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That's a great question. To my knowledge, there is no database that shows the number of readers each magazine has (gives me an idea to try to create one!).

Here is what I would recommend you look at to determine how likely your work is to get actual readers:

- Their following on social media. Although likes and follows can certainly be vanity metrics, if an organization only has 5 social media followers, then there is a good chance their readership is non-existent.

- How much engagement they get on social media. Even if they have a lot of followers, if every post they put up on social has 1 like, then they probably don't have a lot of readership either.

- Use a tool like Similarweb to see how much estimated web traffic they get each month. Be careful with these estimates though - anything under 5k per month won't have much data available, and the data is not always accurate. If a site gets a LOT of traffic according to Similarweb, then you can be confident it has good readership. But just because it doesn't have much data in Similarweb doesn't mean it isn't popular.

Here's an example scan from Similarweb - https://www.similarweb.com/website/duotrope.com/#overview

- Check the Duotrope stats. Although these are reported by writers and not readers, there is often a decent amount of crossover. Venues that have lots of submitters are often more read than venues with very few submissions.

Those are a few things to check to get started. Hope that helps!

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