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Top 48 Fashion magazines in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 48 largest fashion magazines in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Nylon (magazine), W (magazine) and Bustle lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.5M people. Across all 48 entries the average audience size is 105k, and the largest, Nylon (magazine), reaches around 1.8M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each fashion magazine, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 48, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Nylon (magazine) 1.8M 34.5 79.7% Fashion magazine
2 W (magazine) 418k 33.9 60.0% Fashion magazine
3 Bustle 290k 33.8 66.0% Fashion magazine
4 Vogue 254k 33.4 73.3% Fashion magazine
5 Closer (magazine) 245k 36.2 85.7% Fashion magazine
6 Elle (magazine) 208k 33.5 75.3% Fashion magazine
7 I-D 204k 36.2 60.4% Fashion magazine
8 Jolie (magazine) 180k 36.2 69.2% Fashion magazine
9 Out (magazine) 172k 34.8 53.2% Fashion magazine
10 XXL (magazine) 157k 36.8 65.8% Fashion magazine
11 Condé Nast 100k 30.3 59.4% Fashion magazine
12 GQ 85k 33.6 47.3% Fashion magazine
13 Sneaker Freaker 79k 30.8 44.0% Fashion magazine
14 Marie Claire 77k 27.9 74.3% Fashion magazine
15 Harper's Bazaar 73k 32.2 70.6% Fashion magazine
16 Vogue Paris 72k 34.7 72.2% Fashion magazine
17 Shape (magazine) 57k Fashion magazine
18 Glamour (magazine) 54k 33.3 69.6% Fashion magazine
19 Vanity Fair (magazine) 51k 33.1 62.3% Fashion magazine
20 Vogue Italia 49k 38.1 64.1% Fashion magazine
21 Esquire (magazine) 43k 30.9 65.4% Fashion magazine
22 Women's Wear Daily 41k 37.4 74.1% Fashion magazine
23 Dazed & Confused (magazine) 36k 37.6 64.3% Fashion magazine
24 FHM 31k 33.0 58.0% Fashion magazine
25 InStyle 25k 31.5 69.9% Fashion magazine

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 48 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each fashion magazine by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest fashion magazine in Japan?

Nylon (magazine) currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.8M people in Japan.

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