Uchilische Blagochestija was an Orthodox magazine that was started in Latvia in 1850.[1] The first Latvian literary magazine was Pagalms which was published from 1880/81 to 1884.[2] One of the early mass circulation magazines in Latvia was an illustrated weekly entitled Atpūta which existed between 1924 and 1940.[3] After the end of the Communist rule in the country in 1991 the first magazines dominated the market were entertainment, celebrity and consumer titles.[4] In addition, the first music magazines were started during this period.[5]
Magazines in Latvia increased between 2001 and 2007.[6] The European Journalism Observatory reported in 2017 that magazines in Latvia were more read than national and daily newspapers.[6][7] There are various magazines covering history, science and lifestyle.[7] The number of magazine decreased in 2015.[6] There were 322 magazines in the country in 2015, and their total circulation was 29.3 million copies per year.[7] Some of the magazines in the country are printed in Russian and in English.[6] International magazine titles such as FHM and National Geographic were published in Latvia until 2016.[6]
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Latvia.
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^Marina Mikhailets (2004). "The publishing situation in Latvia". Fontes Artis Musicae. 51 (3–4): 291. JSTOR23510392.
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^Anete Karlsone (2019). "Topicality of Traditional Skills in Contemporary Cultural Environment". Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies. 2: 94. doi:10.7592/YBBS2.06.