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
men
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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
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ones. Not included here are
automobile
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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
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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
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
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US) (defunct)
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Smooth
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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 algebrai ...
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US)
Latin American men's magazines
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Hombre''
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Open Your Eyes'' (defunct)
Gay male audience
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The Advocate''
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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)
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Badi''
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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 ...
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bent''
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Blue
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Boyz''
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Butt''
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DNA''
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fab'' (defunct)
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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. ...
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G Magazine'' (defunct)
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G-Men''
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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
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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 ...
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Instinct
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Männer''
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MyKali''
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Next Magazine''
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Out''
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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 ...
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QX''
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Siegessäule''
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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 certified ...
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XY''
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Zero
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Positional notation (or place-value notation, or positional numeral system) usually denotes the extension to any base of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system (or ...
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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
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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)
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M2 Magazine'' (New Zealand)
See also
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List of health and fitness magazines
Health and fitness magazines cover a variety of topics including physical fitness and well-being, nutrition, beauty, strength, bodybuilding, and weight training.
General health and wellness
*'' Alive''
*'' Naked Food Magazine''
*''Prevention''
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List of pornographic magazines
This is a list of pornographic magazines (sometimes called ''erotic magazines'' or ''adult magazines'') — magazines that contain content of a sexual nature and are typically considered to be pornography.
For inclusion in this list, pornographic ...
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List of women's magazines
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Men's adventure magazine
Citations
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External links
* Calcutt, Andrew.
Changing the Subject: from the Gentleman’s Magazine to GQ and Barack Obama, ''Maglab'' (November 2009)
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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 auto ...