Playgirl

Playgirl

June 1973 cover (issue 1, number 1)
Categories	Women's magazines
Frequency	Monthly (1973–2009) Quarterly (2010–2016)
Publisher	Douglas Lambert (1973–1976) Ira Ritter (1977–1986) Drake Publishers, Inc. (1986–1993) Crescent Publishing Group, Inc. (1993–2001) Blue Horizon Media, Inc. (2001–2011) Magna Publishing Group, Inc. (2011–2016)
Founded	1973
First issue	June 1973
Final issue	Winter 2016
Company	Magna Publishing Group
Country	United States
Based in	Paramus, New Jersey
Website	playgirl.com
ISSN	0273-6918

Playgirl was an American magazine that had historically featured pictorials of nude and semi-nude men alongside general interest, lifestyle, and celebrity journalism, as well as original fiction. For most of its history, the magazine printed monthly and was marketed mainly to women, though it quickly developed a significant gay male readership.

In 2009, Playgirl transitioned from a monthly to quarterly print publication, before ceasing regular print operations in 2016. In November 2020, the magazine relaunched with nearly 10,000 copies in the U.S. and London before selling out and going back to press for a second printing and resumed monthly releases as an online-only publication in 2020.^[1][2][3]