Production of magazines and newspapers
Laypeople often imagine the Soviet Union as a country flooded with newspapers. But what was the actual scale of print production? The table provides data on the total publication of magazines and newspapers in the USSR for three key years of the mid-20th century: 1940, 1950, and 1960
Magazine and newspaper publication in the USSR in 1940, 1950, and 1960: data on the number of publications
- Журналы и другие периодические издания (включая сбоpники и бюллетени, выходящие пеpиодически) — Magazines and other periodicals (including collections and bulletins issued periodically) — число жуpналов — magazines
- Журналы и другие периодические издания (включая сбоpники и бюллетени, выходящие пеpиодически) — Magazines and other periodicals (including collections and bulletins issued periodically) — годовой тиpаж — annual circulation — всего, млн экз.
- Журналы и другие периодические издания (включая сбоpники и бюллетени, выходящие пеpиодически) — Magazines and other periodicals (including collections and bulletins issued periodically) — годовой тиpаж — annual circulation — в среднем на 1 000 человек населения1), экз.
- Газеты — Newspapers — число газет (изданий) – всего — newspapers (editions) – total
- Газеты — Newspapers — разовый тиpаж — one time circulation — всего, млн экз.
- Газеты — Newspapers — разовый тиpаж — one time circulation — в среднем на 1 000 человек населения1), экз.
- Газеты — Newspapers — годовой тиpаж, млpд экз. — annual circulation, bln. copies
See also
- Divorces in Russia by year long time series by year
- Marriages in Russia by year long time series by year
- Перевозки пассажиров в России по годам: статистика indicator breakdown
Set in numbers
7 series are published here, from 1940 to 2024, 22 reporting periods. 154 values in total.
“Журналы и другие периодические издания (включая сбоpники и бюллетени, выходящие пеpиодически) — Magazines and other periodicals (including collections and bulletins issued periodically) — число жуpналов — magazines” multiplied by 5.1 between 1940 and 2024: from 1,214 to 6,203. The highest value in the series is 8,847 in 2015.
All table numbers are series: 7
| Series | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Журналы и другие периодические издания (включая сбоpники и бюллетени, выходящие пеpиодически) — Magazines and other periodicals (including collections and bulletins issued periodically) — число жуpналов — magazines | 1 214,00 | 905,00 | 2 361,00 | 4 133,00 | 3 960,00 | 3 681,00 | 3 570,00 | 7 049,00 | 7 812,00 | 8 051,00 | 8 598,00 | 8 846,00 | 8 847,00 | 8 177,00 | 8 032,00 | 7 678,00 | 7 507,00 | 6 851,00 | 6 708,00 | 6 514,00 | 6 222,00 | 6 203,00 |
| Журналы и другие периодические издания (включая сбоpники и бюллетени, выходящие пеpиодически) — Magazines and other periodicals (including collections and bulletins issued periodically) — годовой тиpаж — annual circulation — всего, млн экз. | 207,00 | 158,00 | 649,00 | 2 112,00 | 2 488,00 | 5 010,00 | 607,00 | 1 848,00 | 1 953,00 | 1 838,00 | 1 905,00 | 1 736,00 | 1 498,00 | 1 383,00 | 1 229,00 | 1 055,00 | 957,00 | 671,00 | 683,00 | 613,00 | 544,00 | 588,00 |
| Журналы и другие периодические издания (включая сбоpники и бюллетени, выходящие пеpиодически) — Magazines and other periodicals (including collections and bulletins issued periodically) — годовой тиpаж — annual circulation — в среднем на 1 000 человек населения1), экз. | 1 871,00 | 1 550,00 | 5 410,00 | 16 219,00 | 17 966,00 | 33 860,00 | 4 138,00 | 12 937,00 | 13 657,00 | 12 816,00 | 13 248,00 | 11 941,00 | 10 194,00 | 9 388,00 | 8 319,00 | 7 139,00 | 6 471,00 | 4 544,00 | 4 637,00 | 4 181,00 | 3 716,00 | 4 026,00 |
| Газеты — Newspapers — число газет (изданий) – всего — newspapers (editions) – total | 5 730,00 | 5 021,00 | 4 474,00 | 4 445,00 | 4 413,00 | 4 808,00 | 5 758,00 | 9 659,00 | 10 152,00 | 10 681,00 | 11 109,00 | 11 061,00 | 10 504,00 | 10 051,00 | 9 542,00 | 8 984,00 | 8 503,00 | 7 867,00 | 7 324,00 | 6 937,00 | 6 565,00 | 6 536,00 |
| Газеты — Newspapers — разовый тиpаж — one time circulation — всего, млн экз. | 25,00 | 25,00 | 45,00 | 94,00 | 120,00 | 166,00 | 109,00 | 215,00 | 232,00 | 238,00 | 259,00 | 247,00 | 203,00 | 217,00 | 176,00 | 158,00 | 140,00 | 138,00 | 120,00 | 102,00 | 85,00 | 83,00 |
| Газеты — Newspapers — разовый тиpаж — one time circulation — в среднем на 1 000 человек населения1), экз. | 227,00 | 249,00 | 381,00 | 719,00 | 863,00 | 1 118,00 | 738,00 | 1 446,00 | 1 621,00 | 1 663,00 | 1 800,00 | 1 397,00 | 1 382,00 | 1 474,00 | 1 189,00 | 1 066,00 | 948,00 | 936,00 | 817,00 | 693,00 | 580,00 | 570,00 |
| Газеты — Newspapers — годовой тиpаж, млpд экз. — annual circulation, bln. copies | 5,00 | 5,00 | 11,00 | 23,00 | 4,00 | 37,00 | 7,00 | 10,00 | 8,00 | 9,00 | 10,00 | 9,00 | 8,00 | 7,00 | 7,00 | 6,00 | 5,00 | 5,00 | 4,00 | 4,00 | 3,00 | 3,00 |
How to read this table
Table rows differ not only by publication type but also by how publication dynamics changed in each of the specified years. Note the ratio between magazines and newspapers across different periods
What is visible in these numbers
“Газеты — Newspapers — число газет (изданий) – всего — newspapers (editions) – total” leads the table with 6,536, “Газеты — Newspapers — годовой тиpаж, млpд экз. — annual circulation, bln. copies” closes it with 3. The gap between them is 2,179-fold.
The same indicator for other periods
More in the section Russian Statistical Yearbook»
Period and application
Data is relevant for 1940, 1950, and 1960. This information helps assess the scale of publishing activity in the Soviet Union and changes in the structure of print media over a twenty-year period
1) Данные за 2011 – 2021 г. публикуются с учетом итогов ВПН-2020.
1) Data for 2011 – 2021 are presented taking into account the All-Russian Population Census of 2020 results.
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