| Managing Editor (due to absence of Editor-in-chief) | Maartje de Gruyter |
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| Former editors |
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| Categories | Popular science magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Hearst Netherlands |
| First issue | 1 February 2004; 20 years ago (2004-02-01) |
| Company | Hearst Corporation |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Based in | Diemen |
| Language | Dutch |
| Website | Quest |
| ISSN | 1573-4617 |
| OCLC | 73596567 |
Quest is a monthly popular science magazine published in Diemen, Netherlands.
History and profile
Quest was launched in February 2004. The magazine was part of Gruner + Jahr and is published by G+J Uitgevers on a monthly basis.
The headquarters of the magazine is in Diemen. The magazine features articles on science and technology with a special reference to nature, health, psychology and history. Target audience of the magazine is people between 20 and 49 years of age. The monthly has several special supplements, Quest Psychologie, Quest Historie, Quest Image and Quest 101.
Karlijn van Overbeek served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine until her death in 2010. Then Thomas Hendriks was appointed to the post.
The magazine is also distributed in Belgium. In 2011 the English version of Quest was launched by Gruner + Jahr in South Africa with the same name. The magazine is published on a bimonthly basis there.
Quest has won the Mercur Magazine Award several times since its start in 2004. The magazine received the award in 2004, in 2007 and in 2009. It was named as the Launch of the Year 2004 and the Magazine of the Year for 2010.
Circulation
In 2010 Quest had a circulation of 198,270 copies. Its circulation was 183,348 copies in 2011 and 178,274 copies in 2012. During the second quarter of 2014 the circulation of the magazine was 155,653 copies.
References
- ^ "G+J Netherlands: QUEST Magazine Pronounced "Launch of the Year"". G+J. Hamburg. 12 December 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ "Quest wins 'Magazine of the Year' award". Publicitas. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ "Gruner + Jahr launches QUEST magazine". Publicitas. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ "Quest factsheet". Publicitas. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ "Factsheet 2015. Quest" (PDF). G+J Uitgevers. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.