Maxim

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Maxim

Maxim maxim.com

Catering to the modern man with content that promises to seduce, entertain and continuously surprise readers.

Wikidata: American magazine

Company

No imprint we could read

Online since

Not in the Internet Archive

Audience

In English

02 · Privacy

What Maxim tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

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   Esquire esquire.com Top 10K English No trackers

   Esquire - Men's Fashion, Cocktails, Politics, Interviews, and Women

   Esquire is your destination for the latest news headlines, culture coverage, political developments, celebrity interviews, mens fashion advice, and food & drink recipes.

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   AskMen askmen.com English 4 trackers

   AskMen - Become A Better Man

   AskMen is the No. 1 site to help men improve their lives—from discovering new products and trends to getting advice on dating, fitness, grooming and more.

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   Men's Health menshealth.com Top 10K English No trackers

   Men's Health - Fitness, Nutrition, Health, Sex, Style & Weight Loss Tips for Men

   Men's Health is the brand men live by for fitness, nutrition, health, sex, style, grooming, tech, weight loss, and more.

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   GQ gq.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

   GQ - Men's Fashion, Style, Grooming, Fitness, Entertainment, Lifestyle, News & Politics | GQ

   The latest tips and advice for men on style, grooming, fitness, best products, travel destinations and more. Find politics, sports and entertainment news.

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   Men's Journal mensjournal.com Top 10K

   American magazine

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   Cosmopolitan cosmopolitan.com Top 10K

   American women's fashion and culture magazine

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   Bustle bustle.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

   Bustle

   Bustle is the premier digital destination for young women. Since launching in 2013, Bustle has been creating relatable and impactful dialogue through content from a diverse set of voices. Covering politics, sex and relationships, fashion, beauty, entertainment, and more, Bustle empowers women to be curious, to be themselves, and to be excited about owning their place in the world.

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   Hypebeast hypebeast.com English 3 trackers

   Hypebeast - Fashion, Sneakers, Art, Design & Culture

   Hypebeast covers men's contemporary fashion and culture, from streetwear and sneakers to art, design, music, entertainment and lifestyle.

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   Highsnobiety highsnobiety.com English 1 tracker

   Discover and Shop What's Next | Highsnobiety

   Highsnobiety is a global fashion and media brand passionate about product and the stories that shape them. Discover and shop what's next.

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    Thrillist thrillist.com English 4 trackers

    Thrillist - Adventure is always around the corner.

    Thrillist is an online media website covering travel, experiences, and local neighborhoods. Thrillist was founded in 2004 by Ben Lerer and Adam Rich. Thrillist covers national and international travel, news, and, as of 2023, 18 cities across the United States.

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    People people.com Top 1K

    American weekly magazine devoted to celebrity and human-interest

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    Glamour glamour.com English 2 trackers

    Women's Issues, Politics, Fashion, Beauty, Entertainment News | Glamour

    Glamour.com is your source for what matters to women now, from outfit ideas and makeup tutorials to celebrity news and politics.

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    ELLE elle.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Fashion Magazine - Beauty Tips, Fashion Trends, & Celebrity News - ELLE

    Watch runway shows from the hottest fashion designers, scope out the best-dressed celebrities on the red carpet, discover the latest and greatest beauty products to maintain a healthy glow, and get a sneak peek at our celebrity cover shoots.

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    InStyle instyle.com

    monthly women’s fashion magazine founded in 1994

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    Afar afar.com English 3 trackers

    AFAR Media - Travel Stories, News, Reviews, Tips + Guides

    Discover digital travel stories, reviews, tips, news, guides, podcasts, and videos from the experts at AFAR Media, and subscribe to the newsletter or print magazine.

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    Refinery29 refinery29.com English No trackers

    Refinery29 UK

    Where style meets substance - fashion, entertainment, news, and wellness daily

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    VICE vice.com Top 10K English 8 trackers

    VICE - VICE is the definitive guide to enlightening information.

    VICE is a global media channel focusing on investigative journalism and enlightening videos about everything from world news, travel, art, drugs, politics, sports, fashion, sex, and super cute animals.

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    Vogue vogue.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Vogue: Fashion, Beauty, Celebrity, Fashion Shows | Vogue

    The latest fashion news, beauty coverage, celebrity style, fashion week updates, culture reviews, and videos on Vogue.com.

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    The Cut thecut.com English 2 trackers

    The Cut – Fashion, Beauty, Politics, Sex and Celebrity

    The Cut is a New York Magazine site covering women’s lives and interests, from politics, feminism, work, money, relationships, mental health, style, pop culture, parenting, and more.

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    outsideonline.com English 5 trackers

    Outside Magazine

    Outside covers travel, sports, gear, and fitness, as well as the personalities, the environment, and the style and culture of the outdoors.

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Maxim’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Maxim uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Maxim adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.