humor magazines

Printed satire publications

Humor magazines are periodicals devoted primarily to comedy, satire, and entertainment rather than news or serious commentary.

They typically feature cartoons, parodies, satirical articles, and jokes, often targeting politics, popular culture, or social conventions.

Notable examples include Mad Magazine in the United States and Punch in Britain.

The format has largely migrated to digital platforms, though the term still applies to any magazine whose primary purpose is to amuse readers.

Related

biting satire · caricature · pop culture influence · parody · lampooning · wordplay · comic strips · illustrators · cultural critique · Private Eye · humorists · social commentary · The Onion · fake news · columnists · absurdity · MAD · webcomics

Opposites
tone and purpose

humor magazinesacademic journals

Publications for peer-reviewed research

news magazines · medical journals · trade publications · trade journals · investigative journalism

journalistic gravitas

humor magazinesThe Economist

British weekly covering global affairs

Foreign Affairs · The Atlantic · Time magazine · Newsweek · The New Yorker

Family

humor, magazine

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G