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# Earlier serials lists

## Top 100 serials in WorldCat

Compiled by Patrick McClain, OCLC Research

[Excerpted from the OCLC Newsletter, 228 (July/August) 1997.]

The list of the top 100 serials in WorldCat is based on the number of holdings symbols attached to the bibliographic record for a particular serial title. On each occasion that OCLC has compiled these statistics, a different serial has come out on top, and four of the top five serials on this year's list have been the top-held serial in the past: Scientific American in 1989, Consumer Reports in 1991, Time in 1995 and Newsweek this year. Only serial titles currently in publication are included in the list.

—Patrick McClain is systems analyst, OCLC Office of Research.

Rank | OCLC Number | Holdings | Publication Title
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1 | 1760328 | 5783 | Newsweek
2 | 1767509 | 5778 | Time
3 | 1564931 | 5757 | Consumer Reports
4 | 7786209 | 5406 | U.S. News & World Report
5 | 1775222 | 5244 | Scientific American
6 | 6451257 | 5232 | National Geographic
7 | 1766364 | 5033 | Sports Illustrated
8 | 1537921 | 4975 | Business Week
9 | 1359769 | 4618 | Smithsonian
10 | 1081160 | 4587 | Psychology Today
11 | 2351916 | 4544 | Library Journal
12 | 1479963 | 4538 | American Heritage
13 | 2367617 | 4527 | Science News
14 | 6560726 | 4421 | Discover
15 | 1569892 | 4393 | Fortune
16 | 1644869 | 4318 | Science
17 | 1763471 | 4302 | The Reader's Digest
18 | 4015531 | 4285 | Popular Science
19 | 1588464 | 4117 | Money
20 | 2497043 | 4021 | Good Housekeeping
21 | 3643271 | 4007 | Popular Mechanics
22 | 1792449 | 3944 | People Weekly
23 | 4267940 | 3938 | Life
24 | 6465733 | 3909 | Forbes
25 | 5902855 | 3887 | Better Homes and Gardens
26 | 1759475 | 3863 | Natural History
27 | 1760231 | 3820 | The New Yorker
28 | 1567306 | 3818 | Ebony
29 | 1193890 | 3785 | Statistical Abstract of the United States
30 | 1759389 | 3756 | National Review
31 | 4532730 | 3712 | Harper's
32 | 1759945 | 3698 | The New Republic
33 | 1751795 | 3665 | Harvard Business Review
34 | 1587974 | 3663 | The New England Journal of Medicine
35 | 1536781 | 3650 | The Booklist
36 | 1643827 | 3576 | Seventeen
37 | 2244730 | 3567 | Byte
38 | 1624448 | 3552 | The Ladies' Home Journal
39 | 1587904 | 3549 | National Wildlife
40 | 1124917 | 3512 | Journal of the American Medical Association
41 | 23819939 | 3494 | Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
42 | 1643268 | 3475 | The Nation
43 | 2267483 | 3434 | The Saturday Evening Post
44 | 1565627 | 3429 | Current History
45 | 854299 | 3425 | American Libraries
46 | 4171150 | 3409 | McCall's
47 | 1311259 | 3357 | Physicians' Desk Reference
48 | 1787396 | 3357 | Rolling Stone
49 | 1788884 | 3357 | The United States Government Manual
50 | 1141571 | 3354 | Who's Who in America
51 | 1223579 | 3327 | Encyclopedia of Associations
52 | 1567544 | 3293 | The Education Digest
53 | 1587520 | 3221 | Audubon
54 | 1641993 | 3187 | Prevention
55 | 1762661 | 3169 | Popular Photography
56 | 1645522 | 3153 | The New York Times
57 | 1759465 | 3148 | Nation's Business
58 | 2761141 | 3120 | Working Woman
59 | 1769234 | 3100 | Vital Speeches of the Day
60 | 1569702 | 3086 | Foreign Affairs
61 | 1238236 | 3081 | The Statesman's Year-book
62 | 6083626 | 3043 | The Christian Century
63 | 2243002 | 3003 | Washington Information Directory
64 | 1696683 | 2995 | Motor Trend
65 | 1743347 | 2981 | The American Journal of Nursing
66 | 2441557 | 2963 | American Library Directory
67 | 1564424 | 2960 | Commonweal
68 | 1788281 | 2935 | Consumers' Research Magazine
69 | 13566002 | 2890 | PC Magazine
70 | 1479242 | 2875 | America
71 | 1761598 | 2867 | Outdoor Life
72 | 1762202 | 2863 | Phi Delta Kappan
73 | 5345258 | 2856 | Monthly Labor Review
74 | 5434081 | 2836 | Redbook
75 | 1715227 | 2827 | Mademoiselle
76 | 2246130 | 2819 | Environment
77 | 3568173 | 2810 | Omni
78 | 1798621 | 2801 | School Library Journal
79 | 1769261 | 2790 | Vogue
80 | 1685864 | 2787 | FDA Consumer
81 | 1564295 | 2778 | Commentary
82 | 1081684 | 2767 | The Economist
83 | 1773253 | 2745 | Occupational Outlook Handbook
84 | 1184940 | 2740 | County and City Data Book
85 | 24813732 | 2727 | Health
86 | 2489456 | 2714 | Publishers Weekly
87 | 1238839 | 2706 | The Book of the States
88 | 1479320 | 2704 | American Artist
89 | 1514286 | 2700 | Art in America
90 | 1361183 | 2693 | The Writer's Market
91 | 918159 | 2691 | The Foundation Directory
92 | 1765612 | 2689 | Sky and Telescope
93 | 1554505 | 2674 | Christianity Today
94 | 5259082 | 2648 | Glamour
95 | 1756390 | 2645 | Maclean's
96 | 6261197 | 2642 | Physicians' Desk Reference for Nonprescription Drugs
97 | 6183469 | 2640 | Congressional Digest
98 | 1758761 | 2635 | The Mother Earth News
99 | 5154955 | 2631 | Esquire
100 | 1713564 | 2621 | Who Was Who in America