The data displays a ranking of news and current affairs magazines in the UK in the second half of 2016 based on their total combined circulation figures, i.e. including both print and digital edition sales. Private Eye magazine ranked first with roughly 250.2 thousand copies in circulation, followed by the UK edition of The Economist and The Week, with approx. 235.7 thousand and 206.3 thousand copies sold respectively. Despite the UK national newspaper industry witnessing a general decline, news and current affairs magazines performed strongly in the half-year circulation period following the UK Brexit vote and the election of President Trump in the U.
