{"rewrite":{"id":"r_16711485dd308b8bf4db2a23","clusterId":"c_e2fe7a9a5d9c0e520be684df","slug":"weekly-shonen-jump-print-circulation-falls-below-1-million-for-first-time","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Weekly Shonen Jump Print Circulation Falls Below 1 Million for First Time","summary":"The Japan Magazine Publishers Association reported on Wednesday that Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump averaged 985,000 certified print copies per quarter from April to June 2026, the first time the magazine has dropped below one million since the association began publishing audited figures in 2008. The decline means no print magazine in Japan now has a certified circulation above one million copies. Weekly Shonen Jump's print circulation has fallen steadily for at least 12 years, from 1,290,417 copies in April-June 2022, below two million in 2017, and below 1.5 million in late 2020. The magazine's record circulation was 6.53 million copies with the combined New Year 1995 issue, released in December 1994, when it serialized Dragon Ball and Slam Dunk. In the same quarter, Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine averaged 281,000 copies, Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday averaged 120,000, and Monthly CoroCoro Comic averaged approximately 213,000. The figures come as Japan's manga magazine market shrank by 12.7% in 2025, and the print market as a whole fell below one trillion yen for the first time since 1976.","whyItMatters":"The milestone signals the end of an era for print manga magazines in Japan, with editor Nobuhiko Saito warning that the decline could reduce the variety of titles readers discover through bookstores.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eWeekly Shonen Jump\u0026#39;s print circulation has been declining for more than a decade, but the latest quarterly report from the Japan Magazine Publishers Association marks a symbolic threshold. The magazine averaged 985,000 certified print copies from April to June 2026, the first time it has fallen below one million since the association began publishing audited figures in 2008. The drop means no print magazine in Japan now has a certified circulation above one million copies.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magazine\u0026#39;s peak was 6.53 million copies with the combined New Year 1995 issue, released in December 1994, when it serialized Dragon Ball and Slam Dunk. Since then, circulation has fallen below two million in 2017, below 1.6 million in early 2020, and below 1.5 million by late 2020. In the same April-June 2026 quarter, Kodansha\u0026#39;s Weekly Shonen Magazine averaged 281,000 copies, Shogakukan\u0026#39;s Weekly Shonen Sunday averaged 120,000, and Monthly CoroCoro Comic averaged approximately 213,000 copies.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe decline reflects a broader downturn in Japan\u0026#39;s print magazine market. The Research Institute for Publications estimated print magazine sales fell 10% year over year to 370.8 billion yen in 2025, less than one-quarter of the market\u0026#39;s 1.5644 trillion yen peak in 1997. The manga magazine market shrank by 12.7% in 2025, and the overall print market fell below one trillion yen for the first time since 1976.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Weekly Shonen Jump's print circulation has fallen below 1 million for the first time since audited figures began in 2008. No print magazine in Japan is now above that mark.","twitterPost":"Weekly Shonen Jump averaged 985,000 print copies in Q2 2026, down from 1.29 million in 2022. The magazine's peak was 6.53 million in 1994, when Dragon Ball and Slam Dunk were running.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Weekly Shonen Jump's print circulation has fallen below one million copies for the first time since audited figures began, marking a symbolic end of an era for Japan's print manga magazines. The decline reflects a broader downturn in the print market, which has now fallen below one trillion yen for the first time since 1976.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-06/weekly-shonen-jump-magazine-print-circulation-falls-below-1-million-copies-for-1st-time/.240321\",\"title\":\"Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine's Print Circulation Falls Below 1 Million Copies for 1st Time\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/weekly-shonen-jump-falls-below-1-million-average-print-circulation-for-the-first-time-ever/\",\"title\":\"Weekly Shonen Jump Falls Below 1 Million Average Print Circulation for the First Time Ever\"},{\"source\":\"Animehunch\",\"url\":\"https://animehunch.com/end-of-an-era-weekly-shonen-jumps-print-circulation-falls-below-1-million-for-first-time/\",\"title\":\"'End Of An Era': Weekly Shonen Jump's Print Circulation Falls Below 1 Million For First Time\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6510,"outputTokens":1319,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1785999937,"createdAt":"2026-08-06T06:44:54.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-06T06:57:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T11:59:57.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e2fe7a9a5d9c0e520be684df","canonicalTitle":"News\nWeekly Shonen Jump Magazine's Print Circulation Falls Below 1 Million Copies for 1st Time","representativeArticleId":"a_cc599d89eab7521d0c7223ee","sourceCount":3,"writtenSourceCount":3,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Weekly Shonen Jump\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Shueisha\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"written","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-06T05:22:36.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-06T11:07:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T11:59:57.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-06/weekly-shonen-jump-magazine-print-circulation-falls-below-1-million-copies-for-1st-time/.240321","title":"News\nWeekly Shonen Jump Magazine's Print Circulation Falls Below 1 Million Copies for 1st Time"},{"source":"Anime Corner","url":"https://animecorner.me/weekly-shonen-jump-falls-below-1-million-average-print-circulation-for-the-first-time-ever/","title":"Weekly Shonen Jump Falls Below 1 Million Average Print Circulation for the First Time Ever"},{"source":"Animehunch","url":"https://animehunch.com/end-of-an-era-weekly-shonen-jumps-print-circulation-falls-below-1-million-for-first-time/","title":"‘End Of An Era’: Weekly Shonen Jump’s Print Circulation Falls Below 1 Million For First Time"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Weekly Shonen Jump"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Shueisha"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["No print magazine in Japan now has a certified circulation above one million copies, according to the Japan Magazine Publishers Association.","Weekly Shonen Jump's record circulation was 6.53 million copies with the combined New Year 1995 issue, released in December 1994.","Japan's manga magazine market shrank by 12.7% in 2025, and the print market as a whole fell below one trillion yen for the first time since 1976."]}