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Also known as Cosmo, The Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan Magazine

American fashion and culture magazine

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Editor in chief
Willa Bennett
Categories
Fashion , Women's
Frequency
Quarterly
Total circulation
526,322 (2025)
First issue
March 1886 ; 140 years ago ( 1886-03 )
Company
Hearst Communications
Country
United States
Based in
Hearst Tower , New York City
Website
www .cosmopolitan .com
Issn
0010-9541

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Official website
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk
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Veronica Lake by Bradshaw Crandell on Cosmopolitan cover, 1941.jpg
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Cosmopolitan (magazine)
title
Cosmopolitan
inception
1886-00-00
name in kana
コスモポリタン
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Cosmopolitan Magazine
total produced
3032211
social media followers
1970000
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Cosmopolitan (stylized in all caps) is an American quarterly women's fashion and entertainment magazine first published 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.

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. Now it is more targeted towards women's fashion, sports, and modern interests. Eventually, editor-in-chief Helen Gurley Brown changed its attention to more of a women's empowerment magazine. Nowadays, its content includes articles discussing relationships, sex, health, careers, self-improvement, celebrities, fashion, horoscopes, and beauty.

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