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Ribon

Ribon is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha on the third of each month. First issued in August 1955, its rivals are Nakayoshi and Ciao. It is one of the best-selling shōjo manga magazines, having sold over 590 million copies since 1978. Its circulation was in the millions between 1987 and 2001, peaking at 2.3 million in 1994. In 2009, the magazine's circulation was 274,167. In 2010, the circulation dropped to 243,334.

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Ribon
Cover of the May 2006 issue (featuring Love-Berrish! by Nana Haruta)
CategoriesShōjo manga123
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation
  • 100,0004
  • (October – December 2025)
Founded19555
CompanyShueisha
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
WebsiteRibon Waku-Waku Station

Ribon (りぼん; lit. 'Ribbon') is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha on the third of each month. First issued in August 1955, its rivals are Nakayoshi and Ciao. It is one of the best-selling shōjo manga magazines, having sold over 590 million copies since 1978. Its circulation was in the millions between 1987 and 2001, peaking at 2.3 million in 1994.6 In 2009, the magazine's circulation was 274,167.7 In 2010, the circulation dropped to 243,334.8

Ribon has also inspired multiple spin-off magazines, including Bessatsu Ribon (1966–1968);9 Ribon Comics, renamed Junior Comics (1967–1968);10a Ribon Comic (1968–1971);11b Ribon Deluxe (1975–1978);12 and Ribon Original (1981–2006).13

Format

The magazine's pages are printed on multicolored newsprint. Often exceeding 400 pages, the issues are distributed with a sackful of goodies (furoku) ranging from small toys to colorful note pads themed around manga serialized in the magazine. In some issues, readers can send in stamps for mail order gifts (zen-in). The manga series from the magazine are later compiled and published in book form (tankōbon) under the Ribon Mascot Comics (RMC) imprint.

Serializations

Current

Past

Circulation

Year / Period Monthly circulation Magazine sales
1978 1,350,00033 16,200,00033
1979 1,350,00034 16,200,00034
1980 1,500,00035 18,000,00035
1981 1,500,00036 18,000,00036
1982 1,500,00037 18,000,00037
1983 1,500,00037 18,000,00037
1984 1,700,00038 20,400,00038
1985 1,800,00039 21,600,00039
1986 2,000,00040 24,000,00040
1987 2,200,0006 26,400,0006
1988 2,000,00041 24,000,00041
1989 2,300,00042 27,600,00042
1990 2,300,00043 27,600,00043
January 1991 to March 1991 2,300,00044 6,900,00044
April 1991 to March 1992 2,400,00045 28,800,00045
April 1992 to March 1993 2,400,00046 28,800,00046
April 1993 to March 1994 2,400,00047 28,800,00047
April 1994 to December 1994 2,300,0006 20,700,0006
1995 2,160,0006 25,920,0006
1996 1,750,0006 21,000,0006
1997 1,630,0006 19,560,0006
1998 1,350,0006 16,200,0006
1999 1,350,0006 16,200,0006
2000 1,350,0006 16,200,0006
2001 1,260,0006 15,120,0006
2002 980,0006 11,760,0006
2003 860,0006 10,320,0006
2004 729,16748 8,750,00448
2005 537,50048 6,450,00048
2006 400,00048 4,800,00048
2007 376,66649 4,519,99249
2008 330,00050 3,960,00050
January 2009 to September 2009 274,1677 2,467,5037
October 2009 to September 2010 243,33451 2,920,00851
October 2010 to September 2011 209,33452 2,512,00852
October 2011 to September 2012 212,50049 2,550,00049
October 2012 to September 2013 201,66753 2,420,00453
October 2013 to September 2014 202,50054 2,430,00054
October 2014 to September 2015 195,83455 2,350,00855
October 2015 to September 2016 181,66756 2,180,00456
October 2016 to September 2017 172,91757 2,075,00457
October 2017 to March 2018 152,50058 915,00058
1978 to March 2018 593,579,535
Notes

Notes

  1. The January 1968 debut issue was released in 1967.
  2. The January 1969 debut issue was released in 1968.
  3. Published in the spin-off magazine Ribon Comic.16
  4. The first part was serialized in Ribon from 1971 to 1973; the second part was serialized in Hana to Yume from 1974 to 1975.1718
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