Editing Soap Opera Digest (section)

==Circulation==
''Soap Opera Digest''{{'s}} circulation has declined over the years, reflecting both a decline in soap opera viewership and a decline in magazine circulations in general. A 40 percent decline in 2003 was due to eliminating reduced-rate subscriptions.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fine |first=Jon |url=http://adage.com/article/news/primedia-soap-mags-slice-rate-bases-03/50604/ |title=Primedia soap mags slice rate bases for '03 &#124; News - Advertising Age |date=2002-12-30 |access-date=2011-08-09 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215139/http://adage.com/article/news/primedia-soap-mags-slice-rate-bases-03/50604/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This is a list of ''Soap Opera Digest''{{'s}} average circulation per issue, per year.
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* 1988: 1.1 million<ref name=circ1988>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/24/business/the-media-business-soap-opera-magazines-fight-for-fans-hearts-and-dollars.html |title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Soap Opera Magazines Fight For Fans' Hearts and Dollars |work=[[The New York Times]]|via=Nytimes.com |date=1988-10-24 |access-date=2011-08-09}}</ref>
* 1998: 1,101,146<ref name=circ1999>{{cite web |url=http://www.magazine.org/CONSUMER_MARKETING/CIRC_TRENDS/1354.aspx |title=Magazine Publishers of America - The Definitive Resource for the Magazine Industry |website=Magazine.org |access-date=2011-08-09 |archive-date=March 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321193114/http://www.magazine.org/CONSUMER_MARKETING/CIRC_TRENDS/1354.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1999: 1,102,940<ref name=circ1999/>
* 2000: 1,110,527<ref name=circ2001>{{cite web |url=http://www.magazine.org/ASSETS/EA0D9C68C7D848F49059AF6AB6299D3E/ALLABC2001.xls |title=Fact Sheet: Average Circulation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609184721/http://www.magazine.org/ASSETS/EA0D9C68C7D848F49059AF6AB6299D3E/ALLABC2001.xls |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |date=2001|publisher=Magazine Publishers of America |type=Excel spreadsheet}}</ref>
* 2001: 1,025,869<ref name=circ2001/>
* 2002: 987,525<ref name=circ2003>{{cite web|url=http://www.magazine.org/ASSETS/D205C2B661124D3ABFFBC4FC7B697C74/2003allabccirc.xls|title=Fact Sheet: Average Circulation|publisher=Magazine Publishers of America|date=2003|type=Excel spreadsheet|access-date=May 11, 2011|archive-date=May 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521152100/http://magazine.org/ASSETS/D205C2B661124D3ABFFBC4FC7B697C74/2003allabccirc.xls|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2003: 598,739<ref name=circ2003/>
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* 2004: 524,358<ref name=circ2005>{{cite web|url=http://www.magazine.org/ASSETS/DCBAEB04DABA4E55B606C4B4776169F5/AllcircABC05.xls|title=Fact Sheet: Average Circulation|publisher=Magazine Publishers of America|date=2005|type=Excel spreadsheet|access-date=May 11, 2011|archive-date=May 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521082809/http://magazine.org/ASSETS/DCBAEB04DABA4E55B606C4B4776169F5/AllcircABC05.xls|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2005: 495,552<ref name=circ2005/>
* 2006: 517,743<ref name=circ2007>{{cite web |url=http://www.magazine.org/ASSETS/5C491848A2784726A4E64A98F4805BFD/FYABC2007ALLCIRC.xls |title=Fact Sheet: Average Circulation|publisher=Magazine Publishers of America|date=2007 |access-date=2013-09-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527042908/http://www.magazine.org/ASSETS/5C491848A2784726A4E64A98F4805BFD/FYABC2007ALLCIRC.xls |archive-date=2011-05-27 |type=Excel spreadsheet}}</ref>
* 2007: 512,403<ref name=circ2007/>
* 2008: 514,094<ref name=circ2009>{{cite web|url=http://www.magazine.org/ASSETS/FB4FAE645D5E46EAA7E4233DCE11EB55/2009FYALLABCCIRC.xls|title=Fact Sheet: Average Circulation|publisher=Magazine Publishers of America|date=2009|type=Excel spreadsheet|access-date=May 11, 2011|archive-date=May 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521152255/http://magazine.org/ASSETS/FB4FAE645D5E46EAA7E4233DCE11EB55/2009FYALLABCCIRC.xls|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2009: 498,234<ref name=circ2009/>
* 2010: 490,310<ref name=circ>{{cite web|url=http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp|title=Consumer Magazine Search|publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations|access-date=May 11, 2011|archive-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025110350/http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* 2016: 123,000<ref name=circ2>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/720490/circulation-soap-opera-digest/|title=Total circulation of Soap Opera Digest in the United States from 2014 to 2016|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303174322/https://www.statista.com/statistics/720490/circulation-soap-opera-digest/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2019: 71,406<ref name=circ2019>{{cite web|url=https://abcas3.auditedmedia.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp|title=Consumer Magazines|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=September 19, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220919180131/https://abcas3.auditedmedia.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2022: 48,274<ref name=circ3 />
* 2023: 43,743<ref name=circ3 />