Most people buy magazines on a monthly basis due to magazines typically being published monthly rather than weekly. A survey found that images are the main focus of music magazine covers, followed by color and font, and that having a celebrity on the cover increases the likelihood that students will read the magazine. While 60% of students surveyed read music magazines, 15% said a celebrity would not impact their decision to buy an issue, showing that some consumers focus on content over celebrities.

1. As you can see the highest number of people buy magazine on a monthly basis, this is mostly due to the fact that most magazines bring out a copy monthly, not weekly. As shown in the graph below, I can see that images are the main focus for music magazines, second being colour and third font. 26.67% buy magazines weekly, and 16.67% buying them twice a month. With half of the people asked saying that images are most important it shows that pictures need to be carefully selected before being used.

2. 85% of the students asked have said that having a celebrity on the cover of a magazine will increase what they will read. 60% of the students read music magazines, as appose to 40% not reading any at all. This shows that just over half of the students read music magazines This shows the effect that a celebrity can have on someone buying a cover just due to them being on it. The 15% that said that they don’t think a celebrity will increase readership proves that some people buy magazines for it’s content. I didn’t find these results surprising as not everyone enjoys music, and even more don’t enjoy it enough to read about it.