681 Stories About Numbers Appearing On Magazine Covers!

“Magazines, particularly the “service” publications aimed at women, have long used numbers as a selling point while helping readers divine what’s in, what’s hot, what’s cool, what’s not. But today, these totals, scores and inventories seem both increasingly random and increasingly increasing, leaping exponentially beyond the sorry single digits of yesteryear to an incalculable proliferation of paths to a better you.” — Katharine Q. Seelye, “Lurid Numbers on Glossy Pages! (Magazines Exploit What Sells),” The New York Times, February 10, 2006.