List of men's magazines
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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 magazines and gadget magazines, many of which are aimed at a primarily male audience.
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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.
- 121Mag (International)
- Arena (UK) (International)
- August Man Magazine (Singapore)
- BestLife Magazine
- BUCK (UK) (International)
- Complex magazine (U.S.)
- Classic Style Magazine
- Details (U.S.)
- Esquire (U.S.)
- Esquire (magazine) UK(UK)
- 21 (Latvia)
- GCulture (UK)
- Girls Gone Wild (Magazine) ([United States, Australia])
- Giant (U.S.)
- GQ (International)
- HOMBRE Magazine
- Indy Men's Magazine (U.S.)
- MADE Magazine (International)
- MAN (Es)
- Men's Health (International)
- Men's Fitness (U.S.)(International)
- Men's Journal (U.S.)
- Men's Portal (UK)
- Men's Style (Australia)
- Men's Vogue (U.S.)
- Mob Candy (U.S.)
- Outdoor Life (U.S.)
- Real Man Magazine (U.S.)
- Royal Magazine (India)
- Shortlist (UK)
- Smooth (magazine)
- Sport (magazine) (UK)
- True (U.S.)
- UMM (Canada)
- Vibe (U.S.)
- Weekly Asahi Geinō (Japan)
[edit] Gay male audience
[edit] Sports magazines
[edit] Lad mags
Lad, lads', or laddie mags (magazines) (known exclusively as men's magazines in the U.S.) contain non-nude photography (or topless photography in the case of some British lads mags), accompanied by articles about women (usually models or actresses); consumer stories about cars, tools, and toys; and/or guy tales of sex. See also: Lad culture
- Barracuda (U.S.)
- Blazer (Israel)
- Blender (U.S.)
- Bonita Magazine (U.S.)
- Café (Sweden)
- CKM (Serbia, Hungary, Poland)
- FAME Magazine (U.S.)
- Femme Fatales (U.S.)
- FHM ("For Him Magazine") (International)
- FLIRT Magazine (U.K.)
- Front (UK)
- Gear (UK)
- Guts (France)
- HOMBRE Magazine
- H Para Hombres (Mexico)
- LadMagazine.com (International)
- King Magazine (U.S.)
- Loaded (UK)
- M! (Denmark)
- Magazine.com (International)
- Manmade Mag (U.S.)
- Maxim (International)
- Maxim Magazine (U.S.)
- Man (Spain)
- Man (Australia) (1936-1974)
- Mann (Norway)
- MANUAL (Philippines)
- Monkeymag.co.uk (UK)
- Moore (Sweden)
- Nuts (UK)
- Open Your Eyes (U.S.)
- People (Australia)
- Picture (magazine) (Australia)
- RAZOR (U.S.)
- Ralph (Australia)
- Savvy (International)
- SHOW (Magazine) (U.S.)
- Slitz (Sweden)
- Smooth (U.S.)
- Stuff (UK/U.S.)
- Sylk Magazine (U.S., UK)
- T3 (International)
- Titanium Girlz (Magazine) (U.S.)
- The Sun/Page Three (UK)
- Toro (Canada)
- Summum (Quebec, Canada)
- Urbe Bikini (Venezuela)
- Vi Menn (Norway)
- VIP (Brazil)
- SOHO (Colombia)
- Zoo (UK/Australia)
[edit] Erotica and pornographic magazines
These publications contain content of a sexual nature including nude photography. See also: List of pornographic magazines.
- Adult Stars Magazine (United States)
- Barely Legal
- Bejean (Japan)
- Bleikt og blátt (Iceland)
- Caballero (magazine) (Mexico)
- Cheri (U.S.)
- Club International (UK)
- Curvaceous Magazine (U.S.)
- Ele Ela (Brazil)
- Escort (UK)
- Fiesta (UK)
- Forum (U.S.)
- Gallery (U.S.)
- Gent (U.S.)
- High Society (U.S.)
- Hustler (U.S.)
- Knave (UK)
- Mags4Lads (UK)
- Le Ore (Italy)
- Lemon People (Japan)
- Loslyf (Afrikaans - South Africa)
- Manga Burikko (Japan)
- Mastram (India)
- Matador (Germany)
- Mayfair (UK)
- Men's magazine (Italy, Germany, Austria and Belgium)
- Men's World (UK)
- Modern Man (U.S.)
- Oui (U.S.)
- Over 40 (U.S.)
- Paganman (International)
- Penthouse (UK,U.S. and Australia)
- Perfect 10 (U.S.)
- Picture (AUS)
- Playboy (International)
- Playmen (Italy) - recognized as the Italian 'Playboy'
- Private (International)
- Razzle (UK)
- Sabra (Japan)
- Score (U.S.)
- Sexy (Brazil)
- Swank (US)
- Urecco (Japan)
- Velvet (United States)
- Voluptuous (U.S.)
- Chastity (India)
- "Xcitement" (United States)
[edit] Ethnic men's magazines
[edit] African-American men's magazines
[edit] Asian-American men's magazines
[edit] Latin-American men's magazines
[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.
