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.
Name | Country | Place | Founded | Defunct | Comments |
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Academia Cațavencu | Romania | Bucharest | 1991 | ongoing | |
Alhudood | Jordan | Amman | 2013 | ongoing | |
L'Asino | Italy | Rome | 1892 | 1925 | |
L'Assiette au Beurre | France | Paris | 1901 | 1936 | |
Il Becco Giallo | Italy | Rome | 1924 | 1931 | |
El Be Negre | Spain | Barcelona | 1931 | 1936 [1] | Briefly revived in 1979 as Amb potes rosses |
Blandaren | Sweden | Stockholm | 1863 | ongoing | Founded by students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
Bertoldo | Italy | Milan | 1936 | 1943 | |
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 | |
Caras y Caretas (Argentina) | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 1898 | ongoing | |
Le Canard enchaîné | France | Paris | 1915 | ongoing | |
Le Charivari | France | Paris | 1832 | 1937 | |
Charlie Hebdo | France | Paris | 1969 | ongoing | publication suspended (1981–1992); a mass killing of contributors at its offices in 2015 causes one issue to appear late, but fails to stop publication |
The Chaser | Australia | 1999 | 2005 | Resumed print publication as a quarterly journal in 2015. | |
The Clinic | Chile | Santiago | 1998 | ongoing | |
Cu-Cut! | Spain | Barcelona | 1902 | 1912 | briefly revived 1913–14 [2] |
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". |
Ad-Dabbour | Lebanon | Beirut | 1922 | ongoing | [3] |
The Daily Mash | United Kingdom | 2007 | ongoing | ||
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" | |
De Nieuwe | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 1991 | ongoing | Back after a sabbatical of 25 years, De Nieuwe is the only printed satire magazine in the Netherlands |
Der Drache | Germany | Leipzig | 1919 | 1925 | |
L'Esquella de la Torratxa | Spain | Barcelona | 1890 | 1939 | spin-off of La Campana de Gràcia [4] |
Eulenspiegel | Germany/East Germany | Berlin | 1954 | ongoing | the only satire magazine of East Germany |
Faking News | India | Delhi | 2008 | 2020 | |
Faking Daily | India | Bengaluru | 2021 | ongoing | |
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 |
Fliegende Blätter | Germany | Munich | 1845 | 1944 | |
Frank | Canada | Halifax | 1987 | 2008 | |
Frigidaire | Italy | Giano dell'Umbria | 1980 | 2008 | |
Fun | United Kingdom | London | 1861 | 1901 | |
La Furia | France | Paris | 2022 | ongoing | |
Gırgır | Turkey | Istanbul | 1972 | 1989 | |
Golden Words | Canada | Kingston | 1967 | ongoing | Engineering newspaper of Queen's University |
Grönköpings Veckoblad | Sweden | 1902 | ongoing | ||
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. |
Harvard Lampoon | United States | Cambridge | 1876 | ongoing | |
The Hoar | United Kingdom | Leamington Spa | 2016 | 2017 [5] | |
Hosteni | Albania | Tirana | 1945 | ongoing | published monthly until 1991, quarterly onward |
Hum | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 1978 | 1999 | |
Humor Times | United States | Sacramento, CA | 1991 | ongoing | Monthly, available in print and digital formats. Features editorial cartoons organized as a review of the news, humor columns and more. |
The Inconsequential | United Kingdom | Northeastern England | 2005 | ongoing | Originated from a one-issue pamphlet entitled The Shabby Hare. Published every two to three months up to 2015, then monthly thereafter. [6] |
El Jueves | Spain | Barcelona | 1977 | ongoing | |
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 | |
The Legian Street Journal | Indonesia | Bali | 2018 | ongoing | |
LeMan | Turkey | Istanbul | 1990 | ongoing | [7] |
The Lemon Press | United Kingdom | York | 2009 | ongoing | |
Toons Mag | Norway | Drøbak | 2009 | ongoing | |
Penguen | Turkey | Istanbul | 2002 | 2017 | |
Pennsylvania Punch Bowl | United States | Philadelphia | 1899 | ongoing | |
La Lente | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | Florence | 1856 | 1861 | |
Leuchtkugeln | Germany | Munich | 1848 | 1851 | |
Emme | Italy | Rome | 2007 | 2009 | |
Il Male | Italy | Rome | 1978 | 1982 | |
Il Misfatto | Italy | Rome | 2010 | 2013 | |
Moskovskaya Komsomolka | Russia | Moscow | 1999 | 2001 | |
Mucha | Poland | Warsaw | 1868 | 1952 | |
Mushtum | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 1923 | ongoing | |
Münchener Punsch | Germany | Munich | 1848 | 1871 | |
Nebelspalter | Switzerland | Zürich Rorschach (from 1921) Basel (from 1996) Horn (from 1998) | 1875 | ongoing | proscribed in Nazi Germany |
Neurococi | Romania | Oradea | 2018 | ongoing | |
NewsBiscuit | United Kingdom | 2006 | ongoing | founded by John O'Farrell (author) | |
Noseweek | South Africa | 1993 | ongoing | ||
The Onion | United States | Chicago | 1988 | ongoing | Stopped print in 2013, [8] but resumed in 2024 [9] |
The Babylon Bee | United States | Jupiter, Florida | 2016 | ongoing | |
'U Panarijdde | Italy | Taranto | 1902 | 1953 | |
Papitu | Spain | Barcelona | 1908 | 1937 | [10] [11] |
Par Condicio | Italy | 2004 | 2005 | ||
Il Pasquino | Kingdom of Sardinia/Italy | Turin | 1856 | 1930 | |
Der Postillon | Germany | Fürth | 2008 | ongoing | |
Private Eye | United Kingdom | London | 1961 | ongoing | |
Przegięcie Pały | Poland | 1988 | 1989 | founded by Krzysztof Skiba associated with the Ruch Społeczeństwa Alternatywnego & Orange Alternative movements | |
Punch | United Kingdom | London | 1841 | 2002 | |
Il Quotidiano Pazzo | Italy | Rome | 2007 | ongoing | Also called Daily Crazy |
The Realist | United States | New York City | 1958 | 2001 | |
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 | ongoing | succeeded to 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 | |
Svikmøllen | Denmark | 1915 | ongoing | ||
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 |
The Phoenix | Ireland | Dublin | 1983 | ongoing | |
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 [12] | |
Titanic | Germany | Frankfurt | 1979 | ongoing | |
Il Vernacoliere | Italy | Livorno | 1982 | ongoing | |
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". |
The Yale Record | United States | New Haven | 1872 | ongoing | |
Eine Zeitung | Germany | Bremen | 2005 | ongoing | |
100Most | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 2013 | ongoing | |
The Medium (Rutgers) | United States | New Brunswick | 1970 | ongoing | |
El Chigüire Bipolar | Venezuela | Caracas | 2008 | ongoing | |
The Oxymoron | United Kingdom | Oxford | 2007 | ongoing | A student-run satire magazine at the University of Oxford; printed three times a year and published online |
The Toon Lampoon | United Kingdom | Newcastle upon Tyne | 2020 | ongoing | A student run satire publication at the Newcastle University |
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. |
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