What are the most-read magazines in France in 2018?

Published : 06/21/2019 10:23:46 Updated : 09/04/2019 11:03:19 Rankings, numbers and statistics !

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What are the most-read magazines in France in 2018?

What are the leading press magazines in France?

Rank	Title	Category	Paid circulation France
1st	TV Magazine	TV Programs	4 277 829
2nd	Version Femina	Women	2 395 510
3rd	Télé 7 Jours	TV Programs	1 020 337
4th	Dossier Familial	Family	955 518
5th	Télé Z	TV Programs	947 077
6th	Famille et Éducation	Family	921 124
7th	Télé Star	TV Programs	731 842
8th	Notre Temps	Senior	728 853
9th	Télé 2 Semaines	TV Programs	711 290
10th	TV Grandes Chaînes	TV Programs	701 374
11th	Télé Loisirs	TV Programs	636 085
12th	Pleine Vie	Senior	609 001
13th	Femme Actuelle	Women	537 881
14th	Paris Match	Gossip	519 082
15th	Télérama	TV Programs	496 994
16th	Télécable Sat Hebdo	TV Programs	484 956
17th	Madame Figaro	Women	382 996
18th	Avantages	Women	377 690
19th	Le Figaro Magazine	Society	370 439
20th	Télé Poche	TV Programs	360 730

We can observe a major presence of TV programs magazines (50%) in this ranking such as TV Magazine and Télé 7 jours.

Nonetheless, this category is not the most represented within the top 100 magazines in France:

What are the most represented magazine’s categories in France in 2018?

Rank	Catégorie	Number of titles within the top 100	Top Magazine
1st	Society	14	Le Figaro Magazine
2^nd	Women	13	Version Femina
3rd	TV Programs	12	TV Magazine
4th	Decoration/Home	11	Maison Créative
5th	Cooking	8	Régal
6th	Gossip	7	Paris Match
7th	Science	6	Sciences & Avenir
8th	Health	5	Santé Magazine
8th	Family	5	Dossier Familial
8th	Senior	5	Notre Temps

Among these, there is an outstanding successful health magazine Dr.Good, launched by Michel Cymes in December 2018, which already has an average of 201 000 sold copies in 6 months, ranking it 51^st.

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