Fact sheet of magazine in the U.S.

By: Ashley Carroll

Editor: Becky Atkinson

Four out of five adults in the United States read at least one magazine.

Revenue for advertisement spending was down 20.2 percent from 2008

Circulation was only down 0.4 percent from previous year.

Magazines profit from subscriptions and ad revenue.

15, 204 magazines in the United States have websites

The top magazine topics: metropolitan/regional/state, sports, crafts/games/hobbies/models, automotive, and home/home service.

In 2008, there were almost 325 million magazine subscriptions. Almost 44 million magazines sold were single copy sales.

The total number of magazines in circulation jump by almost 1,000 from the previous year.