[2] The magazine was the British edition of French women's magazine Femme Actuelle, The target audience of the magazine is working-class women age between 44 and 60.
[3] Nat Mags acquired Best from Gruner + Jahr in 2000.
[4][5] On 8 August 2016 Siobhan Wykes became the executive editor of the magazine, replacing Jenny Vereker in the post.
[7] She was named the editor of Best in January 2010, replacing Jane Ennis in the post.
[8] During the first half of 2010, the magazine had a circulation of 302,309 copies.