March 16, 2016 Consumer Magazines
Time Out Dubai is the Gulf's biggest selling English magazine while Emirates inflight magazine Open Skies has the highest circulation, according to the latest figures released today by circulation auditor BPA Worldwide.
Time Out Dubai, published weekly by ITP Publishing Group, sold an average 34,261 copies per issue from July to December 2015, with 6,386 copies of its 40,647 average circulation given away free.
Motivate Publishing’s rival monthly entertainment guide What's On is the second biggest seller, with its 37,426 average circulation comprising 19,823 paid and 17,603 free copies.
The English edition of Arabian Business is the region’s biggest selling business magazine with 11,042 of its total weekly circulation of 24,560 paid for, while 5,536 copies of Gulf Business’s 23,423 monthly circulation were paid.
The two magazines with the highest circulations are both distributed free of charge. The English edition of Emirates inflight magazine Open Skies distributes 114,149 copies per month, followed by the English edition of Abu Dhabi Week with 81,800 free copies per week.
Note: Only titles whose circulations are independently audited by BPA Worldwide are included.