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 | 1991 | ongoing | ||||
Alhudood | Jordan | Amman | 2013 | ongoing | ||
L'Asino | 1892 | 1925 | ||||
L'Assiette au Beurre | 1901 | 1936 | ||||
Il Becco Giallo | Italy | Rome | 1924 | 1931 | ||
El Be Negre | 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 | 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 | ||
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 | 1999 | 2005 | Resumed print publication as a quarterly journal in 2015. | |||
The Clinic | 1998 | ongoing | ||||
Cu-Cut! | Spain | Barcelona | 1902 | 1912 | briefly revived 1913–14[2] | |
Cuore | Italy | Rome | 1989 | 1996 | ||
Cyrulik Warszawski | 1926 | 1934 | associated with the Skamander literary circle; the title Cyrulik Warszawski translates as "The Barber of Warsaw". | |||
Ad-Dabbour | 1922 | ongoing | [3] | |||
The Daily Mash | 2007 | ongoing | ||||
Davul | 1908 | 1909 | ||||
Dikobraz | Czechoslovakia Czech Republic (from 1993) | 1945 | 1995 | from 1990 under the title Nový Dikobraz; briefly revived 20042005 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 | 1919 | 1925 | |||
L'Esquella de la Torratxa | Spain | Barcelona | 1890 | 1939 | spin-off of La Campana de Gràcia[4] | |
Eulenspiegel | Berlin | 1954 | ongoing | the only satire magazine of East Germany | ||
Faking News | Delhi | 2008 | 2020 | |||
Faking Daily | Bengaluru | 2021 | ongoing | |||
Feral Tribune | 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 | 1845 | 1944 | |||
Frank | 1987 | 2008 | ||||
Frigidaire | Italy | 1980 | 2008 | |||
Fun | United Kingdom | 1861 | 1901 | |||
La Furia | France | Paris | 2022 | ongoing | ||
Gırgır | 1972 | 1989 | ||||
Golden Words | Canada | 1967 | ongoing | Engineering newspaper of Queen's University | ||
Grönköpings Veckoblad | 1902 | ongoing | ||||
La Grosse Bertha | 1991 | 1993 | ||||
Der Groyser Kundes | 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 | 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 | 1876 | ongoing | |||
The Hoar | United Kingdom | 2016 | 2017[5] | |||
Hosteni | 1945 | ongoing | published monthly until 1991, quarterly onward | |||
Hum | Argentina | 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 | 1957 | 1992 | |||
Kikeriki | Austria | Vienna | 1861 | 1933 | ||
Kladderadatsch | Germany | Berlin | 1848 | 1944 | ||
Krokodil | Soviet Union Russian Federation (from 1991) | 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 | 1848 | 1877 | |||
The Legian Street Journal | Indonesia | Bali | 2018 | ongoing | ||
Turkey | Istanbul | 1990 | ongoing | [7] | ||
The Lemon Press | United Kingdom | 2009 | ongoing | |||
Toons Mag | Norway | Drøbak | 2009 | ongoing | ||
Penguen | 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 | Moscow | 1999 | 2001 | |||
Mucha | Poland | Warsaw | 1868 | 1952 | ||
Münchener Punsch | Germany | Munich | 1848 | 1871 | ||
Nebelspalter | Zürich Rorschach (from 1921) Basel (from 1996) Horn (from 1998) | 1875 | ongoing | proscribed in Nazi Germany | ||
Neurococi | Romania | Oradea | 2018 | ongoing | ||
NewsBiscuit | 2006 | ongoing | founded by John O'Farrell (author) | |||
Noseweek | 1993 | ongoing | ||||
The Onion | United States | 1988 | ongoing | Stopped print in 2013,[8] but resumed in 2024[9] | ||
The Babylon Bee | United States | Jupiter, Florida | 2016 | ongoing | ||
'U Panarijdde | Italy | 1902 | 1953 | |||
Spain | Barcelona | 1908 | 1937 | [10] [11] | ||
Par Condicio | Italy | 2004 | 2005 | |||
Il Pasquino | Kingdom of Sardinia/Italy | Turin | 1856 | 1930 | ||
Der Postillon | Germany | 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 19451947) | 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 | 1983 | ongoing | ||||
Tango | Italy | Rome | 1986 | 1988 | ||
Teacher's Diary | United Kingdom | London | 2004 | 2004 | a brief Private Eye spin-off | |
Tawfiq | 1922 | 1971 | ||||
La Traca | 1884 | 1939 | Got several interrumptions, revived between 1995 and 2010. | |||
Ulenspiegel | Germany | Berlin | 1945 | 1950 | ||
Ulk | Germany | Hamburg | 1872 | 1933 | ||
Turkey | Istanbul | 2007 | 2023[12] | |||
Titanic | Germany | 1979 | ongoing | |||
Il Vernacoliere | Italy | 1982 | ongoing | |||
La voce della fogna | Italy | 1974 | 1983 | |||
Der Wahre Jacob | Germany | 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 | 1872 | ongoing | |||
Eine Zeitung | Germany | 2005 | ongoing | |||
100Most | Hong Kong | 2013 | ongoing | |||
The Medium (Rutgers) | United States | 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 | 2020 | ongoing | A student run satire publication at the Newcastle University |