Weekly Shonen Magazine

Weekly Shonen Magazine would be the next best Japanese manga magazine. Weekly Shonen Magazine is a weekly shonen manga magazine published by Kodansha on Wednesdays in Japan since March 17, 1959. The magazine is mostly read by an older population, with a significant portion of its readership consisting of male high school or college students.

According to the Japanese Magazine Publishers Association, the magazine's circulation has decreased in each quarter since records were first collected in April-June 2008. This, however, is not a unique incident, as digital media continues to grow in popularity.

The Weekly Shonen Magazine became popular in the 1970s and saw a surge in sales. As a result, it became the best-selling manga magazine in Japan at the time, gaining popularity among many otaku. By March 2008, the magazine had published 2,942 issues and had sold 4.55 billion copies, with a weekly circulation of 1,546,567.

Shonen Magazine reappeared in October 1997, restoring its old status as the best-selling manga magazine of the time until a deal was reached in 2002. Regarding market circulation, Shonen Jump and Shonen Magazine are competing fiercely. The two magazines' sales are now fairly close. Due to the close proximity of the two magazines' start dates, Weekly Shonen Magazine and Weekly Shonen Sunday published a special combined edition on March 19, 2008.

Founded: 1959
Publisher: Kodansha
Circulation: 370,083

Website: https://shonenmagazine.com/smaga