Did you know that:
- Approximately 59% of Canadians read a magazine last week (and more than 8 in 10 picked one up within the last 3 months);
- Canada has more consumer magazines per capita (100) than France, Germany, the UK and the USA;
- In the past decade the number of new Canadian consumer magazines has grown by 12%;
- The vast majority (71%) of readers still prefer print (i.e. real paper) over digital magazine media;
- Ad revenue in Canadian magazines outpaces a sampling of 12 other global leaders by 20%;
- The American multinational consumer-goods conglomerate Procter & Gamble spends more on Canadian magazine advertising–by a long shot–than any other company or organization;
- Ads on the right-hand page of a magazine have only marginally more impact than ads on the left-hand page;
- 73% of magazine readers save or bookmark a magazine advertisement for future reference;
- Magazine advertisements, in brief, work better than ads in all other media (there are about 50 pages of stats and research to back this up).
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