The audience for magazines varies by age range as different genres appeal to different types of people. (e.g.

would rarely find a 16 year old reading a classical music magazine)

All music magazines however fall under the social class of ABC1 due to the fact that the magazines are priced at around 5 a monthly issue. Therefore this means that it will only appeal to a particular audience as they have to prioritise what they spend their money on as they have a tighter budget and would be bought as a luxury if financially able to. With New technology widely available to the public magazines can be able to be consumed via technology such as mobile apps and online. Subscription is a good way in which people get there magazines as they get discount by paying yearly and have the magazine delivered to there door. Magazines can even be consumed in places such as doctors surgery.