Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-3390396-20130704105258/@comment-4556650-20130705011810

To tell the truth... if you search up wikipedia for shounen manga... it states "marketed to a male audience aged roughly 13 and up". Therefore, it is definitely targeted for people at around 13+. Furthermore, there has been researches indicating that Shounen Jump is generally sold to the younger audiences within the target range, whereas, Shounen Magazine is sold to the elder audiences, hence the actual market is generally ~15+.

Another obvious argument would be that... I don't think "children" would buy magazines with covers like on Shounen Magazine. For example, do you really think a child would buy something like ?