The chart illustrates the sales proportions of different magazines sold by a company in the UK from 2001 to 2009. Overall, the trend for economic and movie magazines was upward while that for social ones was downward. Additionally, although the level of social magazines was the highest sales at the beginning of the period, it was replaced by the figure for the economic ones at the end.
In 2001, the social magazines were the most popular ones, at 40%. This was followed by economics and sports, with respective figures of 25% and just under 20%. Far below were magazines reviewing music and movies, constituting 10% and 5% of total sales, respectively.
Afterward, the level of economic sales stayed unchanged in 2005, before reaching a peak of 35%, and still remained in the top position among those figures. A similar trend can be seen in the proportion of sports magazines, with a slight growth to 25% in 2009, then witnessing a decrease to 20% in 2009. The sales percentage of movie magazines was the lowest figure in 2001, after which it experienced a dramatic rise to 25% in 2005, before ending the period at 30% at the end of the period. In contrast, there was a significant decline to 5%, and became the lowest percentage. Regarding music magazines, despite a moderate drop of 5% in 2005, their sales recovered, ending the period with 10%.