Mag Talk Magazine Sales

[Negative Syndicate]

Does anyone know which shoujo manga magazine is highest seller? I just want to know.

 

[Kaiten]

I believe Ciao is the most popular shojo. They haven't released there circulation in years but last time they did it was similar to Young Jump and Young Magazine.

 

[Negative Syndicate]

Re: Weekly Oricon Comic Rankings

I'm just wondering, does anyone know which publisher currently has highest manga sales? I think it is Shueisha.

 

[sir_arles]

Re: Weekly Oricon Comic Rankings

I'm just wondering, does anyone know which publisher currently has highest manga sales? I think it is Shueisha.

Shueisha BY FAR.

2009 RANKINGS:
MANGA MAGAZINES - JAPAN:

SHOUNEN / BOYS

SHOUJO / GIRLS

SEINEN / MEN

JOSEI / WOMEN

TOP SALES MANGA - JAPAN:

TOP TEN

 

[Negative Syndicate]

Re: Weekly Oricon Comic Rankings

1st place for Shoujo category is wrong, first place is actually Ciao.

 

[Kaiten]

Ciao does not release circulation numbers so it's not on the list. It is number 1.

Shueisha has the highest circulation magazine because they are the largest magazine publisher in Japan. Not just manga anthologies. Kodansha and Shogakukan are the two largest publishers over all. Shueisha has never challenged either.

 

[butterflysky]

Hakusensha's shoujo magazines' sales numbers has dropped even lower for 2009? I really enjoy series from their magazines. But Young Animal has Chika Umino's 3-gatsu no Lion, BetsuHana has Glass Mask, Patalliro! and the sequel of Please Save My Earth. Just naming a few here ^^ LaLa has Natsume Yujinchou, Vampire Knight, Ouran High School Host Club, Kaichou wa Maid-sama!. Melody has many series from Natsumi Itsuki and Minako Narita (formerly active in LaLa) that I really love.

Do you think Hakusensha is still going okay because of its international licenses of popular series?

 

[Kaiten]

Magazine sales - fourth quarter 2009. Thanks to Heiji:

Same trend for the last ten years, almost everything declines. Surprisingly Shonen Ace seems to be returning to prominence. The only magazine that looks like it is headed to cancellation is Shonen Sunday Super.

 

[Negative Syndicate]

I found a magazine circulation from October to December on 2010:

Kodansha:
Monthly Shonen Magazine = 825,000
Weekly Shonen Magazine = 1,551,819
Magazine Special = 69,334
Monthly Shonen Sirius = 13,000
Monthly Shonen Rival = 69,750
Afternoon = 100,000
Evening = 142,500
Morning = 333,300
Morning 2 = 33,667
Young Magazine = 762,455
Nakayoshi = 228,334
Bessatsu Friend = 85,000
Kiss = 114,334
The Dessert = 100,000
Dessert = 76,000
Be Love = 143,334
Betsufre 2010 = 65,000
Aria = 25,000

Shueisha:
Ultra Jump = 64,000
Weekly Shonen Jump = 2,935,000
Jump Square = 360,000
Weekly Young Jump = 738,334
Super Jump = 246,667
Business Jump = 270,000
The Margaret = 121,667
Bessatsu Margaret = 260,000
Margaret = 88,000
Ribon = 217,500
Office You = 98,000
Cookie = 105,000
Chorus = 121,667
You = 147,858

Shogakukan:
Corocoro Comic = 950,000
Sunday GX = 25,000
Weekly Shonen Sunday = 624,546
Shonen Sunday Super = 17,000
Bessatsu Corocoro Comics Special = 187,500
Ikki = 11,000
Big Comic = 441,834
Big Comic Original = 699,500
Big Comic Spirits = 251,667
Big Comic Superior = 197,500
Shojo Comic = 164,167
Cheese! = 93,000
Ciao = 680,000
Betsucomi = 84,667
Buchi Comic = 105,000
Flowers = 33,000

Shodensha:
Feel Young = 33,734

Hakuensha:
Young Animal = 164,000
Young Animal Arashi = 142,667
Hana to Yume = 195,334
Bessatsu Hana to Yume = 64,000
Lala = 161,500
Lala DX = 72,250
Silky = 52,550
Melody = 49,550

Kadokawa Group Publishing:
Shonen Ace = 68,334
Dragon Age = 30,034
Gundam Ace = 139,000
Asuka = 34,667
Ciel = 32,000

Leed-sha:
Comic Ran = 202,774
Comic Ran Twins = 136,437
Comic Ran Twins Sengoku Bushou Retsuden = 82,230

 

[Negative Syndicate]

I found a magazine circulation from January to March on 2011:

Kodansha:
Monthly Shonen Magazine = 798,334
Weekly Shonen Magazine = 1,529,693
Magazine Special = 67,334
Monthly Shonen Sirius = 12,000
Monthly Shonen Rival = 64,000
Afternoon = 98,000
Evening = 138,584
Morning = 329,385
Morning 2 = 31,000
Young Magazine = 739,584
Nakayoshi = 200,000
Bessatsu Friend = 83,000
Kiss = 108,334
The Dessert = 95,000
Dessert = 73,667
Be Love = 140,800
Betsufre 2010 = 65,000
Aria = 18,334

Shueisha:
Ultra Jump = 61,334
Weekly Shonen Jump = 2,964,546
Jump Square = 360,000
Weekly Young Jump = 723,084
Super Jump = 236,667
Business Jump = 266,000
The Margaret = 120,000
Bessatsu Margaret = 260,000
Margaret = 89,400
Ribon = 215,000
Office You = 96,667
Cookie = 98,500
Chorus = 115,000
You = 145,000

Shogakukan:
Corocoro Comic = 893,334
Sunday GX = 23,000
Weekly Shonen Sunday = 630,770
Shonen Sunday Super = 16,667
Bessatsu Corocoro Comics Special = 160,000
Gessan = 48,667
Ikki = 11,000
Big Comic = 436,334
Big Comic Original = 687,500
Big Comic Spirits = 248,250
Big Comic Superior = 190,000
Shojo Comic = 174,000
Cheese! = 92,000
Ciao = 680,000
Betsucomi = 82,000
Puchi Comic = 105,000
Flowers = 33,000

Shodensha:
Feel Young = 33,900

Hakuensha:
Young Animal = 154,000
Young Animal Arashi = 144,667
Hana to Yume = 191,334
Bessatsu Hana to Yume = 66,667
Lala = 160,334
Lala DX = 70,000
Silky = 51,000
Melody = 50,000

Kadokawa Group Publishing:
Shonen Ace = 68,334
Dragon Age = 31,350
Gundam Ace = 132,000
Asuka = 31,667
Ciel = 33,500

Leed-sha:
Comic Ran = 203,177
Comic Ran Twins = 135,834
Comic Ran Twins Sengoku Bushou Retsuden = 87,000

 

[tarouch]

I think that sales will decline much saw what happened in Japan

 

[Asarii]

I think that sales will decline much saw what happened in Japan

I agree. It's not only because the readers aren't buying them, the publishing company probably published less issues than usual. There was issue with the power outages and transportation as well.

 

[Kaiten]

The format seems to be dying. Has been for years, the publishers don't seem willing to accept it though. This is a twenty year trend, not anything new. All the same it is sad to see a magazine as great as Afternoon dip below 100,000. Very, very sad.

 

[Negative Syndicate]

I found a magazine circulation from April to June on 2011:

Kodansha:
Monthly Shonen Magazine = 768,334
Weekly Shonen Magazine = 1,491,500
Magazine Special = 64,000
Monthly Shonen Sirius = 12,000
Monthly Shonen Rival = 58,667
Afternoon = 95,000
Evening = 131,667
Morning = 317,084
Morning 2 = 27,000
Young Magazine = 707,834
Nakayoshi = 188,334
Bessatsu Friend = 80,000
Kiss = 99,334
The Dessert = 87,500
Dessert = 69,667
Be Love = 134,000
Aria = 12,000

Shueisha:
Ultra Jump = 75,000
Weekly Shonen Jump = 2,825,000
Jump Square = 332,000
Weekly Young Jump = 675,637
Super Jump = 201,667
Business Jump = 238,500
The Margaret = 108,000
Bessatsu Margaret = 225,000
Margaret = 76,500
Ribon = 198,000
Office You = 86,400
Cookie = 85,500
Chorus = 105,000
You = 127,800

Shogakukan:
Corocoro Comic = 763,334
Sunday GX = 22,000
Weekly Shonen Sunday = 605,000
Shonen Sunday Super = 15,000
Bessatsu Corocoro Comics Special = 155,000
Gessan = 46,334
Ikki = 11,000
Big Comic = 431,500
Big Comic Original = 673,000
Big Comic Spirits = 244,000
Big Comic Superior = 180,834
Shojo Comic = 163,000
Cheese! = 88,667
Ciao = 606,667
Betsucomi = 78,667
Puchi Comic = 101,334
Flowers = 32,667

Shodensha:
Feel Young = 32,267

Hakuensha:
Young Animal = 160,417
Young Animal Arashi = 139,100
Hana to Yume = 185,034
Bessatsu Hana to Yume = 59,934
Lala = 158,500
Lala DX = 71,200
Silky = 51,000
Melody = 49,600

Kadokawa Group Publishing:
Shonen Ace = 64,000
Dragon Age = 32,367
Gundam Ace = 131,667
Asuka = 29,667
Ciel = 35,000

Leed-sha:
Comic Ran = 203,410
Comic Ran Twins = 127,167
Comic Ran Twins Sengoku Bushou Retsuden = 81,615

 

[kewl0210]

Nice to see Ultra Jump's circulation is going up.
I heard when Jojolion started they had to do a re-printing of that UJ issue because they all sold out.

 

[raikou]

Ikki's circulation is only 11,000? are seinen magazine don't have to rely on magazine sales? How can that survives? And also looking at the circulations, the one who have the best selling shonen and seinen are Shueisha and Kodansha. Shogakukan's really losing it.

 

[Goral]

And where's Comic Beam where my favorite manga of all time (Desert Punk) is being published?

 

[calimike]

Super Jump = 201,667
Business Jump = 238,500

Super Jump and Business Jump merged into single semi-monthly magazine called Grand Jump start in November. Super Jump #21-22 and Business Jump #21-22 will last issues on sale on October 5th (BJ) and October 12th (SJ), according to sitomi_r4 at ustream.tv chat. Please anyone can confirm? Also she mention Jump Kai start in Spring 2012.

 

[Silverblade]

Going by these numbers, Monthly Shonen Magazine is the fourth largest shonen anthology?

 

[Kaiten]

Monthly Shounen Magazine should be number three, behind Weekly Jump and Weekly Magazine only (unless I am missing something). Sunday is number four, Corocoro is a kids magazine, not shounen.