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今天想找一下美国最常阅读的杂志有哪些，听别人说，不如自己找数据源头自己看，于是就搜到了statista上的一张统计表Magazines with largest audience in the U.S. 2017。觉得很不错，就此分享。
看数据就好处就是，能自己分析原材料，不会人云亦云。找数据源头，较为可靠、全面的有三种方式：
- 各国的统计局；
- 服务商本身提供数据，比如杂志都是通过邮政订阅，那么年订阅量的数据邮政肯定有，可以找邮政的官网或是找客服联系；
- 第三方统计商，如国泰安、statista等。
统计数据是事实型数据库的组成部分，是论证的绝佳素材，平时应该多收集，积累，总结。