 Woman's World 1,366,748 1981 Bauer 61 VFW Magazine 1,362,177 Veterans of Foreign Wars Hachette Filipacchi Media 62 Car and Driver 1,326,350 1955 U.S. (Lagardère) 63 Weight Watchers 1,313,239 1968 Weight Watchers 64 Popular Science 1,312,175 1872 Bonnier 65 More 1,307,215 1998 Meredith 66 First 1,278,380 1989 Bauer Southern Progress 67 Sunset 1,265,934 1898 Corporation/Time Inc. (Time Warner) 68 Field & Stream 1,260,769 1895 B

FAQs

What information is included for each magazine in the ranking?

Each entry lists the magazine name, its circulation number, the founding year, and the publisher, along with the overall rank.

How is the document organized?

It is organized as a sequential ranking from 1 through 100, pairing each rank with a specific magazine and its metadata.

What does “by circulation” indicate in this document?

The ordering is based on circulation figures, showing which magazines have the highest readership volume according to the provided numbers.

Sep 17, 2026

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