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. 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 maj ...

ones. Not included here are

automobile A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods. The year 1886 is regarded ...

, 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 ed ...

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

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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 ...

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

'' ( US) (defunct) * '' Smooth'' ( US)

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 propo ...

'' * '' AXM'' (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 ...

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Blue Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when ...

'' * '' Boyz'' * '' Butt'' * '' DNA'' * '' fab'' (defunct) * ''

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+ comm ...

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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 f ...

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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 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 Out may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Out'' (1957 film), a documentary short about the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 * ''Out'' (1982 film), an American film directed by Eli Hollander * ''Out'' (2002 film), a Japanese film ba ...

'' * '' Outlooks'' (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 certif ...

'' * '' XY'' * ''

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'' (defunct)

Men's lifestyle magazines

''Men's lifestyle'' magazines ('' lad mags'' 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 *''Stuff'' (2005), a book by Jeremy Strong Fictional cha ...

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Zoo Weekly ''Zoo'' was a British (and formerly an Australian and South African) 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 similar an ...

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People A person ( : 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 prope ...

'' (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)

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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

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

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Europe

Oceania

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