Just a few months in the past, The Spectator turned the fastest-growing present affairs journal not simply in Britain however in Europe. Journal t
Just a few months in the past, The Spectator turned the fastest-growing present affairs journal not simply in Britain however in Europe. Journal trade figures are out right this moment and we’re delighted to announce that within the second half of final yr, every subject of The Spectator bought 83,020 copies, up 8.9 per cent on the yr. That is a mean for the six months: the determine now’s considerably increased. In April, we’ll turn into the primary journal within the historical past of publishing to print a 10,000th subject: we’ll accomplish that with gross sales at an all-time excessive.
What’s driving our success? We’ve the most effective writers – Rod Liddle, Matthew Parris and Charles Moore, to call only a few – and allow them to write what they need. We’ve the most effective (and most stunning) books and arts pages. On the spot evaluation from James Forsyth, Katy Balls and Isabel Hardman – the best-informed journalists in Westminster. And our rising readership lets us spend money on giving subscribers extra of The Spectator, together with:
- Podcasts. We’ve over 1.four million month-to-month listens for our rising steady of podcasts, together with the each day Coffee House Shots, the place James Forsyth, Katy Balls and visitors analyse the newest developments in Westminster and past (here’s the latest, on why Sajid Javid give up the federal government right this moment); Americano, the place Spectator USA editor Freddy Grey and visitors make sense of US political insanity; and Sam Leith’s Book Club, with interviews and discussions on the newest releases on the planet of publishing, from poetry to physics.
- Emails, together with Isabel Hardman’s Evening Blend – Westminster’s most-read politics electronic mail, delivering the most effective Spectator writers straight to your inbox. With 90,000 subscribers and a 40 per cent open fee, Night Mix is Britain’s no. 1 politics electronic mail.
- Occasions, persevering with the dialogue off the web page. This yr we’ll be analysing Rishi Sunak’s Finances hours after it’s delivered, wanting on the monarchy within the 21st century, spending a night with Prue Leith and embracing the irrational with Rory Sutherland.
And there’s extra to come back: quickly, we’ll be beginning a brand new digital period for The Spectator with the launch our all-new, quicker, easier-to-read web site, which you’ll preview here.
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PS: Our gross sales figures are simply that: folks shopping for copies of The Spectator. They don’t embrace bulks, frees, double-counting or different nasties. A full breakdown of our figures will be discovered here.