Dragon Magazine Circulation?

[Thondor]

I'm trying to compile some subscription + circulation numbers for Dragon and Dungeon magazine. So far, with a search of pazio website I turned up the following:

dragon
Year Year Subscribers Paid Circulation
1977...............1164

1982.............19029...................60387

1984 (high)......36974................118000
1985.......................................107200
1992...............23685

1999...............13224.................31056

2004...............18851
2005........................................62725
Dungeon
Jan-07......................................32391



Anyone have any additional numbers that I can add? Apparently they publish them once a year. I actually haven't found them in any of the limited number of issues I have.

 

[Delta]

Somewhere in the last year we had a thread where people compiled numbers for all the years. There was some little skeptocism that the numbers weren't inflated in some years.

 

[Anson Caralya]

If you have the CD archive of issues 1-250 you might be able to find annual statements there...

 

[Lalato]

If you have the CD archive of issues 1-250 you might be able to find annual statements there...

Yeah, every year magazines print a pub statement that includes their circulation. They include it in an issue of the magazine. If you can figure out which month they usually print it, you just need to find those issues and you'll have all the info you need.

--sam

 

[Thondor]

Thanks Delta. I manage to dig up that old thread.

All collected below. Keep in mind that Erik Mona tells us that circulation under TSR is likely quite inflated. The data is mostly thanks to Erik Mona and MerricB

Dragon
....................Subscriptions....Paid Circulation
Sept 1977 (#12) ...1164.............7381
Sept 1978 (#22) ...1144.............7859
Oct 1979 (#33) ...1951............10885
Oct 1980 (#44) ...4558............20155
Sept 1981 (#55) .11531............48119
Sept 1982 (#67) .19029............60387

Sept 1984 (#91) .36974.........118021
Sept 1985 (#104).36200........107200
Sept 1986 (#115).29589..........88758
Sept 1987 (#127).25003..........73008

Sept 1989 (#151).26800..........99628
Oct 1990 (#163)...27912.........91956

Sept 1992 (#188)..23685........89985
Oct 1993 (#200)...21116........77534
Sept 1994 (#212)..20105.......74753

Oct 1996 (#236)...14357........54812
Oct 1997 (#242)...12435........44163

Oct 1999 (#266)...13224........31536
Oct 2000 (#278)...................38214
Oct 2001 (#290)...................49627
Oct 2002 (#302)...................51831
Oct 2003 (#314)...................68585
Oct 2004 (#327)...................62725
2005 (#339) Jan 06..14762.....54637
2006 (#351) Jan 07..13438.....46250

Dungeon
............................Paid Circulation
Oct 2000 (#84) ..........23672
Oct 2001 (#90) ..........24663
Sep 2002 (#96) ..........36572
Dec 2003 (#107) .........48238
Oct 2004 (#118) .........37141
2005 (#130) (jan 2006 issue) 32195
Oct 2006 (#142) .........31408
January 2007 ...........32391

 

[Delta]

Good find, interesting stuff!