Why is it so hard to find Spanish language magazines online

Question

National Geographic Magazine used to be published in Spanish but it is unavailable now. Once in a while I can find people in Spanish. But when I go into a bookstore here in the U.S., or look online, there are literally thousands of magazines in English on every subject from economics to glamour to radio control models. You name the subject and there are probably several magazines catering to it. On cars and computers alone, there are probably 100.

But, when I search the web for magazines in Spanish, there are maybe a dozen and most are glamour or style.

So what is the deal? Are magazines simply not that common in Spanish speaking countries or what? Or can someone point me to some site.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Check this out.

This magazine, "Veinte Mundos" is in Spanish, but if you cannot understand the writing of an article, you can click on a part and click on the difficult words for English translations.

yes that's a good one - it has the audio too doesn't it? :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 3, 2011

It still not is as good as this site, where you can click on any word (just the underlined ones) but the articles looked interesting. - Stadt, Aug 3, 2011

I was just checking out the comprehension and vocabulary tests it has associated with the article. - JoyceM, Aug 3, 2011

I did not look at those, but I would definitely read some of the articles; and since they are intended for learners, the vocabulary is fairly standard- I don't need help to read them. Very useful - Stadt, Aug 3, 2011

Answer 2

Here's a couple Spanish mags online & Despertad y Atalaya - the second link is for the digital file for reading but on the same site you can get the magazines in audio as well which I find really good.

I like the list of magazines that incuded some Mexican ones; "People" was fun also to see embarazada in real use instead of just on the list of words to watch out for. - Stadt, Aug 3, 2011

Answer 3

Okay, your question made me do a search and I found several sites that I will post here, just for my ease of finding them again. If you share interests these will be good for you, if not, then no:

revistaciencia

amazings

solociencia

e-ciencia

BBC-Mundo ciencia

nice ones :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 3, 2011

Woo for e-ciencia. - Helado_eclectico, Sep 12, 2014

Answer 4

There's a photography magazine that you might like here.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

National Geographic in español is now available in the iTunes newsstand. One can subscribe or purchase individual issues.

Answer 7

There are surely more publications in English than in any other language, because a lot of non-natives can more or less read them, plus the more money a society has, the more resources are available in general.

Now, the question is: what kind of magazines are you after? If you narrow down your choices, it will be much easier for us to give you recommendations.

Answer 8

I found that Amazon will periodically offer very nice specials on Spanish language magazines.

Answer 9

Are magazines simply not that common in Spanish speaking countries or what?

I've often wondered the same thing. Then I say a movie the other night that was filmed in Argentina, I can't remember the name, but it was shot sometime in the 70's. One of the scenes was a guy buying a magazine and I could clearly see a lot of the magazine titles in the background, in Spanish. I have no idea whether they were real or just props. Of course, that was from nearly forty years ago........