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.

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NameCountryPlaceFoundedComments
Academia CațavencuRomaniaBucharest1991
Annals of Improbable ResearchUnited StatesCambridge, Massachusetts1994Styled as an academic journal; see also Ig Nobel Prize
ÄpyFinlandEspoo1948Journal published every other year by Aalto University students (see also Julkku). Published every other year
BlandarenSwedenStockholm1863Founded by students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Caras y CaretasArgentinaBuenos Aires1898
Le Canard enchaînéFranceParis1915
Le Canard libéré[fr]MoroccoCasablanca2007
Charlie HebdoFranceParis1969publication suspended in 1981–1992; publication continued despite mass killing of contributors at its offices in 2015
The ChaserAustralia1999Originally fortnightly; publication ceased in 2005-2015 and later returned to quarterly issues
The ClinicChileSantiago1998
Ad-DabbourLebanonBeirut1922Ceased print in 2019; continues online
La Distinction[fr]SwitzerlandLausanne1987
EulenspiegelGermany/East GermanyBerlin1954the only satire magazine of East Germany
FrankCanadaOttawa; Halifax, Nova Scotia1987
La FuriaFranceParis2022
Golden WordsCanadaKingston, Ontario1967Engineering newspaper of Queen's University
Le Grognon[fr]Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa1991
Grönköpings VeckobladSwedenStockholm1902
The Harvard LampoonUnited StatesCambridge, Massachusetts1876Student publication
Hócipő[hu]HungaryBudapest1989
HosteniAlbaniaTirana1945published monthly until 1991, quarterly onward
HumoBelgiumAntwerp1936Dutch-language; also a TV and music magazine
Humor TimesUnited StatesSacramento1991Monthly, available in print and digital formats
El JuevesSpainBarcelona1977
LeMan[tr]TurkeyIstanbul1990
The Lemon PressUnited KingdomYork2009Student publication
MadUnited StatesNew York1952Ceased print publication in 2018
The MediumUnited StatesNew Brunswick, New Jersey1970Student publication of Rutgers University
MongoliaSpainMadrid2012
MushtumUzbekistanTashkent1923
NebelspalterSwitzerlandZürich Rorschach (from 1921) Basel (from 1996) Horn (from 1998)1875proscribed in Nazi Germany
NiePolandWarsaw1990
NoseweekSouth Africa1993
The OnionUnited StatesChicago1988Stopped print in 2013, but resumed in 2024
The OxymoronUnited KingdomOxford2007Publication by students at the University of Oxford; printed three times a year and published online
't PallieterkeBelgiumGrimbergen1945Dutch-language
Pan[fr]BelgiumBrussels1945French-language. In 2010, Pan merged with another satirical publication, Père Ubu (founded 1990), into Ubu-Pan[fr]; that merger fell apart in 2017 because of editorial disagreements regarding ideology
Pennsylvania Punch BowlUnited StatesPhiladelphia1899Student publication (University of Pennsylvania)
Perets'UkraineKharkiv (initially), Kyiv1927Ceased print publication since 2021
The PhoenixIrelandDublin1983
To PontikiGreeceAthens1979
Private EyeUnited KingdomLondon1961
Sorry[cz]Czech RepublicPrague1992
StarshelBulgariaSofia1886Uninterrupted publication since 1946
SvikmøllenDenmark1915
TitanicGermanyFrankfurt1979
UnmadBangladeshDhaka1978published quarterly until 1991, monthly onward
Il VernacoliereItalyLivorno1982
Vigousse[fr]SwitzerlandLausanne2009
The Yale RecordUnited StatesNew Haven, Connecticut1872Student publication

Defunct

NameCountryPlaceFoundedDefunctComments
L'AsinoItalyRome18921925
L'Assiette au BeurreFranceParis19011936
La Avispa[es]SpainMadrid18831891
Il Becco GialloItalyRome19241931
El Be NegreSpainBarcelona19311936Briefly revived in 1979 as Amb potes rosses
BertoldoItalyMilan19361943
Buen HumorSpainMadrid19211931
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 (1968–1987).
La CaricatureFranceParis18301843
La CaricatureFranceParis18801904
Cascabel[es]ArgentinaBuenos Aires19411947
Le CharivariFranceParis18321937
Cu-Cut!SpainBarcelona19021912briefly revived 1913–14
CuoreItalyRome19891996
Cyrulik WarszawskiPolandWarsaw19261934associated with the Skamander literary circle; the title Cyrulik Warszawski translates as "The Barber of Warsaw".
DavulOttoman EmpireIstanbul19081909
DikobrazCzechoslovakia Czech Republic (from 1993)19451995from 1990 under the title Nový Dikobraz; briefly revived 2004–2005 under the title Dikobraz a Zabaveno; the title Dikobraz translates as "Old World Porcupine"
Der DracheGermanyLeipzig19191925
Don Quijote[es]ArgentinaBuenos Aires18841905
Don Quijote[es]SpainMadrid18921903
EmmeItalyRome20072009
L'Esquella de la TorratxaSpainBarcelona18901939spin-off of La Campana de Gràcia
Feral TribuneCroatiaSplit19842008published from 1984 until 1993 as a weekly supplement in Nedjeljna Dalmacija, published from 1993 until 2008 as an independent weekly magazine
La Flaca[es]SpainBarcelona18691873Continued as La Madeja Política[es] until 1876
Fliegende BlätterGermanyMunich18451944
FrankCanadaHalifax19872008
FrigidaireItalyGiano dell'Umbria19802008
FunUnited KingdomLondon18611901
Gedeón[es]SpainMadrid18951912
Gil Blas[es]SpainMadrid18641872
GırgırTurkeyIstanbul19721989
Gracia y Justicia[es]SpainMadrid19311936
Le Grelot[fr]FranceParis18711903
La Grosse BerthaFrance19911993
Der Groyser KundesUnited StatesNew York19091927
Guerin MeschinoItalyMilan18821950
Hackberg PostGermanyPassau20162023German-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.
HumArgentinaBuenos Aires19781999
Journal of Irreproducible Resultsvarious19552019Scientific focus
Journal of Polymorphous PerversityUnited StatesNew York19842003Scientific focus
KaruzelaPolandŁódź19571992
KikerikiAustriaVienna18611933
KladderadatschGermanyBerlin18481944
KrokodilSoviet Union Russian Federation (from 1991)Moscow19222004from 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 LampioneGrand Duchy of Tuscany/ItalyFlorence18481877
La Lanterne[fr]France/BelgiumParis, Brussels18681876Paris edition was stopped in 1869 for violation of lèse-majesté laws of the Second Empire, second edition, in exile in Brussels, started 1874
La LenteGrand Duchy of TuscanyFlorence18561861
LeuchtkugelnGermanyMunich18481851
Madrid Cómico[es]SpainMadrid18801923
Il MaleItalyRome19781982
Il MisfattoItalyRome20102013
El Mole[es]SpainValencia18371870Irregular publication with four major breaks
El MotínSpainMadrid18811926
Moskovskaya KomsomolkaRussiaMoscow19992001
MuchaPolandWarsaw18681952
Münchener PunschGermanyMunich18481871
'U PanarijddeItalyTaranto19021953
Papitu[ca]SpainBarcelona19081937
Par CondicioItaly20042005
Il PasquinoKingdom of Sardinia/ItalyTurin18561930
El PapusSpainBarcelona19731987r
PenguenTurkeyIstanbul20022017
Przegięcie PałyPoland19881989founded by Krzysztof Skiba associated with the Ruch Społeczeństwa Alternatywnego & Orange Alternative movements
PunchUnited KingdomLondon18412002
The RealistUnited StatesNew York City19582001
Le RireFranceParis18941971Also published a bimonthly Fantasio[fr] (1906-1937)
Różowe DominoPoland (under Austrian partition)Lwów (now Lviv)18821890whole print runs frequently confiscated by the censorship of Austria-Hungary; the title translates as "Pink Domino".
SimplicissimusGermanyMunich18961944
Siné Mensuel[fr]FranceParis20112025succeeded the weekly magazine Siné Hebdo published from 2008 to 2010
SpyUnited States19861998
Lo StenterelloGrand Duchy of TuscanyFlorence18481849
Süddeutscher PostillonGermanyMunich18821910
SzpilkiPolandWarsaw (Łódź 1945–1947)19351994founded 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
TangoItalyRome19861988
Teacher's DiaryUnited KingdomLondon20042004a brief Private Eye spin-off
TawfiqIranTeheran19221971
La TracaSpainValencia18841939Got several interrumptions, revived between 1995 and 2010.
UlenspiegelGermanyBerlin19451950
UlkGermanyHamburg18721933
Uykusuz[tr]TurkeyIstanbul20072023
La voce della fognaItaly19741983
Der Wahre JacobGermanyStuttgart18791933
WatzmannAustria19821985
Weekly World NewsUnited States19792007
Wiadomości BrukowePoland (under Russian partition)Wilno (now Vilnius)18161822closed 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".
SvariLatviaRiga (Saint Petersburg 1906–1907)19061931Main satirical periodical in interwar Latvia, publication was suspended from 1907 to 1920.
DadzisLatviaRiga19572009Publication was suspended from 1995 to 2005.
100MostHong KongHong Kong20132018

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