List of satirical magazines
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This is a list of satirical magazines which have a satirical bent, and which may consist of fake news stories for mainly humorous purposes. For magazines published online, see List of satirical news websites.
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| Name | Country | Place | Founded | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academia Cațavencu | Romania | Bucharest | 1991 | |
| Annals of Improbable Research | United States | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1994 | Styled as an academic journal; see also Ig Nobel Prize |
| Äpy | Finland | Espoo | 1948 | Journal published every other year by Aalto University students (see also Julkku). Published every other year |
| Blandaren | Sweden | Stockholm | 1863 | Founded by students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| Caras y Caretas | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 1898 | |
| Le Canard enchaîné | France | Paris | 1915 | |
| Le Canard libéré | Morocco | Casablanca | 2007 | |
| Charlie Hebdo | France | Paris | 1969 | publication suspended in 1981–1992; publication continued despite mass killing of contributors at its offices in 2015 |
| The Chaser | Australia | 1999 | Originally fortnightly; publication ceased in 2005-2015 and later returned to quarterly issues | |
| The Clinic | Chile | Santiago | 1998 | |
| Ad-Dabbour | Lebanon | Beirut | 1922 | Ceased print in 2019; continues online[1] |
| La Distinction | Switzerland | Lausanne | 1987 | |
| Eulenspiegel | Germany/East Germany | Berlin | 1954 | the only satire magazine of East Germany |
| Frank | Canada | Ottawa; Halifax, Nova Scotia | 1987 | |
| La Furia | France | Paris | 2022 | |
| Golden Words | Canada | Kingston, Ontario | 1967 | Engineering newspaper of Queen's University |
| Le Grognon | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | 1991 | |
| Grönköpings Veckoblad | Sweden | Stockholm | 1902 | |
| The Harvard Lampoon | United States | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1876 | Student publication |
| Hócipő | Hungary | Budapest | 1989 | |
| Hosteni | Albania | Tirana | 1945 | published monthly until 1991, quarterly onward |
| Humo | Belgium | Antwerp | 1936 | Dutch-language; also a TV and music magazine |
| Humor Times | United States | Sacramento | 1991 | Monthly, available in print and digital formats |
| El Jueves | Spain | Barcelona | 1977 | |
| LeMan | Turkey | Istanbul | 1990 | |
| The Lemon Press | United Kingdom | York | 2009 | Student publication |
| Mad | United States | New York | 1952 | Ceased print publication in 2018 |
| The Medium | United States | New Brunswick, New Jersey | 1970 | Student publication of Rutgers University |
| Mongolia | Spain | Madrid | 2012 | |
| Mushtum | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 1923 | |
| Nebelspalter | Switzerland | Zürich Rorschach (from 1921) Basel (from 1996) Horn (from 1998) |
1875 | proscribed in Nazi Germany |
| Nie | Poland | Warsaw | 1990 | |
| Noseweek | South Africa | 1993 | ||
| The Onion | United States | Chicago | 1988 | Stopped print in 2013,[2] but resumed in 2024[3] |
| The Oxymoron | United Kingdom | Oxford | 2007 | Publication by students at the University of Oxford; printed three times a year and published online |
| 't Pallieterke | Belgium | Grimbergen | 1945 | Dutch-language |
| Pan | Belgium | Brussels | 1945 | French-language. In 2010, Pan merged with another satirical publication, Père Ubu (founded 1990), into Ubu-Pan; that merger fell apart in 2017 because of editorial disagreements regarding ideology[4] |
| Pennsylvania Punch Bowl | United States | Philadelphia | 1899 | Student publication (University of Pennsylvania) |
| Perets' | Ukraine | Kharkiv (initially), Kyiv | 1927 | Ceased print publication since 2021 |
| The Phoenix | Ireland | Dublin | 1983 | |
| To Pontiki | Greece | Athens | 1979 | |
| Private Eye | United Kingdom | London | 1961 | |
| Sorry | Czech Republic | Prague | 1992 | |
| Starshel | Bulgaria | Sofia | 1886 | Uninterrupted publication since 1946 |
| Svikmøllen | Denmark | 1915 | ||
| Titanic | Germany | Frankfurt | 1979 | |
| Unmad | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 1978 | published quarterly until 1991, monthly onward |
| Il Vernacoliere | Italy | Livorno | 1982 | |
| Vigousse | Switzerland | Lausanne | 2009 | |
| The Yale Record | United States | New Haven, Connecticut | 1872 | Student publication |
Defunct
| Name | Country | Place | Founded | Defunct | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Asino | Italy | Rome | 1892 | 1925 | |
| L'Assiette au Beurre | France | Paris | 1901 | 1936 | |
| La Avispa | Spain | Madrid | 1883 | 1891 | |
| Il Becco Giallo | Italy | Rome | 1924 | 1931 | |
| El Be Negre | Spain | Barcelona | 1931 | 1936[5] | Briefly revived in 1979 as Amb potes rosses |
| Bertoldo | Italy | Milan | 1936 | 1943 | |
| Buen Humor | Spain | Madrid | 1921 | 1931 | |
| La Campana de Gràcia | Spain | Barcelona | 1870 | 1934 | Suspended in 1872, 1874 and 1890, and substituted by L'Esquella de la Torratxa |
| Candido | Italy | Milan | 1945 | 1961 | |
| Cane Toad Times | Australia | Brisbane | 1977 | 1990 | Motivated by political events in Queensland under the Bjelke-Petersen Government (1968–1987). |
| La Caricature | France | Paris | 1830 | 1843 | |
| La Caricature | France | Paris | 1880 | 1904 | |
| Cascabel | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 1941 | 1947 | |
| Le Charivari | France | Paris | 1832 | 1937 | |
| Cu-Cut! | Spain | Barcelona | 1902 | 1912 | briefly revived 1913–14[6] |
| Cuore | Italy | Rome | 1989 | 1996 | |
| Cyrulik Warszawski | Poland | Warsaw | 1926 | 1934 | associated with the Skamander literary circle; the title Cyrulik Warszawski translates as "The Barber of Warsaw". |
| Davul | Ottoman Empire | Istanbul | 1908 | 1909 | |
| Dikobraz | Czechoslovakia Czech Republic (from 1993) | 1945 | 1995 | from 1990 under the title Nový Dikobraz; briefly revived 2004–2005 under the title Dikobraz a Zabaveno; the title Dikobraz translates as "Old World Porcupine" | |
| Der Drache | Germany | Leipzig | 1919 | 1925 | |
| Don Quijote | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 1884 | 1905 | |
| Don Quijote | Spain | Madrid | 1892 | 1903 | |
| Emme | Italy | Rome | 2007 | 2009 | |
| L'Esquella de la Torratxa | Spain | Barcelona | 1890 | 1939 | spin-off of La Campana de Gràcia[7] |
| Feral Tribune | Croatia | Split | 1984 | 2008 | published from 1984 until 1993 as a weekly supplement in Nedjeljna Dalmacija, published from 1993 until 2008 as an independent weekly magazine |
| La Flaca | Spain | Barcelona | 1869 | 1873 | Continued as La Madeja Política until 1876 |
| Fliegende Blätter | Germany | Munich | 1845 | 1944 | |
| Frank | Canada | Halifax | 1987 | 2008 | |
| Frigidaire | Italy | Giano dell'Umbria | 1980 | 2008 | |
| Fun | United Kingdom | London | 1861 | 1901 | |
| Gedeón | Spain | Madrid | 1895 | 1912 | |
| Gil Blas | Spain | Madrid | 1864 | 1872 | |
| Gırgır | Turkey | Istanbul | 1972 | 1989 | |
| Gracia y Justicia | Spain | Madrid | 1931 | 1936 | |
| Le Grelot | France | Paris | 1871 | 1903 | |
| La Grosse Bertha | France | 1991 | 1993 | ||
| Der Groyser Kundes | United States | New York | 1909 | 1927 | |
| Guerin Meschino | Italy | Milan | 1882 | 1950 | |
| Hackberg Post | Germany | Passau | 2016 | 2023 | German-English online-publication from 2016 until 2017, from 2018 onwards only German edition in printed form |
| Hamburger Wespen | Germany | Hamburg | 1862 | 1868 | |
| Hara-Kiri | France | Paris | 1961 | 1985 | reappeared briefly in 1993 and 2000. Additional weekly magazine published in 1969–1970. |
| Hum | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 1978 | 1999 | |
| Journal of Irreproducible Results | various | 1955 | 2019 | Scientific focus | |
| Journal of Polymorphous Perversity | United States | New York | 1984 | 2003 | Scientific focus |
| Karuzela | Poland | Łódź | 1957 | 1992 | |
| Kikeriki | Austria | Vienna | 1861 | 1933 | |
| Kladderadatsch | Germany | Berlin | 1848 | 1944 | |
| Krokodil | Soviet Union Russian Federation (from 1991) | Moscow | 1922 | 2004 | from 2001 under the title Novyi Krokodil («Новый Крокодил»); the only satirical magazine in the world to be honoured with a musical composition: "5 Romances to the Words from the Crocodile Magazine" («5 романсов на слова из журнала „Крокодил“») by Dmitri Shostakovich (1965). |
| Il Lampione | Grand Duchy of Tuscany/Italy | Florence | 1848 | 1877 | |
| La Lanterne | France/Belgium | Paris, Brussels | 1868 | 1876 | Paris edition was stopped in 1869 for violation of lèse-majesté laws of the Second Empire, second edition, in exile in Brussels, started 1874 |
| La Lente | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | Florence | 1856 | 1861 | |
| Leuchtkugeln | Germany | Munich | 1848 | 1851 | |
| Madrid Cómico | Spain | Madrid | 1880 | 1923 | |
| Il Male | Italy | Rome | 1978 | 1982 | |
| Il Misfatto | Italy | Rome | 2010 | 2013 | |
| El Mole | Spain | Valencia | 1837 | 1870 | Irregular publication with four major breaks[8] |
| El Motín | Spain | Madrid | 1881 | 1926 | |
| Moskovskaya Komsomolka | Russia | Moscow | 1999 | 2001 | |
| Mucha | Poland | Warsaw | 1868 | 1952 | |
| Münchener Punsch | Germany | Munich | 1848 | 1871 | |
| 'U Panarijdde | Italy | Taranto | 1902 | 1953 | |
| Papitu | Spain | Barcelona | 1908 | 1937 | [9][10] |
| Par Condicio | Italy | 2004 | 2005 | ||
| Il Pasquino | Kingdom of Sardinia/Italy | Turin | 1856 | 1930 | |
| El Papus | Spain | Barcelona | 1973 | 1987r | |
| Penguen | Turkey | Istanbul | 2002 | 2017 | |
| Przegięcie Pały | Poland | 1988 | 1989 | founded by Krzysztof Skiba associated with the Ruch Społeczeństwa Alternatywnego & Orange Alternative movements | |
| Punch | United Kingdom | London | 1841 | 2002 | |
| The Realist | United States | New York City | 1958 | 2001 | |
| Le Rire | France | Paris | 1894 | 1971 | Also published a bimonthly Fantasio (1906-1937) |
| Różowe Domino | Poland (under Austrian partition) | Lwów (now Lviv) | 1882 | 1890 | whole print runs frequently confiscated by the censorship of Austria-Hungary; the title translates as "Pink Domino". |
| Simplicissimus | Germany | Munich | 1896 | 1944 | |
| Siné Mensuel | France | Paris | 2011 | 2025 | succeeded the weekly magazine Siné Hebdo published from 2008 to 2010 |
| Spy | United States | 1986 | 1998 | ||
| Lo Stenterello | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | Florence | 1848 | 1849 | |
| Süddeutscher Postillon | Germany | Munich | 1882 | 1910 | |
| Szpilki | Poland | Warsaw (Łódź 1945–1947) | 1935 | 1994 | founded by Eryk Lipiński & Zbigniew Mitzner; publication suspended during the Second World War between September 1939 and March 1945, and again for a few months during the dictatorship of General Jaruzelski |
| Tango | Italy | Rome | 1986 | 1988 | |
| Teacher's Diary | United Kingdom | London | 2004 | 2004 | a brief Private Eye spin-off |
| Tawfiq | Iran | Teheran | 1922 | 1971 | |
| La Traca | Spain | Valencia | 1884 | 1939 | Got several interrumptions, revived between 1995 and 2010. |
| Ulenspiegel | Germany | Berlin | 1945 | 1950 | |
| Ulk | Germany | Hamburg | 1872 | 1933 | |
| Uykusuz | Turkey | Istanbul | 2007 | 2023[11] | |
| La voce della fogna | Italy | 1974 | 1983 | ||
| Der Wahre Jacob | Germany | Stuttgart | 1879 | 1933 | |
| Watzmann | Austria | 1982 | 1985 | ||
| Weekly World News | United States | 1979 | 2007 | ||
| Wiadomości Brukowe | Poland (under Russian partition) | Wilno (now Vilnius) | 1816 | 1822 | closed by the censorship of the Russian Empire; continued surreptitiously as Bałamut until 1836; the oldest satirical magazine in the world; the title Wiadomości Brukowe translates as "Gutter-rag News". |
| Svari | Latvia | Riga (Saint Petersburg 1906–1907) | 1906 | 1931 | Main satirical periodical in interwar Latvia, publication was suspended from 1907 to 1920. |
| Dadzis | Latvia | Riga | 1957 | 2009 | Publication was suspended from 1995 to 2005. |
| 100Most | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 2013 | 2018 |
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