# Top 100 US magazines by circulation - Some of the largest I've never even heard of **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417 "2010-05-23T00:52:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/21 "2010-05-23T12:11:55Z")
Game Informer comes with the discount card from GameStop (and maybe other computer/video game stores). Anyone who buys more than a few games at those stores gets the magazine because the discount card saves them more money than the magazine costs. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/22 "2010-05-23T12:24:04Z")
If you have anything to do with serious home cooking, you’d automatically know all those culinary-related magazines 😃 Guideposts is – or maybe was – a mainstay in a lot of born-again Christian households. When one of my friends was deeply into it, it was almost required reading for everyone in her congregation. I’ve always wanted to like Real Simple. They have some great recipes and ideas. But the way it’s laid out…maybe it’s me, but it seems they waste an awful lot of paper with the extra-wide margins and how little is on each page… ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/23 "2010-05-23T13:46:14Z")
> [@PatriotGrrrl](#): > > Game Informer comes with the discount card from GameStop (and maybe other computer/video game stores). Anyone who buys more than a few games at those stores gets the magazine because the discount card saves them more money than the magazine costs. While true, it’s also widely considered the best games magazine and has been for some time. It’s as high as it is because it’s tied to a GameStop membership, but it would still sell well regardless. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/24 "2010-05-23T14:05:49Z")
No _Highlights_ or _High Times_. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/25 "2010-05-23T14:07:17Z")
Have never heard of Rachel Ray. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Hey, where’s _Big Black Asses?!_ And _Modern Bride?!_ :mad: > [@Musicat](#): > > Am I the only one who subscribes to _Bodilicious Boobies_? I am reminded of a friend way back in Texas. On his coffee table was not one, but two separate editions of a magazine called _Girls Who Like to Suck Big Cocks_. I recall they cost $25 piece, and $25 back then was a lot more than $25 today! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/26 "2010-05-23T17:53:11Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Reader’s Digest makes excellent toilet reading. In the classic, Sears-Catalog sense. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ionizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5daacb/32.png) [@Ionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ionizer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/27 "2010-05-23T18:17:19Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > So what’s in _your_ dentist’s waiting room? It seems that _Southern Living_ is the staple for most physician offices that I am familiar with. Too many times, I sit waiting for wife in various waiting rooms with piles of nothing but _Southern Living_. Or 5-yr+ old Time magazines! Seems no one wants to ‘borrow’ _those_😉 Now and then, maybe an older _Motor Trend_ or _Road and Track_ (whoopee/shrug) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/28 "2010-05-23T18:25:11Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > In the classic, Sears-Catalog sense. 😉 Maybe for you haha. I have the internet for that. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/29 "2010-05-23T18:34:49Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Taste of home Taste of home is a magazine that’s a mix between awesome and downright bizarre recipes. My mom subscribes to it off and on. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/30 "2010-05-23T18:48:47Z")
Heh, Endless Vacation is sent out by members of RCI the timeshare exchange company. Has a permanent place in the bathroom magazine rack. The only one that we actually subscribe to is Lucky. Mrs Slug needs to keep up with the latest fashion trends. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/31 "2010-05-23T18:59:28Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Maybe for you haha. I have the internet for that. The internet wipes your ass??? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/32 "2010-05-23T19:32:54Z")
The only thing I currently subscribe to is Entertainment Weekly (#45). Which is like the magazine version of Cafe Society - stories on the entertainment INDUSTRY, without any of the gossip that other magazines base themselves around. I will NEVER subscribe to another magazine ever again, after all of the shit that Future Publishing put me through when I agreed to take a free 4 month subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly - which included trying to bill me $80 a year THREE TIMES. I remember I always used to hear that TV Guide had the highest subscription, which was supposed to be making a negative point about how Americans only want to read about TV. If that were true, I’m sure the great drop in subscriptions is due to on-screen programming guides and DVRs. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/33 "2010-05-23T19:48:16Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > The internet wipes your ass??? 😕 Duering the heady days of the tech boom, no internet idea was dismissed. [sub]I pee, oh?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/34 "2010-05-23T19:58:09Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Modern Bride is dead as a doornail, my friend. Has it been replaced by Postmodern Bride? > [@MTCicero](#): > > Whither _Mental Floss_? One of my favorites, but I didn’t expect to see it on the list. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/35 "2010-05-23T22:42:51Z")
Guideposts is published by Norman Vincent Peale’s organization. While being somewhat conservative Christian compared to SDMB standards, it’s TV Evangelist equivalent is Robert Schuller, not exactly deserving of the “fundamentalist” label. Real fund’ists would deride them as being too doctrinally “lite”. I’m between the two camps- I do like more substantial religious doctrine but I also like Peale & Schuller & realize their ministries are not the typical Evangelistic ones. Oh- and before any points it out, I also realize NVP passed away some time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/36 "2010-05-23T23:43:13Z")
I’m surprised I don’t see Parade on the list. Are they not counting it as a “real magazine”? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/37 "2010-05-24T02:12:47Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > So what’s in _your_ dentist’s waiting room? Children’s Illustrated Bible? I just realized I haven’t seen one of those in year. Whither the Children’s Illustrated Bible? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/38 "2010-05-24T02:46:00Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Children’s Illustrated Bible? > > I just realized I haven’t seen one of those in year. Whither the Children’s Illustrated Bible? Was it an entire Bible or the first of a multi-volume set of Bible Stories, perhaps by an Arthur S. Maxwell? If the latter, they’re still around. They are a product of the Seventh-Day Adventists. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/39 "2010-05-24T02:54:19Z")
i’ve never heard of “Prevention”. no tiger beat? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417/40 "2010-05-24T02:57:15Z")
> [@astro](#): > > game informer magazine > > taste of home > > guideposts > > real simple People have covered the others already, so I’ll handle _Real Simple_ - it’s a home and life organization magazine aimed at women, which usually has tips each month on decoration, clothes, cleaning, cooking, and similar topics. It’s like trying for Martha Stewart results but in an easier and faster way. Whoops, missed that **kiz** covered it some - since the magazine is “square bound” and not stapled in the middle, I used to tear out every page that had ads on both sides, without fear of losing any wanted pages. You’d be surprised how much that cut down the thickness of the magazine! **pancakes3** : _Prevention_ is a small-sized (around Reader’s Digest size or smaller) health magazine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-us-magazines-by-circulation-some-of-the-largest-ive-never-even-heard-of/540417.md?page=3)