Quest (Dutch magazine)

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Quest
Editor-in-chiefThomas Hendriks
Former editorsKarlijn van Overbeek
CategoriesPopular science magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 155,653 (Q2, 2014)
PublisherG+J Uitgevers
First issue1 February 2004;16 years ago (2004-02-01)
Company Gruner + Jahr
Country Netherlands
Based in Diemen
Language Dutch
Website Quest

Quest is an award-winning monthly popular science magazine published in Diemen, Netherlands.

Contents

History and profile

Quest was launched in February 2004. [1] [2] The magazine is part of Gruner + Jahr [3] and is published by G+J Uitgevers on a monthly basis. [2]

The headquarters of the magazine is in Diemen. [4] The magazine features articles on science and technology with a special reference to nature, health, psychology and history. [4] Target audience of the magazine is people between 20 and 49 years of age. [2] [4] The monthly has several special supplements, Quest Psychologie, Quest Historie, Quest Image and Quest 101. [5]

Karlijn van Overbeek served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine [2] until her death in 2010. Then Thomas Hendriks was appointed to the post.

The magazine is also distributed in Belgium. [5] In 2011 the English version of Quest was launched by Gruner + Jahr in South Africa with the same name. [3] The magazine is published on a bimonthly basis there. [3]

Quest has won the Mercur Magazine Award several times since its start in 2004. [2] The magazine received the award in 2004, in 2007 and in 2009. It was named as the Launch of the Year 2004 [1] and the Magazine of the Year for 2010. [2]

Circulation

In 2010 Quest had a circulation of 198,270 copies. [6] Its circulation was 183,348 copies in 2011 and 178,274 copies in 2012. [6] During the second quarter of 2014 the circulation of the magazine was 155,653 copies. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "G+J Netherlands: QUEST Magazine Pronounced "Launch of the Year"". G+J. Hamburg. 12 December 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Quest wins 'Magazine of the Year' award". Publicitas. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Gruner + Jahr launches QUEST magazine". Publicitas. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Quest factsheet". Publicitas. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "Factsheet 2015. Quest" (PDF). G+J Uitgevers. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
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