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.
Contemporary humor magazines
| Title | Language | Country | Year founded | Notable Contributors | Frequency | Medium | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 [nl] (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 |
Out-of-print humor magazines
| Title | Language | Country | Years published | Notable Contributors | Frequency | Medium | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army Man | English | US | 1988–1990 | George Meyer, John Swartzwelder, Jack Handey, Mark O'Donnell | 3 issues | Paper | Satire |
| L'Asino (The Donkey) | Italian | Italy | 1892–1925 | Guido Podrecca (Goliardo), Giosuè Carducci, Gabriele Galantara (Ratalanga) | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Bałamut (Philanderer) | Polish | Russian Empire | 1830–1832/36 | Michal Konarski, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Il Becco Giallo (Yellow Beak) | Italian | Italy | 1924–1926 | Alberto Giannini | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| El Be Negre (The Black Sheep) | Catalan | Second Spanish Republic | 1931–1936 | Josep Maria Planes i Martí, Amadeu Hurtado | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Bertoldo | Italian | Italy | 1920s–1930s | Saul Steinberg, Marcello Marchesi | Weekly | Paper | Surrealist Humor |
| The Blind Man | English | US | 1917–1917 | Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, Beatrice Wood, Mina Loy | 2 issues | Paper | Dada, Humor, Art |
| California Pelican | English | US | 1903–1988 | Rube Goldberg, Ron Goulart, Earle C. Anthony | 8 per year | Paper | Satire |
| La Campana de Gràcia (Gràcia's Bell) | Catalan, Spanish | Spain | 1870–1934 | Innocenci López i Bernagosi, Prudenci Bertrana, Antoni Serra | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Cannibale (Cannibal) | Italian | Italy | 1977–1979 | Stefano Tamburini, Massimo Mattioli, Filippo Scòzzari, Andrea Pazienza | Varied (9 issues) | Paper | Satire, Underground Comics |
| The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror | English | England | 1806-1818? | G.M.Woodward, Thomas Rowlandson, Charles Williams, Isaac Cruikshank, George Cruikshank, William Elmes, Piercy Roberts | Biweekly | Paper | Satire |
| La Caricature | French | France | 1830–1843 | Charles Philipon, Louis Desnoyers, Honoré de Balzac, Grandville | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| CARtoons Magazine | English | US | Ca. 1959–1991 | William Stout, Alex Toth, Russ Manning | 8 times a year | Paper | Cartoons |
| Cartoon Magazine | English | US | Ca. 1900–1912 | Clifford Berryman, Homer Davenport | Paper | Satire, Political cartoons | |
| Le Charivari | French | France | 1832–1937 | Charles Philipon, Honoré Daumier, Gustave Doré, Nadar | Daily (1832–1936)/Weekly (1937) | Paper | Satire, cartoons |
| Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine | English | US | 1943–1960s | Bill Ward, Al Wiseman | Monthly | Paper | Cartoons; verse; jokes |
| The Chaser | English | Australia | 1999–2005 | Fortnightly | Paper | Satirical news | |
| Le Chat Noir (The Black Cat) | French | France | 1882–1897 | Rodolphe Salis, Jean Lorrain, Paul Verlaine, Jean Richepin | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Chunklet | English | US | 1993–2005 | Henry Owings | Paper | alternative humor, parody | |
| El Coitao (Sex) | Spanish | Spain | 1908–1908 | Miguel de Unamuno, Gustavo de Maeztu, Tomás Meabe, José Arruda | Weekly (7 issues) | Paper | Satire |
| Cracked | English | US | 1958–2007 | Will Elder, John Severin, Daniel Clowes, Jack Davis | Monthly | Paper | Satire; comics |
| Le Crapouillot | French | France | 1915–1996 | Jean Galtier-Boissière, Roland Gaucher | Paper | Satire | |
| Crazy Magazine | English | US | 1973–1983 | Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Art Buchwald, Harlan Ellison | Monthly | Paper | Satire; comics |
| ¡Cu-Cut! (Cuckoo!) | Catalan | Spain | 1902–1912 | Josep Abril i Virgili, Joan Junceda, Lola Anglada, Bagaria | Paper | Satire | |
| Cyrulik Warszawski (The Barber of Warsaw) | Polish | Poland | 1926–1934 | Jan Lechon, Jerzy Paczkowski, Marian Hemar, Julian Tuwim | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| L'Esquella de la Torratxa | Catalan | Spain | 1872–1939 | Prudenci Bertrana, Pere Calders, Santiago Rusiñol, Isidre Nonell | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| The eXile | English | Russia | 1997–2008 | Matt Taibbi, Mark Ames | Biweekly | Paper | Satire |
| Feral Tribune | Croatian | Yugoslavia, Croatia | 1984–1993 | Viktor Ivančić, Boris Dežulović, Drago Hedl | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Fliegende Blätter (Flying Leaves) | German | Germany | 1845–1944 | Wilhelm Busch, Julius Klinger, Hermann Vogel, Count Franz Pocci | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Fun | English | UK | 1861–1901 | W. S. Gilbert, Ambrose Bierce, H.J. Byron, Matt Morgan | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Girgir (Broom) | Turkish | Turkey | 1972–1993 | Oğuz Aral, M. K. Perker, tr:Tekin AralTekin Aral, Galip Tekin, Ergün Gündüz | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Hara-Kiri | French | France | 1960–2000; (banned in 1961 and 1966) | Georges Bernier, François Cavanna, Fred, Jean-Marc Reiser | Monthly | Paper | Satire, cartoons |
| Help! | English | US | 1960–1965 | Harvey Kurtzman, Terry Gilliam, Woody Allen, Robert Crumb | Monthly | Paper | Satire |
| Humbug | English | US | 1957–1958 | Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Larry Siegel | Monthly | Paper | Satire, parody |
| Judge | English | US | 1881–1947, 1953 | S.J. Perelman, Harold Ross, James Albert Wales, Victor Lasky | Weekly, Monthly from 1932–1947 | Paper | Satire |
| Judy | English | United Kingdom | 1867–1907 | Alfred Bryan, Adelaide Claxton, Charles Henry Ross, Marie Duval | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Karuzela (Carousel) | Polish | Poland | 1957–1992 | Jerzy Wróblewski, Adam Ochocki, Stanisław Gratkowski, Jacek Sawaszkiewicz | Biweekly | Paper | Satire |
| Krokodil (Crocodile) | Russian | Soviet Union, Russia | 1922–2006 | Vladimir Mayakovsky, Kukryniksy, Yuliy Ganf | 3 per month | Paper | Satire |
| Liberum Veto | Polish | Polish Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire | 1903–1906 | Franciszek Czaki | Paper | Satire | |
| Life | English | US | 1883–1936 | Charles Dana Gibson, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, Robert E. Sherwood | Weekly | Paper | Humor and General Interest |
| Il Male (Evil) | Italian | Italy | 1977–1982 | Pino Zac, Vincino, Angelo Pasquini, Cinzia Leone | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Modern Humorist | English | US | 2000–2003 | John Aboud, Michael Colton, John Warner, Daniel Chun | Daily | Online | Satire |
| Marc'Aurelio | Italian | Italy | 1931–1958 | Federico Fellini, Castellano & Pipolo, Ettore Scola, Furio Scarpelli | Daily | Paper | Satire |
| Molla Nasraddin | Azeri, Russian | Russian Empire, Persian Socialist Soviet Republic, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | 1906–1931 | Jalil Mammadguluzadeh | Paper | Satire | |
| Monocle | English | US | 1950s–1965 | Victor Navasky, Calvin Trillin, C. D. B. Bryan, Neil Postman | Monthly | Paper | Satire |
| Moskovskaya Komsomolka | Russian | Russia | 1999–2001 | Boris Berezovsky, Dmitry Bykov, Eduard Limonov, Marina Lesko | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Mucha (The Fly) | Polish | Poland | 1868–1939; 1946–1952 | Antoni Orłowski, Franciszek Kostrzewski, Boleslaw Prus | Monthly | Paper | Satire |
| National Lampoon | English | US | 1970–1998 | Douglas Kenney, Michael O'Donoghue, John Hughes, Bruce McCall, Henry Beard, Mike Reiss, Larry Sloman, Shary Flenniken, Dan Clowes, Chris Ware | Monthly | Paper | Satire |
| Nickelodeon Magazine | English | US | 1990–2010 | Art Spiegelman, Gahan Wilson, Robert Leighton, Robert Sikoryak | Quarterly (1990–1994); 6 per year (1994–1995); 10 per year (1995–2010) | Paper | Children's Magazine (1990); Humor, Comics (1993–2010) |
| Omnibus | Italian | Italy | 1937–1939 | Leo Longanesi, Mino Maccari, Alberto Savinio, Eugenio Montale | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| The Onion | English | US | 1988–2013 | Scott Dikkers, Carol Kolb, David Javerbaum, Ben Karlin | weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Panic | English | US | 1954–1956 | Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Basil Wolverton, Will Elder | monthly | Paper | Satire, cartoons, parody |
| Pèl & Ploma (Hair & Feather) | Catalan | Spain | 1899–1903 | Ramon Casas, Miquel Utrillo, Emili Vilanova and March, Eduard Marquina i Angulo | Monthly (1899–1900), Bimonthly (1900–1901), Monthly (1901–1903) | Paper | Literature, Art, Satire |
| Politicks | English | US | Ca. 1977–1979 | Dick Morris | Paper | Satire | |
| Przegięcie Pały | Polish | Poland | 1988–1989 | Krzysztof Skiba, Paweł Konnak, Piotr Trzaskalski | Quarterly | Paper | Satire |
| Puck | English, German | US | 1871–1918 | Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, Livingston Hopkins, Frederick Burr Opper, Rose O'Neill | Weekly | Paper | Satire; comics |
| Punch | English | UK | 1841–2002 | A. A. Milne, P. G. Wodehouse, William Makepeace Thackeray, Kingsley Amis | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Quatre Gats (Four Cats) | Catalan | Spain | 1899–1899 | Santiago Rusiñol i Prats, Ramon Casas i Carbó, Joaquim Mir i Trinxet, Josep Puig i Cadafalch | 15 issues | Paper | Satire, Literature, Art |
| The Realist | English | US | 1958–2001 | Paul Krassner, Lenny Bruce, Terry Southern, Ken Kesey | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Różowe Domino (Pink Dominoes) | Polish | Austro-Hungarian Empire | 1882–1890 | Maria Konopnicka, Włodzimierz Zagórski, W. Maniecki, AJ Waruszyński | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Sick | English | US | 1960–1980 | Joe Simon, Angelo Torres, Jack Davis, Bob Powell | Monthly | Paper | Satire |
| Simplicissimus | German | Germany | 1896–1967 | Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Theodor Heine | Weekly; Biweekly (1964–1967) | Paper | Satire |
| Spy | English | US | 1986–1998 | Kurt Andersen, Graydon Carter, Patricia Marx, Mark O'Donnell, Lisa Birnbach, Larissa MacFarquhar, Louis Theroux, Paul Simms, Paul Rudnick, Walter Kirn | Monthly | Paper | Satire |
| Szpilki (Studs) | Polish | Poland | 1935–1994 | Zbigniew Mitzner, Eryk Lipiński, Jan Galuba, Andrzej Dudziński | Paper | Satire | |
| Trump | English | US | 1957–1957 | Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, Will Elder | Paper | parody, satire, cartoon | |
| Ulk (Practical Joke) | German | Germany | 1872–1933 | Hans Reimann, Kurt Tucholsky, Lyonel Feininger, Heinrich Zille | Weekly | Paper | Satire |
| Vanity Fair | English | US | 1859–1863 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich, William Dean Howells, Fitz James O'Brien, Charles Farrar Browne | Weekly | Paper | Satire, Political cartoons |
| Vim Magazine | English | US | Ca. 1898–? | Leon Barritt | Paper | Satire, Political cartoons | |
| Weekly World News | English | US | 1979–2007 | Bob Lind, Ed Anger, Ernie Colón | Weekly | Paper | Fake News, Tabloid |
| Wiadomości Brukowe (Paving News) | Polish | Poland | 1816–1822 | Towarzystwo Szubrawców (The Society of Rogues) | Weekly | Paper | Satire, Political cartoons |
| The Wits Magazine and Attic Miscellany | English | England | 1818-1818 | Thomas Rowlandson, George Cruikshank | Monthly | Paper | Humour |