Where are all the magazines for teenage girls?

[Gatoraid]

Shelves seem to be full of every kind of of magazine except for any for teenagers.
I used to love the magazines like Sugar, Mizz, Just 17 and More. Now they jump straight from sparkle world to Heat.
is there really no market for them because all the 12-16 year olds are on their phones?

Although it's not the same as Mizz, Sugar, Just 17 and all those teenage magazines we used to have, dd1 reads Teen Breathe. No celeb gossip but covers teenage topics. Our local WHSmith only seemed to have 1 copy so we now subscribe online. Believe you can purchase a single copy that way too.

Still a gap in the market though for teenage magazines. Oh the excitement of looking for the Summer Specials!

Teen Breathe which I personally think is a rubbish title.

I saw it in a posh kid wear shop and bought it for 13 year old DD. I thought it was fantastic. She wasn’t interested.

My dd loves this magazine, it comes out every other month and we have a subscription. Younger dd reads national geographic the week junior science & nature.

I disagree that there is no market. My dc prefer their physical books as opposed to the kindles my sister gave them for Christmas, there still is enjoyment in reading a paper magazine. Maybe it's not a huge market but there is definitely interest. Especially right now, where the 90s are 'in', vinyls and cassettes and all things retro are popular. Not all teen girls are into TikTok.

I'd love it if more magazines entered the market. Especially special interest ones around science, art, tech, music, but also fashion and politics. I suppose I'm talking about a niche market for 'highbrow' content aimed at 12-15 olds.

Oh that does look nice but a bit ‘worthy’ . Probably not what a typical teen would choose for themselves!

National geographic is great.
my son used to ge the week junior & we enjoyed reading that together. Pricey though

Raised in a highly conservative household, Just 17 was a lifesaver in navigating teen years for me. It answered the questions I had nowhere else to go to ask.

@Gatoraid my teen loves teen breathe, she is pretty 'typical'.

Was just coming on to say Teen Breathe. It's very hard to find though!

I teach English to teenagers.

I had to tell a student what the word ‘magazine’ meant this year.

In any case, maybe Teen breathe serves a market that is not satisfied with TikTok etc. It would be greta to have additional choice, magazines like weekly junior (S&N) and Aquilla, Economist, Time but aimed at a teen audience and not just teen girls.

I loved those magazines too, I suspect they'd be too baby-ish for today's teens and pre-teens. It's interesting the difference between boys and girls in our generations, I feel like my sons still like much of what DH and other boys liked at their ages, but girls seem to be growing up much faster than I did.

(Although agree the content wasn't especially healthy!!)

I agree the content wasn’t the most wholesome but a damn site tamer than what they will be seeing online and also at least parents could see what their teen was looking at.

Blast from the past! I used to subscribe to Sugar and my sister got Bliss I think. I liked Marie Claire when I was a bit older. I remember it had some interesting articles about topical issues (along with the usual rubbish)

Teens get their content online and have zero interest in magazines or newspapers or anything like that. They don't even watch tv, well
mine don't unless it's sports or something in particular.

Oh wow. That’s depressing.

I used to love more magazine, I think it was actually pretty good for teens- position of the fortnight mentioned about how it's pleasurable for you as a woman; something you don't see often it's usually about how to please and keep a man (ew). There were also some decent articles, I remember reading about women in STEM when I was in first year of 6th form and hadn't really considered it before much- I now work in my dream job in a very male dominated field. I'm not saying it was perfect or that I owe everything to it, but I don't think all magazines were awful. They didn't seem to do the circle of celebs fat or anything toxic either.

I used to quite enjoy J17. No major issue with the content but even at that age I found the language annoying - trying too hard to sound cool and the problem pages really patronising.

Also this! Far more harmful and toxic content online.

The majority of adults don’t buy magazines any more. Niche interest titles still do okay, but lifestyle magazines that need big budgets and lots of staff just can’t do it. I used to be a journalist, but along with many colleagues had to move into a different industry as reader numbers dropped off a cliff and magazines closed or went online with a skeleton staff.

My DD is 17, reads Vogue (or at least looks at the pictures) but her daily content need a are met online.

Sadly, newspapers are on the way out too.

I’m cheered to hear that some teens enjoy things like National Geographic. Mine would have looked at me like I was joking if I’d bought them a copy.

We have Nat Geo but my teen likes a mag now and again. It would be nice to have something with make up and skin care, mental health advise and nutrition and some youth related current affairs.

Love this thread (I'm a freelance magazine editor). I'm going to have a chat with DD and see what's she thinks (predictive text just made 'she thinks' into 'what honks') 😂

How about product reviews by Teen Testers - tech, gadgets, deodorant, apps etc

If they were around today one would presume they will have moved in a bit and not just be all about boy bands etc, though being jealous of your best mates boyfriend is a perennial type problem! They do look so innocent from an adults eyes.
I used to get 17 magazine (American), which was a fashion mag (so no swooning over David Cassidy in the pages). I loved it - the fall back to school issue - no uniforms in state schools in the US so I studied the trends carefully! Plus it did gently introduce you to topics like sexual health etc.
@Caradonna I subscribe to three Home magazines - was five but COL so cut back! It's not the same looking at them online.