MAGAZINE AVERAGES
Reading edition
OCTOBER, 1920, TO SEPTEMBER, 1921
The following table includes the averages of American periodicals published from October, 1920, to September, 1921, inclusive. One two, three asterisks are employed to indicate relative distinction. "Three-asterisk stories" are of somewhat permanent literary value. The list excludes reprints.
Periodicals (Oct.-Sept.)No. of Stories PublishedNo. of Distinctive Stories PublishedPercentage of Distinctive Stories Published
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All's Well14632432114
Asia1110109090
Atlantic Monthly201373653515
Century5035155703010
Chicago Tribune5211212242
Collier's Weekly10612101210
Cosmopolitan8315621872
Dial161614111008869
Everybody's Magazine9116711881
Good Housekeeping4613412892
Harper's Bazar3212103830
Harper's Magazine53392410744519
Hearst's International7918302340
Ladies' Home Journal528001500
McCall's Magazine489301960
McClure's Magazine468211742
Metropolitan74189324124
Midland151483935320
New York Tribune
Pictorial Review65463121714832
Red Book Magazine11623002000
Saturday Evening Post22132731531
Scribner's Magazine46248452179
Smart Set11529842574
The following tables indicate the rank, during the period between October, 1920, and September, 1921, inclusive, by number and percentage of distinctive stories published, of the twenty-three periodicals coming within the scope of my examination which have published an average of 15 per cent in stories of distinction. The lists exclude reprints but not translations.
By Percentage of Distinctive Stories
1. Dial100%
2. Midland93%
3. Asia90%
4. Harper's Magazine74%
5. Pictorial Review71%
6. Century70%
7. Atlantic Monthly65%
8. Scribner's Magazine52%
9. All's Well43%
10. Harper's Bazar38%
11. Good Housekeeping28%
12. Smart Set25%
13. Metropolitan24%
14. Hearst's International23%
15. Chicago Tribune22%
16. Red Book Magazine20%
17. McCall's Magazine19%
18. Everybody's Magazine18%
19. Cosmopolitan18%
20. McClure's Magazine17%
21. Saturday Evening Post15%
22. Ladies' Home Journal15%
23. Collier's Weekly12%
By Number of Distinctive Stories
1. Pictorial Review46
2. Harper's Magazine39
3. Century35
4. Saturday Evening Post32
5. Smart Set29
6. Scribner's Magazine24
7. Red Book Magazine23
8. Metropolitan18
9. Hearst's International18
10. Dial16
11. Everybody's Magazine16
12. Cosmopolitan15
13. Midland14
14. Atlantic Monthly13
15. Good Housekeeping13
16. Harper's Bazar12
17. Collier's Weekly12
18. Chicago Tribune11
19. Asia10
20. McCall's Magazine9
21. McClure's Magazine8
22. Ladies' Home Journal8
23. All's Well6
The following periodicals have published during the same period ten or more "two-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints, but not translations. Periodicals represented in this list during 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, and 1920 are represented by the prefixed letters a, b, c, d, e, and f respectively.
1.bcdefPictorial Review31
2.abcdefHarper's Magazine24
3.abcdefCentury15
4.fDial14
The following periodicals have published during the same period five or more "three-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints, but not translations. The same signs are used as prefixes as in the previous list.
1.bcdefPictorial Review21
2.fDial11
3.abcdefHarper's Magazine10
4.abcdefCentury5
Ties in the above lists have been decided by taking relative rank in other lists into account.