AARP The Magazine is America’s Most Read Magazine, According to MRI-Simmons (2024)

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AARP The Magazine is America’s Most Read Magazine, According to MRI-Simmons? ›

In less than 10 years, AARP The Magazine has moved from America's fourth most-read magazine to No. 1, while increasing readership by 5.1 million. According to the latest MRI data, two-thirds (66%) of AARP The Magazine readers read four out of four issues, a figure that has remained steady in 10+ years of measurement.

AARP The Magazine: 38.3 million (+ 2.7 percent year-over-year)

America's most-read magazine explores and celebrates key 50+ life stages and lifestyles through three demographic editions, curated for readers in their 50s, 60s, or 70+ years.

Our reliable content is the reason why AARP The Magazine (30.6 million readers) and AARP Bulletin (30.4 million readers) are the top two most-read publications out of 133 magazines measured by MRI-Simmons.

The AARP Bulletin is monthly while AARP The Magazine is bi-monthly.

AARP The Magazine

It focuses on topics such as health, finance, travel, and lifestyle. The magazine has a reach of about 38.2 million, making it the largest-circulation magazine in the United States.

AARP Magazine

AARP Magazine — the United States' largest-circulation magazine, with about 35 million readers — helps people 50+ live their most fulfilling lives.

AMAC is a membership organization for people age 50 and over. The group calls itself "the conservative alternative to the AARP." It is one of several organizations to position itself as a conservative rival to the AARP; others include the American Seniors Association and 60 Plus Association.

AARP The Magazine is bi-monthly. We publish 10 total issues of the AARP Bulletin per year on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. So when you will receive your first publication depends on when you joined. You can contact us to request a publication sooner, at no cost, if you'd like!

Key issues we study include Social Security, Medicare, long-term care and caregiving, work and job security, healthy living, technology, and relationships.

Who is the owner of AARP magazine? ›

AARP has no owners as it is a nonprofit organization.

Scientific American has the distinction of being the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States (see website).

AARP The Magazine is bi-monthly and we publish 10 total issues of the AARP Bulletin per year (on a monthly or bi-monthly basis).

An AARP membership gives you a wide variety of carefully chosen discounts, information and services, as well as an advocate for important issues like Medicare and Social Security.

The American Association of Retired Persons officially changes its name to AARP, in recognition of the fact that many members continue to work full or part time.

AARP members can take advantage of discounts for travel, cell phone services, insurance and more. And you don't have to be 50 or older to join AARP. Plus, it's cheap, the first year only costs $12 (with automatic renewal), and you can easily save many times that by using a single discount.

AARP The Magazine is bi-monthly and we publish 10 total issues of the AARP Bulletin per year (on a monthly or bi-monthly basis). The publications are sent out in batches and you can check the delivery status here: I did check the 'delivery status' of each.

People magazine had the largest audience in the United States in the final quarter of 2022, with an average monthly reach of 82.07 million people. Allrecipes ranked second with a reach of 53.11 million, followed by AARP The Magazine with a total audience of just over 52.5 million.

AARP The Magazine was the leading U.S magazine in the first half of 2023, with a paid and non-paid circulation of 22.39 million. In second place was the AARP Bulletin with 22.08 million.

Magazines reached 223.6 million Americans in 2023 (print + digital). Eighty-seven percent of U.S. adults have read a magazine in the last six months.