THE WALL STREET JOURNAL MEDIA KIT

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Global Readership
Audience U.S. Europe Asia
Readers 2,068,000 202,354 392,762
Circulation 800,000 74,946 85,822
Demographics U.S. Europe Asia
Age 25-54 59% 60% 75%
Female/Male 40/60% 13/87% 21/79%
Married: 84% 77% 77%
Employed: 77% 88% 97%
Top Management: 31% 62% 67%
Advanced Thinkers U.S. Europe Asia
College Degree: 81% 87% 89%
Hold a postgraduate degree 34% 54% 49%
Impressive Earners U.S. Europe Asia
Average household assets $2.3 million $3.0 million $2.4 million
Household income of $150,000+ 65% 65% 57%
Average personal income $148,152 $286,000 $229,000
Average household income $302,949 $347,000 $301,000
Savvy Investors U.S. Europe Asia
Average # of securities transactions in the past year 15 21 21
Financial accounts (liquid assets) $1 million+ 30% 49% 42%
Intrepid Travelers U.S. Europe Asia
Average # of air round trips for vacation/personal reasons 6 6 4
Average # of hotel nights for vacation/personal reasons 15 20 8
Leisure Activites U.S. Europe Asia
Visited galleries, museums in the past year* 77% 86% 45%
Attend theater, concerts, opera, performing arts 69% 81% 67%
Participate in any sport/fitness activites 94% 92% 93%
Play golf 35% 27% 41%
Visit spas 28% 33% 44%
Prolific Shoppers U.S. Europe Asia
Spent on apparel and accessories $8.8 billion $360 million $426 million
Spent on watches and jewelry $3.1 billion $221 million $356 million
Spent on fragrances $273 million $39 million $45 million

* U.S. also contains antiques shows. Sources: WSJ. Prototype based on 2009 Mendelsohn Affluent Houeshold Survey, HHI $100,000+; Europe & Asia: 2007 Subscriber Study The Wall Street Journal Europe/ Asia; ABC U.K. July–December 2008; Hong Kong January–July 2009


Revised on: 2009-11-13

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