A humor magazine is a magazine specifically designed to deliver humorous content to its readership. These publications often offer satire and parody, but some also put an emphasis on cartoons, caricature, absurdity, one-liners, witty aphorisms, surrealism, neuroticism, gelotology, emotion-regulating humor, and/or humorous essays. Humor magazines first became popular in the early 19th century with specimens like Le Charivari (1832–1937) in France, Punch (1841–2002) in the United Kingdom and Vanity Fair (1859–1863) in the United States.
Title | Language | Country | Year founded | Notable Contributors | Frequency | Medium | Classification |
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Academia Cațavencu | Romanian | Romania | 1991 | Mircea Dinescu, Sorin Ovidiu Vântu | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
The American Bystander | English | US | 2015 | Michael Gerber, Brian McConnachie, Jack Handey, Kate Beaton | Quarterly | Paper and Online | Satire, Parody |
The Brown Jug | English | US | 1920 | S.J. Perelman, Nathanael West, Jordan Carlos, Ben "Bean Kid" Doyle | Quarterly | Paper | Satire |
Le Canard enchaîné | French | France | 1915 | René Pétillon, Jean Effel, Cabu, Lefred Thouron | Weekly | Paper | Satire, cartoons |
Charlie Hebdo | French | France | 1969 | Philippe Val, François Cavanna, Cabu, Le Professeur Choron | Weekly | Paper | Satire, cartoons |
The Civilian | English | New Zealand | 2013 | Ben Uffindell | varied | Online | Satire |
The Clinic | Spanish | Chile | 1998 | Patricio Fernández Chadwick | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
CollegeHumor | English | US | 1999 | Ricky Van Veen, Jake Hurwitz, Amir Blumenfeld, Streeter Seidell | Daily | Online | Humor |
The Comic News | English | US | 1984 | Thom Zajac, John Govsky | Monthly | Paper | Political Cartoons |
The Cornell Lunatic | English | US | 1978 | Joey Green, Adam-Troy Castro, Naren Shankar | 2 per year | Paper | Satire |
Cracked.com | English | US | 2009 | Jack O'Brien, Seanbaby, Daniel O'Brien | Daily | Online | Humor |
The Daily Currant | English | US | 2012 | Varied | Online | Satire | |
The Daily Mash | English | UK | 2007 | Paul Stokes, Neil Rafferty | Daily | Online | Satire |
Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern | English | US | 1908 | Dr. Seuss, Buck Henry, Chris Miller, Mindy Kaling | 4 per year | Paper | Satire |
The Michigan Every Three Weekly | English | US | 1997 | Megan Ganz | Monthly | Paper and Online | Satire |
Eulenspiegel-Das Satiremagazin | German | East Germany, Germany | 1946 | Mathias Wedel | Monthly | Paper | Satire |
Faking News | English | India | 2008 | Rahul Roushan | Daily | Online | Satire |
Fish Rap Live! | English | US | 1985 | Skyler Hanrath, Ryan Schreiber | 9 per year | Paper | Satire, absurdism, theme issues |
Frank | English | Canada | 1987 | Michael Coren, Michael Bate, David Bentley, Fabrice Taylor | Biweekly | Paper | Satire |
Frigidaire | Italian | Italy | 1980 | Andrea Pazienza, Tanino Liberatore, Vincenzo Sparagna, Massimo Mattioli | Monthly | Paper | Comics |
Funny Times | English | US | 1985 | Susan Wolpert, Raymond Lesser | Monthly | Paper | Satire, cartoons |
The Georgetown Heckler | English | US | 2003 | Jack O'Brien | varied | Paper | Satire |
Le Gorafi | French | France | 2012 | Jean-René Buissière | Daily | Online | Satire |
Grönköpings Veckoblad | Swedish | Sweden | 1902 | Nils Hasselskog | Monthly | Paper | Satire |
Harvard Lampoon | English | US | 1876 | Doug Kenney, George Meyer, Conan O'Brien, Robert Benchley, Kurt Andersen, John Updike | Five per year | Paper | Satire |
Heuristic Squelch | English | US | 1991 | 6–8 per year | Paper | Satire | |
Humor Times | English | US | 1991 | Will Durst, Dan Piraro, Ruben Bolling | Monthly | Paper | Satire |
The Inconsequential | English | UK | 2005 | Graham C Hodgson, Stephen McCartney | Quarterly | Paper (2005) Online (2012) | Satire, Verse, Short Stories, Cartoons, Absurdism |
Jester of Columbia | English | US | 1901–1997, 2005 | Allen Ginsberg, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Tony Kushner, Ted Rall | Quarterly | Paper | Satire, absurdism |
El Jueves | Spanish | Spain | 1977 | Joan Vizcarra, J.L. Martín, Jordi Sellas | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
The Lemon Press (University of York) | English | UK | 2009 | Joe Regan, Ryan Fitzgerald, Chris Burgess, Dave Walker | 4 or 5 times per year | Paper | Satire |
Light | English | US | 1992 | X. J. Kennedy, Willard R. Espy, Tom Disch, John Updike | Quarterly | Paper (1992–2012) Online (2012–) | Light verse |
Mad | English | US | 1952 | Harvey Kurtzman, Al Jaffee, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Drucker | Monthly (1952–2009), Quarterly (2009-2012), Bi-monthly (2012-) | Paper | Satire; comics |
McSweeney's Internet Tendency | English | US | 1998 | Dave Eggers, Michael Ian Black, Tim Carvell, Nick Hornby | Daily | Online | Satire |
The Milking Cat | English | US | 2018 | Weekly | Online | Teen Humor, Satire, Comics | |
Nebelspalter | German | Switzerland | 1875 | René Gilsi, Franz Hohler, Heinrich Danioth, Marco Ratschiller | Weekly | magazine | Satire |
Neurococi | Romanian | Romania | 2018 | Radu Barsan | Daily | Online | Satire, Parody |
Nonsense | English | US | 1983 | Butch D'Ambrosio, Billy Scafuri, John Milhiser, Serious Lunch | 6 times a year | Paper (1983-2011), Online (2012-present) | Satire, Parody |
Noseweek | English | South Africa | 1993 | Martin Welz | Monthly | magazine | Satire |
Onion.com | English | US | 1996 | David Javerbaum, Ben Karlin, Scott Dikkers, Carol Kolb | daily | Online | Satire |
The Oxymoron | English | UK | 2008 | 3 per year | Paper | Satire | |
The Pennsylvania Punch Bowl | English | US | 1899 | Ezra Pound, Morton Livingston Schamberg, John Valentine Lovitt, Leo Yanoff | 3 per year | Paper (1899) Online (2007) | Satire |
The Phoenix | English | Ireland | 1983 | Paddy Prendeville, John Mulcahy | Fortnightly | Paper | Satire, Politics |
The Plumber's Faucet | English | Canada | 1984 | Triweekly | Paper and online | Humor, satire, cartoons | |
Phroth | English | US | 1909 | 2 per year | Paper | Satire, humor | |
Points in Case | English | US | 1999 | Amir Blumenfeld | Daily | Online | Satire, humor |
Princeton Tiger | English | US | 1882 | Booth Tarkington, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Caro, John McPhee | Quarterly | Paper (1882–) Online (2009–) | Satire |
Private Eye | English | UK | 1961 | Peter Cook, Ian Hislop, Richard Ingrams, John Wells | Biweekly | Paper | Satire |
De Rechtzetting (The Correction) | Flemish | Netherlands | 2010 | Indiyan | Daily | Online | Fake News |
De Speld (The Pin) | Dutch | Netherlands | 2007 | Daily | Online | Fake News | |
Satyr Magazine | English | US | 1970 | Daily | Online | Satire | |
Savage Henry Independent Times | English | US | 2010 | Sarah Godlin, Sonny Wong (artist), Zack Newkirk, Chris Durant | Monthly | Paper, Online | Satire |
The Serpopard | English | US & Germany | 2017 | Luger James, Ricarda Stevenson, Andrea Julia Smith, Zac de la Vigne | Daily | Online | Satire |
The Stanford Chaparral | English | US | 1899 | Josh Weinstein, Doodles Weaver, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston | 6 per year | Paper | Satire |
Stanford Flipside | English | US | 2008 | Monthly | Online | Satire | |
Svikmøllen | Danish | Denmark | 1915 | Sven Brasch | Annual | Paper | Satire |
Titanic | German | Germany | 1979 | Martin Sonneborn | Monthly | Paper | Satire |
The UnReal Times | English | India | 2011 | Ashwin Kumar, CS Krishna, Karthik Laxman, Ajayendar Reddy | Daily | Online | Satire |
Viz | English | UK | 1979 | Chris Donald, Simon Donald, Joel Morris, Christina Martin | 6 per year | Paper | Comics |
The Yale Record | English | US | 1872 | Garry Trudeau, Cole Porter, Peter Arno, Vincent Price | 8 per year | Paper | Satire, cartoons |
The Zamboni | English | US | 1989 | Josh Wolk, Luke Burns, Graham Starr | Monthly | Paper (1989–)/Online (2014–) | Humor. Satire, Installation Art, Parody, Cartoons, Mixed Media, sketch |
Toons Mag | English | Norway | 2009 | Arifur Rahman | Daily | Online | Cartoon, Comics, Caricature, Satire |
Blandaren | Swedish | Sweden | 1863 | Pontus Hultén, Gunnar Asplund | Annually | Paper | dadaistic, absurdist, satirical and surrealist |