According to a report (cited by FolioMag.com) just released by GfK MRI (formerly Mediamark Research & Intelligence), magazine readership in the United States is slowly growing – a fact that is worthy of grand celebration in an industry often declared as “dead.”

How did your favorite magazines perform over the past year? FolioMag.com listed highlights from the report, including:

The Good News:
– Fortune rose 3 percent
– GQ rose 11 percent
– Men’s Fitness rose 8 percent
– The Economist rose 1 percent

The Bad News:
– Men’s Health fell 4 percent
– Esquire fell 6 percent
– Men’s Journal fell 8 percent
– Businessweek fell 6 percent
– Forbes fell 1 percent
– Money fell 3.5 percent
– Newsweek fell 14 percent
– Time fell 5 percent

Which magazines were the most popular in terms of growth? The answer proves that geeks read offline as well as online: Future’s Official Xbox Magazine grew 42 percent, PC World was up 39 percent and Life & Style Weekly grew 31 percent. The Handyman Club of America’s magazine, Handy fell the most at 24 percent.