Of Vogue’s 840 pages, 727 are ads, or: 13 percent is editorial. Sounds about the right ratio to us.[...] Thanks to msaleem for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 2702 Diggs).
What other user say about this:
NextGenXbox: Wow… 850 pages? Jesus… multiply that by the number of subscribers which I am guessing is “a shit ton”…. that’s a whole lot of dead trees.…. EVERY MONTH. Fuck.
ChineseRoom: Hell if I care, I dont read the damn magazine.
HollyJ: It is nice to see that some people have figured out that the point of Vogue is the ads and not the articles. I’m guessing that these comments came from people who actually read magazines. The September issue of Vogue is the mecca of fashion magazines. Fashion mag readers wait all year for this one issue. The ads introduce the fashion trends for Fall. It has always (as long as I can remember) been huge and that has always been the point. If you don’t get it, don’t buy it and don’t waste everyone’s time commenting on something which you know nothing about!
jolie311: Who would buy a fashion mag for content. I used to get it in high school so I’d have inspiration for my art class. The photography is fantastic, that is the best part of vogue. For articles, stick to the times (or digg).
cann3dheat: I work at Target and I saw them the morning they came in. I picked it up and flipped through it and it took 240 pages until I even got to the Letter from the Editor.
TheRealPilchard: To be fair, the ads ARE the content. Vogue is the kind of magazine that you read to see what’s hot and what’s not. If D&G (or whoever) release a new product, vogue’s target audience want to know about it…
At least that’s what I think…
sonnydeejay: well my subscription with pc magazine edns this September and i am gonna canceled for this reason
dankyphil: they should stop printing Vogue, and the US Government could use the extra paper to go to war with someone else.
or i could use it to wipe my ass.
either way, equally as useful.
let’s not forget to thank Vogue for deforestation!
wutitang: I saw a very disturbing piece about this… in the bible.
k4ng: I subscribe to Vogue because my mother was a fashion designer and I myself am very interested in fashion, makeup and photography. When I look through an issue of Vogue, I spend the longest time looking at the ads, thinking not only about the clothes but all the effort and technique it took to create that particular picture.
dogstylee: An entire iPhone bill (fuck you spellcheck how do I spell iPhone then? Oh fuck you again saying I spelled spellcheck wrong.) of ads!
techweenie: Wake up, numbskulls. Ads are content. Always have been. And frankly, these days, are more informative than the magazine’s own “journalism.” And what would your girlfriend want to read about in Vogue, anyway? Mostly new crap to spend money on, which is introduced in — wait for it — ADVERTISING!
DeFex: the free paper that comes every sunday around here is about 6 pages. then theres about 2 pounds of flyers and crap in there.
tomis: Only magazine worth getting is WIRED. I might get Make, though I’d probably never actually get around to doing any of the projects…
KireGoTI: That much content? I demand a recount.
