Readership At UK Music Magazines Tumbles

Circulation reporting firm ABC had some grim news for UK music magazines: readers are getting their music news elsewhere. Q lost 18,000 readers over the last 6 months, Uncut  is down 4,000, NME lost 8000 or a drop of 1/8th and and Kerrang! is down 20% or 17,000 readers. Free music magazine The Fly produced by the Barfly chain was up 2000+.

January – June 2008 Circulation (prior 6 months)

• Classic Rock 66,632 (67,399)
• Kerrang! 60,294 (76,937)
• Metal Hammer 48,540 (45,809)
• Mixmag 34,073 (35,817)
• Mojo 106,367 (106,218 )
• NME 56,284 (64,033)
• Q 113,174 (131,330)
• Rock Sound 22,527 (23,021)
• Terrorizer no figures (14,952)
• The Fly 105,212 (103,051)
• Uncut 86,925 (91,028 )
• Word 33,775 (33,217)