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 car magazines and gadget magazines, many of which are aimed at a primarily 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.
- Arena (UK)
- August Man Magazine (Singapore)
- Complex magazine (U.S.)
- Debonair Magazine (U.S.)
- Details (U.S.)
- Esquire (U.S.)
- Gear (U.S.)
- GQ (International)
- Giant (U.S.)
- HOMBRE Magazine [1]
- Indy Men's Magazine (Indiana)
- Mens Magazine Online (U.S.)
- Men's Fitness (U.S.)
- Men's Health (International)
- Men's Journal (U.S.)
- Men's Vogue (U.S.)
- Outdoor Life (U.S.)
- PHOTO (U.S.)
- RICH GUY Magazine (Canada)
- Smooth (magazine)
- Sly (U.S.)
- Strut (Canada)
- Toro (Canada)
- True (U.S.)
- UMM (Canada)
Sports magazines
See also: Category:Sports magazines
Lad mags
Lad mags have lots of pictures of scantily clad women, accompanied by articles about the women (usually models or actresses), consumer stories about cars, tools and toys, and guy tales of sex.
- Barracuda (U.S.)
- Blender (U.S.)
- Bonita Magazine (U.S.)
- Café (Sweden)
- CKM (Serbia, Hungary, Poland)
- Femme Fatales (U.S.)
- FHM ("For Him Magazine") (International)
- Front (UK)
- HOMBRE Magazine [2]
- H Para Hombres (Mexico)
- Interviú (Spain)
- Loaded (UK)
- Maxim (International)
- Maxim Magazine (U.S.)
- Man (Spain)
- Moore (Sweden)
- Nuts (UK)
- People (Australia)
- Picture (magazine) (Australia)
- RAZOR (U.S.)
- Ralph (Australia)
- Slitz (Sweden)
- Smooth (U.S.)
- Stuff (UK/U.S.)
- T3 (UK/(U.S./(AUS))
- Toro (Canada)
- Vi Menn (Norway)
- Zoo (UK/Australia/South Africa)
Skin magazines
See also: List of pornographic magazines
- Barely Legal
- Bejean (Japan)
- Bleikt og blátt (Iceland)
- Caballero (magazine) (Mexico)
- Club International (UK)
- Curvaceous Magazine (U.S.)
- Ele Ela (Brazil)
- Escort (UK)
- Fiesta (UK)
- Forum (U.S.)
- Gallery (magazine) (U.S.)
- Gent (U.S.)
- High Society (U.S.)
- Hustler (U.S.)
- Knave (UK)
- Le Ore (Italy)
- Loslyf (Afrikaans - South Africa)
- 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.)
- Penthouse (UK,U.S. and Australia)
- Perfect 10 (U.S.)
- Playboy (International)
- Private (International)
- Razzle (UK)
- Sabra (Japan)
- Score (U.S.)
- Sexy (Brazil)
- Urecco (Japan)
- Velvet (United States)
- VIP (Brazil)
- Voluptuous (U.S.)
Magazines for gay and bisexual men
- Attitude (UK)
- The Advocate (U.S.)
- AXM (UK)
- Blue (Australia)
- Fab (Canada)
- Frontiers (U.S.)
- Gay Times (UK)
- Genre (U.S.)
- Instinct (U.S.)
- Out (U.S.)
- reFRESH (UK)
- White Crane (U.S.)
- XY (U.S.)
- DNA (Aus)
- Zero (Spain)
- Têtu (France)
Gay pornographic magazines
See: List of pornographic magazines
Ethnic men's magazines
African-American men's magazines
Latino-American men's magazines
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