List of satirical magazines


This is a list of satirical magazines which have a satirical bent, and which may consist of fake news stories for mainly humorous purposes.

List

NameCountryPlaceStartStatusComments
Academia CațavencuRomaniaBucharest1991ongoing
AlhudoodJordanAmman2013ongoing
L'AsinoItalyRome18921925
L'Assiette au BeurreFranceParis19011936
Il Becco GialloItalyRome19241931
El Be NegreSpainBarcelona19311936Briefly revived in 1979 as Amb potes rosses
BertoldoItalyMilan19361943
La Campana de GràciaSpainBarcelona18701934Suspended in 1872, 1874 and 1890, and substituted by L'Esquella de la Torratxa
CandidoItalyMilan19451961
Cane Toad TimesAustraliaBrisbane19771990Motivated by political events in Queensland under the Bjelke-Petersen Government.
La CaricatureFranceParis18301843
La CaricatureFranceParis18801904
Caras y Caretas ArgentinaBuenos Aires1898ongoing
Le Canard enchaînéFranceParis1915ongoing
Le CharivariFranceParis18321937
Charlie HebdoFranceParis1969ongoingpublication suspended ; a mass killing of contributors at its offices in 2015 causes one issue to appear late, but fails to stop publication
The ChaserAustralia19992005
The ClinicChileSantiago1998ongoing
Cu-Cut!SpainBarcelona19021912briefly revived 1913–14
CuoreItalyRome19891996
Cyrulik WarszawskiPolandWarsaw19261934associated with the Skamander literary circle; the title Cyrulik Warszawski translates as "The Barber of Warsaw".
Ad-DabbourLebanonBeirut1922ongoing
The Daily MashUnited Kingdom2007ongoing
DikobrazCzechoslovakia
Czech Republic
19451995from 1990 under the title Nový Dikobraz; briefly revived 20042005 under the title Dikobraz a Zabaveno; the title Dikobraz translates as "Old World Porcupine"
Der DracheGermanyLeipzig19191925
L'Esquella de la TorratxaSpainBarcelona18901939spin-off of La Campana de Gràcia
EulenspiegelEast Germany/GermanyBerlin1954ongoingthe only satire magazine of East Germany
Faking NewsIndiaDelhi2008ongoing
Feral TribuneCroatiaSplit19842008published from 1984 until 1993 as a weekly supplement in Nedjeljna Dalmacija, published from 1993 until 2008 as an independent weekly magazine
Fliegende BlätterGermanyMunich18451944
FrankCanadaHalifax19872008
FrigidaireItalyGiano dell'Umbria1980ongoing
FunUnited KingdomLondon18611901
GırgırTurkeyIstanbul19721989
Golden WordsCanadaKingston1967ongoingEngineering newspaper of Queen's University
Grönköpings VeckobladSweden1902ongoing
La Grosse BerthaFrance19911993
Der Groyser KundesUnited StatesNew York19091927
Il Guerin MeschinoItalyMilan18821950
Hackberg PostGermanyPassau2016ongoingGerman-English online-publication from 2016 until 2017, from 2018 onwards only German edition in printed form
Hamburger WespenGermanyHamburg18621868
Hara-KiriFranceParis19611985reappeared briefly in 1993 and 2000. Additional weekly magazine published in 1969–1970.
Harvard LampoonUnited StatesCambridge1876ongoing
The HoarUnited KingdomLeamington Spa20162017
HosteniAlbaniaTirana1945ongoingpublished monthly until 1991, quarterly onward
Hum®ArgentinaBuenos Aires19781999
The InconsequentialUnited KingdomNortheastern England2005ongoingOriginated from a one-issue pamphlet entitled The Shabby Hare. Published every two to three months up to 2015, then monthly thereafter.
El JuevesSpainBarcelona1977ongoing
KaruzelaPolandŁódź19571992
KikerikiAustriaVienna18611933
KladderadatschGermanyBerlin18481944
KrokodilSoviet Union
Russian Federation
Moscow19222004from 2001 under the title Novyi Krokodil ; the only satirical magazine in the world to be honoured with a musical composition: "5 Romances to the Words from the Crocodile Magazine" by Dmitri Shostakovich.
Il LampioneGrand Duchy of Tuscany/ItalyFlorence18481877
IndonesiaBali2018ongoing
LeManTurkeyIstanbul1990ongoing
The Lemon PressUnited KingdomYork2009ongoing
Toons MagNorwayDrøbak2009ongoing
La LenteGrand Duchy of TuscanyFlorence18561861
LeuchtkugelnGermanyMunich18481851
EmmeItalyRome20072009
Il MaleItalyRome19781982
Il MisfattoItalyRome20102013
Moskovskaya KomsomolkaRussiaMoscow19992001
MuchaPolandWarsaw18681952
Münchener PunschGermanyMunich18481871
NebelspalterSwitzerlandZürich
Rorschach
Basel
Horn
1875ongoingworld's second oldest satirical magazine, after The Yale Record
proscribed in Nazi Germany
NoseweekSouth Africa1993ongoing
The OnionUnited StatesChicago19882013remains active online as a website
The Babylon BeeUnited StatesJupiter, FL2016ongoing
'U PanarijddeItalyTaranto19021953
Par CondicioItaly20042005
Il PasquinoKingdom of Sardinia/ItalyTurin18561930
Der PostillonGermanyFürth2008ongoing
Private EyeUnited KingdomLondon1961ongoing
Przegięcie PałyPoland19881989founded by Krzysztof Skiba
associated with the :pl:Ruch Społeczeństwa Alternatywnego|Ruch Społeczeństwa Alternatywnego & Orange Alternative movements
PunchUnited KingdomLondon18412002
The RealistUnited StatesNew York City19582001
Różowe DominoPoland
Lwów
18821890whole print runs frequently confiscated by the censorship of Austria-Hungary; the title translates as "Pink Domino".
SimplicissimusGermanyMunich18961944
Siné MensuelFranceParis2011ongoingsucceeded to the weekly magazine Siné Hebdo published from 2008 to 2010
SpyUnited States19861998
Lo StenterelloGrand Duchy of TuscanyFlorence18481849
Süddeutscher PostillonGermanyMunich18821910
SvikmøllenDenmark1915ongoing
SzpilkiPolandWarsaw
19351994founded by Eryk Lipiński & :pl:Zbigniew Mitzner|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 PhoenixIrelandDublin1983ongoing
TangoItalyRome19861988
Teacher's DiaryUnited KingdomLondon20042004a brief Private Eye spin-off
TowfiqIranTeheran19231971
La TracaSpainValencia18841939Got several interrumptions, revived between 1995 and 2010.
UlenspiegelGermanyBerlin19451950
UlkGermanyHamburg18721933
TitanicGermanyFrankfurt1979ongoing
Il VernacoliereItalyLivorno1982ongoing
La voce della fognaItaly19741983
Der Wahre JacobGermanyStuttgart18791933
WatzmannAustria19821985
Weekly World NewsUnited States19792007
Wiadomości BrukowePoland
Wilno
18161822closed by the censorship of the Russian Empire; continued surreptitiously as :pl:Bałamut|Bałamut until 1836; the oldest satirical magazine in the world; the title Wiadomości Brukowe translates as "Gutter-rag News".
The Yale RecordUnited StatesNew Haven1872ongoing
Eine ZeitungGermanyBremen2005ongoing
100MostHong KongHong Kong2013ongoing
The Medium United StatesNew Brunswick1970ongoing
El Chigüire BipolarVenezuelaCaracas2008ongoing
The OxymoronUnited KingdomOxford2007ongoingA student-run satire magazine at the University of Oxford; printed three times a year and published online
The Toon LampoonUnited KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne2020ongoingA student run satire publication at the Newcastle University