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Market Overview: Just how big is the UK magazine media market?

Market Overview: Just how big is the UK magazine media market?

Our Market Overview is a run down of the latest PAMCo, AA/WARC and Nielsen data demonsrating the make up of ther magaine industry.  

Key takeaways:

  • Magazines are projected to have accounted for £534.5 million of ad spend in 2023
     
  • Top magazine advertisers include Apple, VictoriaPlum, Johnson & Johnson, Chanel and Sainsbury’s
     
  • Magazine media reaches 72% of adults in the UK each month
     
  • Almost two thirds of UK adults (58%) read magazines through a digital medium each month
     
  • According to PAMCo data 72% of readers think that reading magazines is time well spent and 91% trust what they read*.

last updated September 2023

*Re-based to exclude those who said neither trust nor distrust