Magazines in Spain are varied and numerous, [1] but they have small circulation. [2] In terms of frequency, the Spanish magazines are mostly weekly and monthly. [3] Although there are news magazines and political magazines in the country, they mostly focuses on entertainment, social events, sports, and television. [3]
There were many influential feminist magazines in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the country. The first magazine of which the editor-in-chief was a woman was El Robespierre Español which was in circulation in between 1811 and 1812. [4] The number of the mainstream women's magazines intensified in the 1960s. [5] As of 2014 there were also a large number of aviation magazines in the country. [6]
At least thirteen magazines were published by the Falange-operated publishing companies in 1948. [7] The data by the General Media Survey indicated that there were 137 magazines in Spain in 2003. [8] At the beginning of 2005 the number rose to 576. [9] In addition, there was a total of 19 supplements. [9] However, between 2008 and 2012 a total of 182 magazines ceased publication in Spain. [10]
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Spain. They may be published in Spanish or in other languages.