Advertise in The Big Issue

Place your ad in The Big Issue magazine and reach an engaged Cape Town readership while supporting a meaningful social enterprise. Our magazine has a print run of around 12,000 copies per edition and an estimated readership of 48,000. Every advertisement helps sustain the publication and contributes to programmes that support vendor development and opportunity.

The Big Facts


150

Vendors selling The Big Issue monthly

44

Pages full-colour English language magazine on sale monthly

11

Editions a year

64

Page Collector’s Edition (end-of-year special)

140000

Copies sold each year

R12.50

Rand a copy is sold to vendors

R25

per Issue sold to our vendors

100

% Vendor Profit

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