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.

List

Name	Country	Place	Founded	Defunct	Comments
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 [tr]	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
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 [ca]	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 [tr]	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

See also

Media related to Magazines about satire at Wikimedia Commons

• List of satirists and satires
• List of satirical news websites
• List of satirical television news programs

References

1. Solà i Dachs, Lluís: El be Negre i els seus homes Barcelona: Edhasa, 1977
2. Cu-cut! Sàtira política en temps trasbalsats (1902-1912) - Exhibition prospect at Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona
3. "The Lebanese satirical magazine "Ad-Dabbour": Hornets' nest in Beirut - Qantara.de".
4. Solà i Dachs, Lluís: L'Esquella de la Torratxa (1879-1939) Barcelona: Bruguera, 1970
5. says, Theo (2017-02-12). "We're closing The Hoar". The Hoar. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
6. Graham C Hodgson, Joint Editor-in-Chief
7. ""Special Coup Issue!" Turkish police... - Oum Cartoon أم كرتون". Oum Cartoon أم كرتون. 20 July 2016.
8. Yu, Roger (2013-11-08). "The Onion ends print publication after 25 years". USA Today. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
9. Mullin, Benjamin; Davis, Jamie Kelter (2024-08-16). "No Joke: The Onion Thinks Print Is the Future of Media". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
10. "Revistes d'humor noucentistes. Culturcat. Generalitat de Catalunya". Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
11. "Papitu". Gran Enciclopedia Catalana. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
12. "Mizah dergisi Uykusuz kapanıyor". Cumhuriyet. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.