Thursday, June 26, 2014

Philadelphia Trumpet Circulation is Stagnant

In ten years, from November 2003 to July 2014, PCG's Philadelphia Trumpet magazine has only increased its circulation by less then 3%.

In November 2003 they had a circulation of 313,400, and now in their latest issue (July 2014) it is 322,017.

However, this does not tell the full story as the magazine, for whatever reason, had a large increase in circulation in late 2007-early 2008 (May 2007-February 2008), reaching a peak of 458,700 (November-December 2007). But shortly after this the circulation figures collapsed well below the 300,000 range, only recovering to 300,000 with the January 2011 issue. What happened there? Did the construction of Armstrong Auditorium, costing about $25 million, have anything to do with that?

Also the circulation figures for this first half of 2014 are slightly less then the first half of 2013.

So often HWA liked to boast that growth in membership and magazine circulation and radio exposure were fruits that proved God was working through him. Where are such fruits with Gerald Flurry's PCG?

Here are the available figures.

1998

March 70,000

May 44,800

June 72,900

July 86,400

August 90,000

September 95,000

November 87,500

December 89,000

1999

January 98,250

February 102,750

March 105,300

May 116,500

June 135,000

July 178,000

At present it is not possible for me to know the circulation figures after this issue until the November 2003 issue. (August 1999-September-October 2003).

In the December 1999 issue Gerald Flurry boasts that the magazine had doubled its circulation in the last twelve months. This seems believable and to correlate with the figures presented here.

We continue from the November 2003 issue.

2003

November 313,400

December 317,000

2004

January 341,305

February 341,735

March 344,530

May 347,750

June 345,290

July 340,740

August 338,665

September 335,000

November 340,340

December 325,835

2005

January 325,595

February 318,844

March-April 315,435

May 306,400

June 315,435

July 315,970

August 317,235

September 319,760

November 314,810

December 325,985

2006

January 323,900

February 322,200

March 326,702

April 345,000

May 325,000

June-July 332,000

August 326,000

September 330,000

October 314,000

November-December 288,000

2007

January 290,100

February 288,000

March 295,000

April 295,000

May 331,000

June 351,000

July 417,000

August-September 428,500

October 444,100

November-December 458,700

2008

January 408,995

February 373,500

March 294,000

April 266,301

May 283,450

June-July 252,948

August 275,180

September 269,180

October 274,076

November-December 278,480

2009

January 282,480

February 280,844

March 289,844

April 255,455

May-June 257,944

July 255,280

August 252,067

September 255,067

October 257,978

November-December 259,767

2010

January 266,767

February 255,767

March 256,767

April 265,285

May-June 269,615

July 258,707

August 269,641

September 284,235

October-November 289,332

December 295,382

2011

January 300,380

February 304,147

March 307,097

April 315,064

May-June 322,410

July 335,444

August 327,731

September 330,232

October 332,530

November-December 326,176

2012

January 330,067

February 333,067

March 333,067

April 334,044

May-June 338,939

July 342,452

August 340,298

September 340,813

October-November 340,813

December 341,259

2013

January 333,214

February 331,273

March 331,130

April 329,122

May-June 332,997

July 335,797

August 332,849

September-October 330,936

November 331, 830

December 328,019

2014

January 325,014

February 323,585

March 323,583

April 320,572

May-June 319,107

July 322,017

3 comments:

  1. You are doing an amazing fantastic job -- the attention to detail and fact gathering is impressive.

    Not all is lost: Although I'm not going to do it personally, I think as many people that can should get their own free subscription copy of the magazine and then toss it into the recycle when it comes: It will cost them a fortune.

    Also, google them and click on their ads as often as possible. Let's bankrupt them slowly with one click at a time....

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  2. I believe Flurry's rag will become a necessity to those families who may have a problem paying their heating bill this coming winter. With enough booklets and magazines coming in over 12 months, one may be able to cut their heating bill by 15% or so.

    Instructions:
    http://www.instructables.com/id/Turn-newspapers-amp-junk-mail-back-into-logs/

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  3. It's hilarious to use booklets and magazines for heating, but beware: Traditionally, the paper has a very high clay content to make the publications glossy, so be prepared for a lot of ash in the stove and fireplace.

    But still, it's nice that you can make PCG materials ash.

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