Wednesday, 25 April 2012

NME Magazine Target Audience Research


Some of the Main Key Facts About NME Magazine


Price                 £2.20
Frequency         Weekly 
Circulation            56,284 
Readership           411,000 
Launch Date        1952
Male/Female        73%/27%
Average Age   25
ABC1                   73% 
Target Market   Men 17-30


NME Readers are entertainment enthusiasts!

• 80% of NME readers feel that music is an important part of their lives
• 79% of NME readers like to listen to new bands 
• 63% specially choose to listen to indie/guitar bands 
• 49% specially choose to listen to live bands in studio
• 52% are interested in taking a musical course/qualification 
• 36% are thinking of buying a musical instrument in the next year


More about the reader

• 34% are working full time, 18% are working part time and 26% are full time students
• 62% read at least 3 out of 4 issues 
• Almost half (49%) have been reading NME for at least 3 years 
• 84% think the magazine gives them what they want spending an average of 46 minutes reading each issue


NME's regular buyers could vary due to their different genres of bands and artists within the magazines articles every week. It can contain bands from 80's and 90's and modern 'techo' music aimed at the generation growing up now.


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