Circulation at leading US magazines for first half

— Average total circulation at leading U.S. consumer magazines for the first half of 2009, among magazines that reported totals to the Audit Bureau of Circulations:

1. AARP the Magazine — 24,554,819 (up 2.77 percent)

2. AARP Bulletin — 24,305,715 (up 0.24 percent)

3. Reader's Digest — 8,158,652 (down 3.4 percent)

4. Better Homes and Gardens — 7,634,197 (down 0.22 percent)

5. National Geographic — 4,708,307 (down 6.97 percent)

6. Good Housekeeping — 4,630,397 (down 0.82 percent)

7. Woman's Day — 3,933,990 (up 1.48 percent)

8. Family Circle — 3,932,510 (up 0.93 percent)

9. Ladies' Home Journal — 3,842,791 (down 0.04 percent)

10. AAA Westways — 3,831,215 (up 0.28 percent)

11. People — 3,615,858 (down 4.93 percent)

12. Game Informer — 3,601,201 (up 2.92 percent)

13. Time — 3,372,240 (down 0.5 percent)

14. Prevention — 3,312,624 (down 0.55 percent)

15. Taste of Home — 3,302,601 (up 3.27 percent)

16. Sports Illustrated — 3,252,298 (down 0.27 percent)

17. TV Guide — 2,934,969 (down 10.36 percent)

18. Cosmopolitan — 2,907,436 (down 1.04 percent)

19. Southern Living — 2,840,241 (up 1.35 percent)

20. AAA VIA — 2,783,833 (down 1.44 percent)

21. Newsweek — 2,646,613 (down 3.32 percent)

22. Maxim — 2,537,130 (up 0.05 percent)

23. AAA Going Places — 2,521,974 (down 0.99 percent)

24. AAA Living — 2,458,902 (up 0.56 percent)

25. Playboy — 2,453,266 (down 9.16 percent)