This is a list of

magazines A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combination ...

primarily marketed to

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. The list has been split into subcategories according to the target audience of the magazines. This list includes mostly mainstream magazines as well as

adult An adult is a human or other animal that has reached full growth. In human context, the term ''adult'' has meanings associated with social and legal concepts. In contrast to a " minor", a legal adult is a person who has attained the age of major ...

ones. Not included here are

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, trains, modelbuilding periodicals and gadget magazines which happen to have a predominantly male audience.

General male audience

These publications appeal to a broad male audience. Some skew toward men's fashion, others to health. Most are marketed to a particular age and income

demographic Demography () is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as edu ...

. In the US, some are marketed mainly to a specific ethnic group, such as African Americans or Mexicans.

Americas

Europe

Asia

Oceania

Ethnic men's magazines

African American men's magazines

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Black Enterprise ''Black Enterprise'' is a black-owned multimedia company. Since the 1970s, its flagship product ''Black Enterprise'' magazine has covered African-American businesses with a readership of 3.7 million. The company was founded in 1970 by Earl G ...

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King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

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Smooth Smooth may refer to: Mathematics * Smooth function, a function that is infinitely differentiable; used in calculus and topology * Smooth manifold, a differentiable manifold for which all the transition maps are smooth functions * Smooth algebraic ...

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Latin American men's magazines

* '' Hombre'' * '' Open Your Eyes'' (defunct)

Gay male audience

* '' The Advocate'' * ''

Attitude Attitude may refer to: Philosophy and psychology * Attitude (psychology), an individual's predisposed state of mind regarding a value * Metaphysics of presence * Propositional attitude, a relational mental state connecting a person to a pro ...

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AXM ''AXM'' was a British lifestyle digital magazine aimed at young gay and bisexual men. The magazine ceased publication of printed magazines after December 2008 due to financial downturn. It was subsequently converted to an online-only format, ...

'' (defunct) * '' Badi'' * ''

Bear Magazine ''BEAR Magazine'' is a periodical specifically geared toward gay and bisexual men who are — or who admire — "bears", i.e., stocky or heavyset men with facial and/or body hair. It was initially published in San Francisco, California, in 1987 ...

'' * '' bent'' * ''

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'' * '' Boyz'' * '' Butt'' * '' DNA'' * ''

fab Fab or FAB may refer to: Commerce * Fab (brand), a frozen confectionery * Fab (website), an e-commerce design web site * The FAB Awards, a food and beverage award * FAB Link, a European electricity link * Flavoured alcoholic beverage or alcopop, ...

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FourTwoNine ''FourTwoNine'' (the numbers spell out "gay" on a cellphone keypad) is an American print publication. ''FourTwoNine'', according to its website, is "an up-to-the-minute men’s brand aimed at thought influencers and cultural leaders of all genders. ...

'' * '' G Magazine'' (defunct) * '' G-Men'' * ''

Gay Times ''Gay Times'' (stylized in all caps), also known as ''Gay Times Magazine'' and as ''GT'', is a UK-based LGBTQ+ media brand established in 1975. Originally a magazine for gay and bisexual men, the company now includes content for the LGBTQ+ commu ...

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Genre Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other for ...

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Hello Mr. ''Hello Mr.'', stylized as ''hello mr.'', was a semiannual American lifestyle magazine focused on topics of interest to gay men. The magazine described itself as being "about men who date men," though the magazine tackled both queer and queer-adj ...

'' (defunct) * ''

Instinct Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behaviour, containing both innate (inborn) and learned elements. The simplest example of an instinctive behaviour is a fixed action pattern (FAP), in which a v ...

'' * '' Männer'' * '' MyKali'' * '' Next Magazine'' * '' Out'' * ''

Outlooks ''OUTLOOKS'' was a Canadian LGBT magazine, published 10 times annually (monthly excepting combined issues in July/August and December/January). Founded by Roy Heale in 1997 as a newsprint monthly, in 2009 the publication was purchased by Brett T ...

'' (defunct) * '' QX'' * '' Siegessäule'' * ''

Têtu ( French for "stubborn") is the main LGBTQIA magazine published in France. It was subtitled in French ( en, the magazine of gays and lesbians) until 2007, and reaffirmed itself as a men's magazine since then. As of December, 2012, its certifie ...

'' * '' XY'' * ''

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'' (defunct)

Men's lifestyle magazines

''Men's lifestyle'' magazines (''

lad mag Lad mag was a term principally used in the UK in the 1990s and early 2000s to describe a then-popular type of lifestyle magazine for younger, heterosexual men, focusing on "sex, sport, gadgets and grooming tips". The lad mag was notable as a new t ...

s'' in the UK and specifically ''men's magazines'' in North America) were popular in the 1990 and 2000s focusing on a mix of "Sex, sport, gadgets and grooming tips". From the early 2000s, sales of these magazines declined very substantially as the internet provided the same content (and particularly more graphic pornography) for free.

International

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FHM ''FHM'' (For Him Magazine) is a British multinational men's lifestyle magazine that was published in several countries. Its master edition contained features such as the ''FHM'' 100 Sexiest Women in the World, which has featured models, actres ...

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Maxim Maxim or Maksim may refer to: Entertainment * ''Maxim'' (magazine), an international men's magazine ** ''Maxim'' (Australia), the Australian edition ** ''Maxim'' (India), the Indian edition *Maxim Radio, ''Maxim'' magazine's radio channel on Sir ...

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Stuff Stuff, stuffed, and stuffing may refer to: *Physical matter *General, unspecific things, or entities Arts, media, and entertainment Books *''Stuff'' (1997), a novel by Joseph Connolly (author), Joseph Connolly *''Stuff'' (2005), a book by Jere ...

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Zoo Weekly ''Zoo'' was a British (and formerly an Australian and South African) Lad mag, lad's mag published weekly by Bauer Media Group in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 29 January 2004, and for a time was the UK's only men's weekly after the si ...

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Americas

Europe

Oceania

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People A person (plural, : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of pr ...

'' (Australia) (defunct) * ''

Ralph Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

'' (Australia) (defunct) * '' M2 Magazine'' (New Zealand)

Citations

General and cited references

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External links

* Calcutt, Andrew.
Changing the Subject: from the Gentleman’s Magazine to GQ and Barack Obama
, ''Maglab'' (November 2009) {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Men's Magazines *

Men's magazines This is a list of magazines primarily marketed to men. The list has been split into subcategories according to the target audience of the magazines. This list includes mostly mainstream magazines as well as adult ones. Not included here are autom ...

General male audience

Americas

Europe

Asia

Oceania

Ethnic men's magazines

African American men's magazines

Latin American men's magazines

Gay male audience

Men's lifestyle magazines

International

Americas

Europe

Oceania

See also

Citations

General and cited references

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