Editor-in-Chief | Willa Bennett |
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Categories | Fashion, Women's |
Frequency | Quarterly |
Total circulation (2023) | 940,514 [2] |
First issue | March 1886 |
Company | Hearst Communications |
Country | United States |
Based in | Hearst Tower, New York City |
Website | www |
ISSN | 0010-9541 |
Cosmopolitan (stylized in all caps) is an American quarterly fashion and entertainment magazine for women, first published based in New York City in March 1886 as a family magazine; it was later transformed into a literary magazine and, since 1965, has become a women's magazine. Cosmopolitan is one of the best-selling magazines.[3][4]
Formerly titled The Cosmopolitan and often referred to as Cosmo, Cosmopolitan has adapted its style and content. Its current incarnation was originally marketed as a woman's fashion magazine with articles on home, family, and cooking. For some time it focused more on new fiction and written work, which included short stories, novels, and articles.[5] Now it is more targeted towards women's fashion, sports and modern interests.[5] Eventually, editor-in-chief Helen Gurley Brown changed its attention to more of a women's empowerment magazine.[5] Nowadays, its content includes articles discussing relationships, sex, health, careers, self-improvement, celebrities, fashion, horoscopes, and beauty.
Cosmopolitan is published by New York City–based Hearst Corporation. The magazine's office in the Hearst Tower, 300 West 57th Street near Columbus Circle in Manhattan in New York City.[6] Cosmopolitan has 21 international editions in Bulgaria, China, Czechia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Middle East, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.[7]