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===Transition to digital (2013–present)=== [[File:Minamiuonuma City Library magazine corner ac (2).jpg|thumb|right|Bookshelves at the [[Minamiuonuma]] City Library, featuring issues of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' (2018)]] A mobile phone app titled "Jump Live" was launched in August 2013, it features exclusive content from the artists whose series run in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref>{{cite web |last=First |first=Rae |date=June 28, 2013 |title=Shueisha to Launch Jump Live App |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-28/shueisha-to-launch-jump-live-app |access-date=November 30, 2013 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> On September 22, 2014, the free {{nihongo|''[[Shōnen Jump+]]''|少年ジャンプ+|Shōnen Janpu Purasu|abbreviated ''J+''}} [[mobile app]] and website was launched in Japan. It sells digital versions of the ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine, simultaneous with its print release, and {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes of individual ''Jump'' series past and present. However, it also has large samples of the manga that can be read for free.<ref name="plus">{{cite web |last=Morrissy |first=Kim |date=January 27, 2019 |title=Everything You Need to Know about Manga Plus by Shueisha |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2019-01-27/everything-you-need-to-know-about-manga-plus-by-shueisha/.142401 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> There are also series that are serialized exclusively on the app, such as ''[[Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration]]''; unlike those in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', these series may be aimed at adult men or women.<ref>{{cite web |last=Morrissy |first=Kim |date=February 11, 2019 |title=Weekly Shonen Jump Editor-in-Chief Hiroyuki Nakano |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2019-02-11/weekly-shonen-jump-editor-in-chief-hiroyuki-nakano/.143096 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> These exclusive series are later published in print {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes under the Jump Comics+ imprint. In 2019, the ''Shōnen Jump+'' website and app had about 2.4 million active users.<ref name="2019circs">{{cite web |last=Sherman |first=Jennifer |date=June 5, 2020 |title=Shueisha Reveals 2019 Circulation Numbers for Manga Magazines |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-05/shueisha-reveals-2019-circulation-numbers-for-manga-magazines/.160319 |access-date=June 5, 2020 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> As of January 2020, the app had been downloaded more than 13 million times.<ref name="2019circs"/> As the magazine shifted towards digital provision, print circulation once again began to decline. By 2017, print circulation was down to under two million, less than a third of its peak during the golden age.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Jennifer |date=May 16, 2017 |title=Weekly Shonen Jump's Circulation Drops Below 2 Million |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-16/weekly-shonen-jump-circulation-drops-below-2-million/.116173 |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> This decline follows similar trends seen by other magazines in the sector.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mikikazu |first=Komatsu |date=May 16, 2017 |title=Crunchyroll – Weekly Shonen Jump Circulation Drops Below 2 Million Copies |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2017/05/16-1/weekly-shonen-jump-circulation-drops-below-2-million-copies |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=[[Crunchyroll]]}}</ref> A new crossover game, ''[[J-Stars Victory Vs.]]'', was released in 2014 for the [[PlayStation 3]] and [[PlayStation Vita]] to commemorate Jump's 45 anniversary. In June 2018, a limited [[NES Classic Edition#Limited Shōnen Jump Edition|50th Anniversary ''Shōnen Jump'' Edition]] of the [[NES Classic Edition|Famicom Mini]] (NES Classic Edition) game console was released in Japan. It sold 110,000 units in two days.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.siliconera.com/2018/07/16/shonen-jump-50th-anniversary-golden-mini-famicom-sells-110000-units-in-two-days/ | title = Shonen Jump 50th Anniversary Golden Mini: Famicom Sells 110,000 Units In Two Days | author = Sato | date = July 16, 2018 | access-date = July 16, 2018 | work = [[Siliconera]] }}</ref> On January 28, 2019, Shueisha launched the global English-language version of ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'', titled ''[[Manga Plus]]''. It is freely available in every country except China and South Korea, which have their own separate services. A Spanish-language version was launched in February 2019, and has a different library of content.<ref name="plus"/> Like the Japanese app, it has large samples of manga that can be read for free including all the current titles of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', a sizeable number of titles from ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'' and some titles from ''Jump Square''. However, unlike the Japanese version, the latest chapters of current ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' manga are made available free for a limited-time and it does not sell content.
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