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Website Analysis
Magazine website analysis 1: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/ This website is for British GQ magazine and overall, it is stylised and presented as a website targeted towards a male adult audience. At the top of the website under the company name is a banner that covers different sections of style and lifestyle. When looking closer at these categories we can see that one of them is entitled ‘grooming’ and this word appeals to a more masculine audience as opposed to the category being called beauty which it most likely would have done if it was on a website for a female fashion magazine. We can also observe a category called ‘watches’ and this is implying that watches are a fashion product associated with males, and this reinforces gender stereotypes as watches are often associated with the working man and the breadwinner of a household. We can see another category called fitness and this implies that the magazine is trying to attract an audience who care about their health and hav...
Industry Data
Industry Data: The magazine industry is set to reach $149.65 billion worldwide in 2025 and this demonstrates how much of a global popularity it is. More specifically in the UK, the magazine industry was worth £647 million in 2023 and despite this large sum, it had fell 6.5% from 2022 due to a general decline in print sales for magazines as well as newspapers. There are currently 2225 businesses and ~28,800 employees in the UK magazine publishing industry and this demonstrates how jobs are still available and the job market for magazine publishing is not closed. According to YouGov UK, the most popular magazine in the UK is National Geographic and this could suggest that the audience in this location like escapism which is a theme heavily present in this magazine. When looking at style, the most popular style magazine in the UK is Good Housekeeping which contains lots of information about female fashion and lifestyles. When looking closer at style magazine GQ launched in 1931 un...