Editing Weekly Shōnen Jump (section)

{{Short description|Japanese manga magazine}}
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{{Infobox magazine
|title = Weekly Shōnen Jump
|logo = Weekly Shonen Jump logo.svg
|image_file = Jump-Cover-1.jpg
|image_caption = Cover of the first issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', released in 1968
|editor = Yū Saitō<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-26/hiroyuki-nakano-steps-down-as-weekly-shonen-jump-editor-in-chief/.212426|title=Hiroyuki Nakano Steps Down as Weekly Shonen Jump Editor-in-Chief  |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |date=June 26, 2024|access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref>
|editor_title = Editor-in-Chief
|previous_editor = Tadashi Nagano<br />[[Kazuhiko Torishima]]<br />Hisashi Sasaki
|category = [[Shōnen manga|''Shōnen'' manga]]<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Manga: The Complete Guide]] |last=Thompson |first=Jason |author-link=Jason Thompson (writer) |publisher=[[Del Rey Books]] |isbn=978-0-345-48590-8 |year=2007 |page=xxiii-xxiv}}</ref><ref name="Boy's">{{cite web |url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=34|title=Boy's Manga |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association |date=September 2016 |language=ja |access-date=November 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103235410/http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=34|archive-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref>
|frequency = Biweekly (1968–1969)<br />Weekly (1969–present)
|circulation = 1,075,000<br />(October–December 2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.j-magazine.or.jp/user/printed2/mag/252|title=週刊少年ジャンプ (第67回：2024年10月～2024年12月)|work=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=March 31, 2025}}</ref>
|company = [[Shueisha]]
|firstdate = {{start date and age|1968|8|1}}
|finaldate =
|country = Japan
| based = Tokyo
|language = Japanese
|website = {{official website}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Weekly Shōnen Jump'''''|週刊少年ジャンプ|Shūkan Shōnen Janpu|stylized in English as ''WEEKLY JUMP''|lead=yes}} is a weekly [[Shōnen manga|''shōnen'' manga]] anthology published in Japan by [[Shueisha]] under the ''[[Jump (magazine line)|Jump]]'' line of magazines. The [[manga]] series within the magazine consist of many [[Action (fiction)|action]] scenes and a fair amount of [[comedy]]. Chapters of the series that run in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' are collected and published in {{Lang|ja-latn|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes under the ''Jump Comics'' [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] every two to three months. It is one of the longest-running manga magazines, with the first issue being released with a cover date of August 1, 1968.

The magazine has sold over [[#Circulation figures|7.5{{nbsp}}billion]] copies since 1968, making it the [[List of best-selling comic series|best-selling comic]]/[[List of Japanese manga magazines by circulation|manga magazine]], ahead of competitors such as ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]'' and ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]''. The mid-1980s to the mid-1990s represents the era when the magazine's circulation was at its highest, 6.53{{nbsp}}million copies per week, with a total readership of {{nowrap|18 million}} people in Japan. Throughout 2021, it had an average circulation of over {{nowrap|1.3 million}} copies per week. Many of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series]]—including ''[[One Piece]]'', ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', ''[[Naruto]]'', ''[[Slam Dunk (manga)|Slam Dunk]]'', ''[[KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops]]'', and ''[[Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba]]''—originate from ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.

''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' has sister magazines such as ''[[Jump SQ]]'', [[V Jump]], ''[[Saikyō Jump]]'', and digital counterpart ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'' which boasts its own exclusive titles. The magazine has also had several international counterparts, including the North American ''[[Weekly Shonen Jump (American magazine)|Weekly Shonen Jump]]''. It also spawned a crossover [[media franchise]] including [[anime]] and [[Template:Jump crossover video games|video games]] (since ''[[Famicom Jump]]'') which bring together various ''Shōnen Jump'' characters.