The most widely distributed magazine in the world. The names of the most famous journals

Do you remember how the heroes of the famous Soviet movie critic "Moscow does not believe in tears", which appeared on the screen almost 35 years ago, argued over whether the theater would destroy the theater or not? As you can see, the theater is alive! And this is the best response to pessimists who claim that the Internet will soon replace the print media. Moreover, new magazines are constantly appearing, and for some periodicals it has been possible for many years to attract an audience, whose needs require circulations of several hundred thousand or even millions of copies.

A bit of history

As is known, the magazine is a printed periodical, which, according to GOST, must have a permanent rubrication. By the way, the idea of notifying fellow scientists and the general public about new discoveries first occurred to the Frenchman Denis de Sallo. It was he, with the approval of the all-powerful minister Colbert, published in 1665 the "Journal des Savants", which a century later Voltaire called the prototype of all such publications. By the way, it was Salo who introduced the concept of feedback, inviting readers to "send their comments so that they were also published in the journal," and began to put illustrations, including very large ones. The world's first periodical very quickly gained popularity among the reading public. Therefore, it is not surprising that by the end of the 17th century there were already about fifty journals in France in different directions.

The most widely distributed magazine in the world

As is known, most of the super-achievements in various fields are published in the Guinness Book of Records. So, there it is stated that the most widely distributed magazine in the world is the Watchtower, its circulation is 40,000,000 copies, it is published in more than 180 languages. Since 1879, the publisher of it is the notorious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, the magazine is being sent to 236 countries of the world where the communities of followers of this organization are legally or illegally operating. True, in this case, the title "the most widely distributed journal in the world" does not mean at all that the Watchtower is extremely popular.

After all, it is known that very often "witnesses" have to go to various tricks in order to convince some "soul", which, in their opinion, needs to be saved, read it, or at least agree to take a look through. In any case, at the moment, the permission to distribute the Watchtower on the territory of our country has been annulled, so this magazine is often attempted to be brought to Russia illegally, especially since members of this organization have vast experience of this kind of activity. After all, for more than 140 years of existence, they have been constantly harassed by the authorities.

As for the content of the publication, it suffices to say that in the first issue of the Watchtower for the year 1879 the main purpose of the publication was declared: "To help readers realize that the world is going through its last days." As they say, comments are unnecessary!

Popular Russian magazines

For today among printed editions of our country the palm of the first place in the number of readers belongs to the TV guide "Antenna-Telesem". Its weekly circulation is 4 077 288 copies. Of course, this is not enough to qualify for the title "the most widely distributed journal in the world", but the figure is still quite impressive. The geographical scope of the publication, which includes 72 cities in Russia and 4 cities in the Baltic and CIS countries, is also solid. In this magazine, readers can read the TV program, learn more about the life of the stars, find a huge number of crosswords and puzzles, and get advice that will be useful in housekeeping.

Among the most popular ones are Russian magazines such as All for a Woman, Domashny Ochag, My Favorite Cottage, The Mysteries of the Stars, and others. In addition, there are Russian versions of world-famous journals that have Our country an audience of several hundred thousand people.

Printed editions for ladies and girls

The first Russian women's magazine was published in 1779. He set out to introduce girls and ladies to fashion novelties and teach them good manners. A little later, since the beginning of the 19th century, magazines of literary and entertaining orientation began to be published, and in the 1860s in the printed periodicals intended for women, corners of the secular chronicle began to appear. In addition, the emergence of cinematography led to the emergence of interest in the life of stars and gave rise to a phenomenon such as paparazzi.

And even in the Soviet era, the magazines Rabotnitsa and Krestyanka, originally created for propaganda purposes, published articles on housekeeping, the psychology of family relations, and advice on needlework. But the real revolution in the field of women's press took place in 1989. After all, it was then that the women's magazine Burda Fashion began to be produced in the USSR, and it immediately gained immense popularity, as it published patterns and schemes for women to sew their own clothes, which was extremely important in the era of general shortage.

Popular glossy magazines for ladies, published in Russia

Today in our country you can buy periodicals for women of several purposes:

• Family-household, such as "Liza", "Peasant woman", "Home hearth";
• Elite, for example, "Cosmopolitan", "Elle", "Marie Claire", "Harper's Bazaar";
• For young girls ("Elle Girl" and "Lisa. Girl");
• For moms, for example, "Lisa. My child";
• Devoted to the health of women ("Women's Health", "Beauty & Health").

In addition, interest magazines, especially sewing, and knitting magazines are very popular. For example, for many years now Russians have been looking for schemes for their needlework and photos of actual models in Sabrina.

The most popular magazine for real men

Of course, the most famous periodical for the representatives of the strong half of humanity is Playboy, the first issue of which was published in 1953. Although most people associate him with half-dressed beauties, in different years there they published works by Arthur Clarke, Stephen King, Jan Fleming, Stanislaw Lem and others. As for Russia, the first Russian men's magazine - "Bear" - appeared in 1995 year. However, it existed only until 2011. Today "Maxim", "Men's Health Russia" and "GQ" are among the most popular editions of this kind in our country, except for "Playboy".

Magazines for children's audiences

"Murzilka" and "Funny Pictures" - these names are familiar to many since childhood. In general, children's magazines in our country have always enjoyed immense popularity. Suffice it to say that the same "Murzilka", the first issue of which was published in the distant 1924, was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest existing children's edition. Moreover, it continues to be produced with a circulation of 85,000 copies, which is quite large for children's periodicals.

The most popular literary magazines of our country

The idea of printing literary works in periodicals arose in 1668 from a group of Italian writers. The magazine published by them was named "Il Giornale de'Letterati", which translates as "Journal of Writers". Later, their example was followed by colleges from England and France. As for Russia, one of the first such publications is the magazine AP Sumarokova. However, they became really popular in the 19th century, when representatives of the Golden Age of Russian literature began to publish in them . As for the present, then, listing the names of well-known magazines of such an orientation, one can not fail to mention "Ogonek", "New World", "Foreign Literature" and "Friendship of Peoples".