Do people still buy magazines

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I used to buy them
All the time I hardly even see them
In the shop anymore do you still buy them

Yes, all the time. My husband and daughters too.

No never. I use to buy the usual ones,Heat,Hello and OK,etc but not for years now. I wasn’t sure Heat was still going but then I saw it in the supermarket last week. David Beckham was still on the bloody cover!

I have a subscription to one which is quarterly which I really like.
Otherwise never.

No I use Readly, it is tidier, I don't have piles of magazines like I used to. I'm the same for books I read everything on Kobo, the only time I buy books are Girls Gone By ones of reprints of Chalet School books or fill ins that I collect. I'm a bit of a hoarder & I'm trying to cut down on physical things I buy.

No I haven’t done for years and I haven’t bought a newspaper in years either; I read the news online

Yes, I still like buying magazines, I've always loved them.
As a teen it was Just 17, TV Hits, Blue Jeans, Patches, then as a young adult stuff like That's Life etc.
Gone off the latter and never buy anymore though as they seem obsessed with child abuse stories.
Now it's the magazine's I always used to think was for "older" people that more speak to me, like Prima which I buy monthly 😁 or occasionally House and Style

No, for the price of two glossies you can buy a book and have a proper read.

I don't. I used to enjoy the big chunky fashion magazines like Vogue and Elle but I looked at one the other week and it was half the size, and felt like cheap quality paper - like the free promotional flyers that fall out of them. I stopped getting them because I didn't have the time to read them any more, and they were also very expensive for the amount of actual articles compared to adverts in them.

I never used to miss Heat and before that would always buy Sugar, Bliss, J-17, Smash Hits etc

I like reading interior design magazines now but i get them electronically through my local library.

This. They are so expensive especially when most of the content is just rehashed online stories and features.

I live abroad. I have a subscription to Tatler and House & Garden. Love them and squeal with delight when they arrive

I like reading interior design magazines now but i get them electronically through my local library
See, I do a lot of reading via my phone but I still like to physically feel magazines and books too, even if it doesn't happen as much as it used to

I subscribe to niche interest ones that come through my letter box - but I'm still prone to a Puzzler now and then

Come to think of it, no. But I hadn't consciously thought about it till now! I used to buy Natural Health magazine, or vegan mags when travelling. I haven't for ages. I guess smartphones have replaced them? Also, yes so expensive, and all that paper, in terms of the environment. I miss them in some ways though - maybe I'll treat myself next time I'm on a long train/ferry journey! I don't fly anymore due to the climate crisis.

Plenty of magazines in the shops where I am, and yes I buy a monthly magazine and then pass it to a friend.

I haven’t bought a magazine in years. I used to like to get one at the airport, but they’re full of adverts.
Years ago I used to have a subscription to Glamour, but stopped that due to the amount of adverts.

I have a free subscription to Country Living courtesy of my bank, so I'll flick through that. Plus the Waitrose magazines when they arrive. And the local parish magazine

But I won't go out and actually buy one these days. All my information is gleaned from the internet. Magazines are just glorified adverts these days as is Instagram, admittedly.

Never buy but enjoy the ones at the hairdresser- best but about going!

I have a subscription to Private Eye, a lot of the content is not available on-line.

Only once a year at the airport.
Used to buy Take A Break Pets for DD 12 but they stopped it.

I do, but not the fancy glossy ones, I like Take a Break and Chat.

I used to buy mags all the time - all the teen ones then ‘graduated’ to subscriptions to various glossies. Apart from the occasional Private Eye I don’t buy any now, or even browse them in the shops. I can’t think of anyone I know who does actually, Writing this has made me nostalgic for free flip flops.

I bought one in a train station the other day - my first in years - and it was SIX QUID!

I have Grazia and Vanity Fair on subscription. Grazia is a bit daft, but I do enjoy it. Vanity Fair is a brilliant magazine; so much to read, really well researched and written long-read features.

We have Private Eye delivered.

No but purely because they are ridiculously expensive. I buy a puzzle magazine for holidays though. But I refuse to pay more than £3 for one. I got one at a car boot sale this year on holiday for 20p. And it came with a pen! Kept me busy all week!