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CultureMangaAug 20, 2026 The print version of Japan’s Weekly Shōnen Jump manga magazine hit a peak circulation of 6.5 million in the 1990s, but it has now fallen below 1 million as readers shift to digital platforms.

Weekly Shonen Jump’s average print circulation fell to 985K copies for the April-June window in 2026, dropping below 1 million for the first time since the 1970s, when it first achieved the 1M circulation peak. Japan Magazine Publishers Association, which tracks quarterly certified print publications, announced the latest figure on Aug 5.

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Weekly Shonen Jump recorded an average certified print circulation of 985,000 copies per issue from April through June 2026, according to figures published on the official website of the Japan Magazine Publishers Association.

Joe Keatinge (Shutter, COMICS! The Magazine), Tiffany Babb (The Comics Courier), David Harper (SKTCHD), Jenn Haines (DragonGuelph), and Eli Schwab (Cosmic Lion Productions) put together a San Diego Comic-Con panel to ask an important question: Why have readers stayed with print while everyone else is moving on?

I’m currently at the ARC Contemporary Comics Festival Talks today at The Hub in Peckham, London, ahead of this week’s ARC small press festival. And that means the panel, International Publishers: Opportunities and Pitfalls of Print Based Publishing in the 21st Centurywith AndrewAlexander from US publisher and printer Cram Books, JordanTaylor from printing services PageMasters,…

The Live Oak home of husband-and-wife artists Zane Thomas and Connie Chapa is like a pop culture menagerie of colorful, retro wonders. Halloween masks of the Ben Cooper variety line the hallway walls. Snap, Crackle, Pop and other mid-century mascot figures pack a glass cabinet. Movie posters reminiscent of an Alamo Drafthouse lobby share the walls with pop art prints…