Research into the music magazine market

Genres of mainstream Magazines in the UK:
.Dance music Magazines
. Alternative music magazines
.Rap/hip hop magazines
.pop magazines
.ect

A list of the biggest music magazines and their genre and audience:

Magazine title                     Genres                        Target audience

Artrocker                         modern                         18-30
Big cheese                       rock/punk                      14-18
Black Velvet                   rock/punk                       16+
Clash                             modern pop                     16+
DJ Mag                         Dance/Electronica            18-25
The fly                          Alternative                        16-25
Kerrang!                      Pop punk                          14-20
K Mag                        electronica/Dubstep           16-25
Metal Hammer            Heavy Metal                      16+
MixMag                     Dance/House                      18-25
Mojo                         Classic Rock                       30+
NME                         Indie                                   18+
Q                              Mainstream Indie                 16-30
Rock-A-Rolla           rock metal/Experimental       18-30
Stool pigeon             Indie                                     20+
Terrorizer                Metal                                    35+
Top of the Pops      pop/chart music                     12-16
Uncut                     Rock/Indie                             25-35

Magazines under Media Publishers:

IPC:  NME, Uncut
Bauer: Kerrang!, Mojo, Q
Future publishing: Metal Hammer, Classic Rock , Rhythm

Magazine Circulation Figures:

The Fly(free)- 108,827:  8.4%
Mojo- 85,149:  -2.4%
Propaganda(free)-  76,339:  68.8%
Q- 64,596:  -19.7%
Uncut- 63,003:  -4.5%
The stool pigeon- 54,588:  N/A
Kerrang!- 40,203:  -6.6%
NME- 23,924:  17.6%