List of 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 both 'adult' magazines as well as more mainstream ones. Not included here are automobile and gadget magazines, many of which are primarily aimed towards men.
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[edit] 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. In the U.S., some are marketed mainly to a specific ethnic group, such as African Americans or Hispanics.
Bachelor Magazine (Online)
Aktuell Rapport
Arena
August Man Magazine
Buck
CAVE Magazine
Classic Style Magazine
Complex
Details
Esquire
Esquire
FHM
For Men
GIANT
GQ (International)
Indy Men's Magazine
Just Mister Average (UK Online)
Men's Health
Men's Journal
Men's Vogue (defunct)
New Man (Christian lifestyle magazine)
Nuts (Weekly)
RUKUS (International)
Shave (International)
Shortlist
The Intern Magazine
The Chap
Thirty Magazine
True
The Man
MensXP.com
Weekly Asahi Geinō
Swagger Magazine
[edit] Ethnic men's magazines
[edit] African/Afro-Caribbean American men's magazines
- Assets (U.S.)
- Black Enterprise
- Bleu (U.S.)
- FAME Men's Magazine (U.S.)
- Kandie Pages (U.S.)
- King (U.S.)
- Smooth (U.S.)
- Black Men's Magazine(U.S.)
[edit] Asian American men's magazines
- SAM Magazine (U.S.)
AmpedAsia (International)
[edit] Latin American men's magazines
[edit] Gay male audience
Also refer to List of LGBT periodicals
[edit] Lads' mags
Lads', Lads, or Laddie mags (magazines) (known exclusively as men's magazines in English-speaking North America) contain non-nude photography (or bare-breasted photography in the case of some British "lads' mags"), accompanied by articles about women (usually models or actresses); consumer stories about cars, tools, toys, foods, alcoholic beverages; or "guy tales" of sexual encounters.
- Barracuda (U.S.)
- Blazer (Israel)
- Blender (U.S.)
- Bonita Magazine (U.S.)
- Café (Sweden)
- Egorazzi (Finland)
- FAME Magazine (U.S.)
- Femme Fatales (U.S.)
- FHM ("For Him Magazine") (International)
- Front (UK)
- Gear (UK)
- Hombre
- H Para Hombres (Mexico)
- King (U.S.)
- LadMagazine.com (International)
- Loaded (UK)
- Man (Spain)
- Mann (Norway)
- MANUAL (Philippines)
- Maxim (International)
- Mob Candy (U.S.)
- Monthly Male (UK)
- Moore (Sweden)
- Nuts (UK)
- Open Your Eyes (U.S.)
- People (Australia)
- Picture (Australia)
- Ralph (Australia)
- RevistaDONJUAN (Colombia)
RUKUS (International)- Slitz (Sweden)
- Smooth (U.S.)
- Stuff (UK/U.S.)
- Sylk Magazine (U.S., UK)
- Summum (Canada)
- UK CHOCOLATE (magazine) (UK)
- UMM (Canada)
- Urbe Bikini (Venezuela)
- Vi Menn (Norway)
- VIP (Brazil)
- SOHO (Colombia)
- Zoo Weekly (UK/Australia)
[edit] Pornographic magazines
These publications contain content of a sexual nature including nude photography.
- American Curves Magazine (International)
- Barely Legal
- Bejean (Japan)
- Caballero (Mexico)
- Caine Magazine (United States)
- Chastity (India)
- Cheri (United States)
- Club International (UK)
- CKM (Hungary)
- Curvaceous Magazine (U.S.)
- Escort (UK)
- Fiesta (UK)
- Finally Legal (United States)
- Gallery (U.S.)
- Gent (U.S.)
- High Society (U.S.)
- Hustler (U.S.)
- Kimberleys World (International)
- Knave (UK)
- Mags4Lads (UK)
- Lemon People (Japan)
- Loslyf (Afrikaans - South Africa)
- Manga Burikko (Japan)
- Matador (Germany)
- Mayfair (UK)
- Men's magazine (Italy, Germany, Austria and Belgium)
- Men's World (UK)
- Modern Man (U.S.)
- N&J Quarterly (U.S.)
- NSFW magazine (U.S.)
- Oui (U.S.)
- Over 40 (U.S.)
- Penthouse (UK, U.S. and Australia)
- Penthouse Forum (U.S.)
- Perfect 10 (U.S.)
- Picture (AUS)
- Playboy (International)
- Playmen (Italy) - recognized as the Italian 'Playboy'
- Private (International)
- Razzle (UK)
- Royal (India)
- Sabra (Japan)
- Score (U.S.)
- Sexy (Brazil)
- Swank (U.S.)
- Urecco (Japan)
- Video Boy (Japan)
- Xcitement (United States)
[edit] Sports magazines
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Kinetz, Erika (3 September 2006). "Who's the Man? Dave". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/fashion/03davez.html?pagewanted=all.
[edit] Bibliography
- Betrock, Alan. Pin-up mania! : the golden age of men's magazines, 1950-1967. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Shake Books, 1993.
- Jackson, Peter, Nick Stevenson, and Kate Brooks. Making sense of men's magazines. Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001.
- Stibbe, Arran. "Health and the Social Construction of Masculinity in Men's Health Magazine." Men and Masculinities 7.1 (July 2004), pp. 31–51. Abstract.
[edit] External links
- Calcutt, Andrew. Changing the Subject: from the Gentleman’s Magazine to GQ and Barack Obama at maglab.org.uk (November 2009)