Cookie (Japanese magazine)

Cookie
Cover of the January 2009 issue (featuring Nana by Ai Yazawa)
CategoriesJosei Shōjo manga(currently)[1]
Shōjo manga (formerly)[2]
FrequencyBi-monthly
Circulation16,000 (December 2023)[3]
Founded2000
CompanyShueisha
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Websitecookie.shueisha.co.jp

Cookie (クッキー, Kukkī) is a Japanese josei manga and shōjo manga magazine published bi-monthly by Shueisha, with issues released on the 26th of odd-numbered months.[3] It launched in 2000; a simultaneously published digital edition of the magazine is also available as of 2015.

In 2008, the average circulation of Cookie was about 175,000;[4] by 2015 it had dropped to 56,000.[5] The publisher reported an average circulation of 19,000 in 2022[6] and 16,000 in 2024.[3]

  1. ^ "Women's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. xxiii-xxiv. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
  3. ^ a b c "クッキー" [Cookie] (PDF). Shueisha Media Guide (in Japanese). 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  4. ^ Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data 2008 Archived March 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. The publication, which relies on information provided by publishers, categorizes Cookie as josei, but Shueisha's "S-MANGA.NET" site clearly categorizes that magazine as shōjo, and it is therefore included here.
  5. ^ Japanese Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data (April-June 2015), "Josei Manga". Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  6. ^ "Shueisha Media Guide 2022" (PDF). adnavi.shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2024-05-10.