--- description: Wednesday's issue was the first since the Jan. 7 terror attack on its office title: Buyers of Sold-Out Charlie Hebdo Show Off Cover on Social Media image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Buyers of Sold-Out _Charlie Hebdo_ Show Off Cover on Social Media by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 15, 2015 1:48 AM CUT by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 15, 2015 1:48 AM CUT _Charlie Hebdo_’s editors first thought 1 million copies would be enough. For a satirical newspaper that used to sell fewer than 60,000 copies before the Jan. 7 attack on its office left 12 dead, including eight of its journalists, the number seemed extraordinary. But faced with an unprecedented demand in France and across the world, _Charlie Hebdo_’s print order was bumped to 3 million, then 5 million today.  Arthur Cattaneo posted this photo of several copies of the new issue of Charlie Hebdo Arthur Cattaneo (@arthurcattaneo) via Instagram Yet, many French readers were left frustrated Wednesday when the issue sold out within hours of it going on sale. Some of those who grabbed copies took to Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using the #SelfieCharlie and #Jaimoncharlie (“I have my Charlie”) hashtags.  Journalist Clélie Mathias posted this photo of herself holding the new issue of Charlie Hebdo Clélie Mathias (@cleliemathias) via Instagram  Marine Navarro posted this photo of the new issue of Charlie Hebdo. Marine Navarro (@marinenvr) via Instagram > [](https://twitter.com/Looooolotte/status/555318127521984512) > [](https://twitter.com/EricDuMorbihan/status/555321042806513664) _Read next:_ [Historic _Charlie Hebdo_ Issue Selling for $1,100 on eBay](http://time.com/money/3667157/charlie-hebdo-ebay/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3667270/charlie-hebdo-jaimoncharlie-selfiecharlie-paris-terror-attack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3667270/charlie-hebdo-jaimoncharlie-selfiecharlie-paris-terror-attack/"},"headline":"Buyers of Sold-Out Charlie Hebdo Show Off Cover on Social Media","datePublished":"2015-01-15T01:48:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:13.189Z","description":"Wednesday's issue was the first since the Jan. 7 terror attack on its office","url":"https://time.com/3667270/charlie-hebdo-jaimoncharlie-selfiecharlie-paris-terror-attack/","keywords":["France","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3667270/charlie-hebdo-jaimoncharlie-selfiecharlie-paris-terror-attack/","name":"Buyers of Sold-Out Charlie Hebdo Show Off Cover on Social Media"}}]}] ```