Femme Actuelle

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Femme Actuelle
Categories Women's magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation 421,494 (2022)
PublisherPrisma Press
Founded1984
First issue1 October 1984;40 years ago (1984-10-01)
CompanyPrisma Press
(Vivendi)
Country France
Based in Paris
Language French
Website Femme Actuelle
ISSN 0764-0021
OCLC 421638622

Femme Actuelle (French : lit. Current Woman) is a weekly women's magazine published in Paris, France. It has also British and Spanish editions.

Contents

History and profile

Femme Actuelle was first published in October 1984. [1] [2] [3] The magazine is part of Prisma Press, a subsidiary of the German media company Gruner + Jahr. [4] [5] It is published by Prisma Press on a weekly basis [6] on Mondays. [7] Prisma Press also owns other magazines, including Prima , Voici and VSD . [1] [6] [8]

Femme Actuelle is headquartered in Paris and covers articles on fashion, cosmetics, literature, and entertainment. [9]

The magazine has editions in the United Kingdom and in Spain. [10] Its British edition is called Best and its Spanish edition Mia. [10] Both magazines are also owned by Gruner+Jahr company. [11]

On 26 July 2010 Femme Actuelle introduced a separate pocket-sized edition. [12]

Circulation

In 1988 Femme Actuelle sold nearly two million copies. [13] The circulation of the magazine was 1,837,000 copies in 1991. [1] It was the fifth best-selling magazine in France in 1999 with a circulation of 1,634,000 copies. [14] The magazine had a circulation of 1,538,000 copies in 2001, making it the twelfth best-selling women's magazine worldwide. [15]

Femme Actuelle had a circulation of 1,346,850 copies during the period of 2003-2004. [16] The magazine sold 1,292,000 copies in 2005. [17] In 2006 its circulation rose to 1,710,000 copies. [18]

In 2009 Femme Actuelle was the best-selling French women's magazine with a circulation of 927,420. [19] [20] The same year it was also the fourth best-selling weekly women magazine in Europe. [20] In 2014 its circulation was 687,100 copies. [21] In the period of 2017-2018 the paid circulation of the magazine was 580,249 copies. [22]

Femme Actuelle sold 421,494 copies in 2022. [23]

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  20. 1 2 "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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