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 TitleLanguageCountryYear foundedNotable ContributorsFrequencyMediumClassificationRomanianRomania1991Mircea Dinescu, Sorin Ovidiu VântuWeeklyPaperSatireThe American BystanderEnglishUS2015Michael Gerber, Brian McConnachie, Jack Handey, Kate BeatonQuarterlyPaper and OnlineSatire, ParodyThe Brown JugEnglishUS1920S.J. Perelman, Nathanael West, Jordan Carlos, Ben "Bean Kid" DoyleQuarterlyPaperSatireLe Canard enchaînéFrenchFrance1915René Pétillon, Jean Effel, Cabu, Lefred ThouronWeeklyPaperSatire, cartoonsCharlie HebdoFrenchFrance1969Philippe Val, François Cavanna, Cabu, Le Professeur ChoronWeeklyPaperSatire, cartoonsThe CivilianEnglishNew Zealand2013Ben UffindellvariedOnlineSatireThe ClinicSpanishChile1998Patricio Fernández ChadwickWeeklyPaperSatireCollegeHumorEnglishUS1999Ricky Van Veen, Jake Hurwitz, Amir Blumenfeld, Streeter SeidellDailyOnlineHumorThe Comic NewsEnglishUS1984Thom Zajac, John GovskyMonthlyPaperPolitical CartoonsThe Cornell LunaticEnglishUS1978Joey Green, Adam-Troy Castro, Naren Shankar2 per yearPaperSatireCracked.comEnglishUS2009Jack O'Brien, Seanbaby, Daniel O'Brien DailyOnlineHumorThe Daily CurrantEnglishUS2012VariedOnlineSatireThe Daily MashEnglishUK2007Paul Stokes, Neil RaffertyDailyOnlineSatireDartmouth Jack-O-LanternEnglishUS1908Dr. Seuss, Buck Henry, Chris Miller, Mindy Kaling4 per yearPaperSatireThe Michigan Every Three WeeklyEnglishUS1997Megan GanzMonthlyPaper and OnlineSatireEulenspiegel-Das SatiremagazinGermanEast Germany, Germany1946Mathias WedelMonthlyPaperSatireFaking NewsEnglishIndia2008Rahul RoushanDailyOnlineSatireFish Rap Live!EnglishUS1985Skyler Hanrath, Ryan Schreiber9 per yearPaperSatire, absurdism, theme issuesFrankEnglishCanada1987Michael Coren, Michael Bate, David Bentley, Fabrice TaylorBiweeklyPaperSatireFrigidaireItalianItaly1980Andrea Pazienza, Tanino Liberatore, Vincenzo Sparagna, Massimo MattioliMonthlyPaperComicsFunny TimesEnglishUS1985Susan Wolpert, Raymond LesserMonthlyPaperSatire, cartoonsThe Georgetown HecklerEnglishUS2003Jack O'BrienvariedPaperSatireLe GorafiFrenchFrance2012Jean-René BuissièreDailyOnlineSatireGrönköpings VeckobladSwedishSweden1902Nils HasselskogMonthlyPaperSatireHarvard LampoonEnglishUS1876Doug Kenney, George Meyer, Conan O'Brien, Robert Benchley, Kurt Andersen,
John UpdikeFive per yearPaperSatireHeuristic SquelchEnglishUS19916–8 per yearPaperSatireHumor TimesEnglishUS1991Will Durst, Dan Piraro, Ruben BollingMonthlyPaperSatireThe InconsequentialEnglishUK2005Graham C Hodgson, Stephen McCartneyQuarterlyPaper (2005) Online (2012)Satire, Verse, Short Stories, Cartoons, AbsurdismJester of ColumbiaEnglishUS1901–1997, 2005Allen Ginsberg, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Tony Kushner, Ted RallQuarterlyPaperSatire, absurdismEl JuevesSpanishSpain1977Joan Vizcarra, J.L. Martín, Jordi SellasWeeklyPaperSatireThe Lemon Press (University of York)EnglishUK2009Joe Regan, Ryan Fitzgerald, Chris Burgess, Dave Walker4 or 5 times per yearPaperSatireLightEnglishUS1992X. J. Kennedy, Willard R. Espy, Tom Disch, John UpdikeQuarterlyPaper (1992–2012) Online (2012–)Light verseMadEnglishUS1952Harvey Kurtzman, Al Jaffee, Sergio Aragonés, Mort DruckerMonthly (1952–2009), Quarterly (2009-2012), Bi-monthly (2012-)PaperSatire; comicsMcSweeney's Internet TendencyEnglishUS1998Dave Eggers, Michael Ian Black, Tim Carvell, Nick HornbyDailyOnlineSatireThe Milking CatEnglishUS2018WeeklyOnlineTeen Humor, Satire, ComicsNebelspalterGermanSwitzerland1875René Gilsi, Franz Hohler, Heinrich Danioth, Marco RatschillerWeeklymagazineSatireNeurocociRomanianRomania2018Radu BarsanDailyOnlineSatire, ParodyNonsenseEnglishUS1983Butch D'Ambrosio, Billy Scafuri, John Milhiser, Serious Lunch6 times a yearPaper (1983-2011), Online (2012-present)Satire, ParodyNoseweekEnglishSouth Africa1993Martin WelzMonthlymagazineSatireOnion.comEnglishUS1996David Javerbaum, Ben Karlin, Scott Dikkers, Carol KolbdailyOnlineSatireThe OxymoronEnglishUK20083 per yearPaperSatireThe Pennsylvania Punch BowlEnglishUS1899Ezra Pound, Morton Livingston Schamberg, John Valentine Lovitt, Leo Yanoff3 per yearPaper (1899) Online (2007)SatireThe PhoenixEnglishIreland1983Paddy Prendeville, John MulcahyFortnightlyPaperSatire, PoliticsThe Plumber's FaucetEnglishCanada1984TriweeklyPaper and onlineHumor, satire, cartoonsPhrothEnglishUS19092 per yearPaperSatire, humorPoints in CaseEnglishUS1999Amir BlumenfeldDailyOnlineSatire, humorPrinceton TigerEnglishUS1882Booth Tarkington, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Caro, John McPheeQuarterlyPaper (1882–) Online (2009–)SatirePrivate EyeEnglishUK1961Peter Cook, Ian Hislop, Richard Ingrams, John WellsBiweeklyPaperSatire (The Correction)FlemishNetherlands2010IndiyanDailyOnlineFake NewsDe Speld (The Pin)DutchNetherlands2007DailyOnlineFake NewsSatyr MagazineEnglishUS1970DailyOnlineSatireSavage Henry Independent TimesEnglishUS2010Sarah Godlin, Sonny Wong (artist), Zack Newkirk, Chris DurantMonthlyPaper, OnlineSatireThe SerpopardEnglishUS & Germany2017Luger James, Ricarda Stevenson, Andrea Julia Smith, Zac de la VigneDailyOnlineSatireThe Stanford ChaparralEnglishUS1899Josh Weinstein, Doodles Weaver, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston6 per yearPaperSatireStanford FlipsideEnglishUS2008MonthlyOnlineSatireSvikmøllenDanishDenmark1915Sven BraschAnnualPaperSatireTitanicGermanGermany1979Martin SonnebornMonthlyPaperSatireThe UnReal TimesEnglishIndia2011Ashwin Kumar, CS Krishna, Karthik Laxman, Ajayendar ReddyDailyOnlineSatireVizEnglishUK1979Chris Donald, Simon Donald, Joel Morris, Christina Martin6 per yearPaperComicsThe Yale RecordEnglishUS1872Garry Trudeau, Cole Porter, Peter Arno, Vincent Price8 per yearPaperSatire, cartoonsThe ZamboniEnglishUS1989Josh Wolk, Luke Burns, Graham StarrMonthlyPaper (1989–)/Online (2014–)Humor. Satire, Installation Art, Parody, Cartoons, Mixed Media, sketchToons MagEnglishNorway2009Arifur RahmanDailyOnlineCartoon, Comics, Caricature, SatireBlandarenSwedishSweden1863Pontus Hultén, Gunnar AsplundAnnuallyPaperdadaistic, absurdist, satirical and surrealist
Out-of-print humor magazines