The bar graph illustrates how sales percentages of five different types of magazines have changed from 2001 to 2009.
In general, while economics and movie experienced an upward trend, thereby leading the chart at the end of the examined period, the data for social dramatically droppped and ended up with the last rank. Additionally, the figure for sports and music showed slight fluctuations before ending the period with the same statistic as in 2001.
In 2001, social was the most popular type of magazines, registering 40%, which was followed by the data for economics and sports, with 25% and about 20%, respectively. Compared to these figures, those of music and movie were substantially lower, standing at 10% and 5%, respectively.
Subsequently, the statistic for economics plateaued in 2005 before considerably rose to a peak of 35%, thereby becoming the most sought-after kind of magazines. Turning to movie, this category made the most significant leap, increasing to 30%, and it ended up with the second rank. Sports and music experienced a fairly similar trend, both observing a 5-percent fluctuation in 2005, after which these two categories had the same figure as at the beginning of the period, with 20% and 10%, respectively. Only social experienced a dramatic decrease throughout the reported period, whose statistic fell to just 5% in 2009, making it the least common type of magazine.