Topics of features generally concern geography, history, nature, science, and world culture. The magazine is well known for its distinctive appearance: a thick square-bound glossy format with a yellow rectangular border.

National Geographic magazine will no longer be carried at newsstands beginning in 2024, according to an AP report, in the latest round of downsizing at the publication.

Access articles from our current issue online at nationalgeographic.com/magazine and view recent issues - and every issue since 1888 - in the magazine's full archive at archive.nationalgeographic.com.

Browse over 1,400 issues, 8,000 articles, and 200,000 photos exactly as they appeared in print.

THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TARGET AUDIENCE IS HIGHLY EDUCATED AND HAS A CRITICAL VIEW OF THE WORLD.

WITH EACH ISSUE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GOES FURTHER - by telling stories of humankind from an up-close perspective to deepen people's understanding of the world and their role in it.

National Geographic recently shut down production in the US and a major contributing factor could be the declining interest in reading books or picking up magazines. The shift in reading habits and preferences has created challenges for print media outlets, and Nat Geo may have faced similar obstacles.

From Spring 2020, Now TV provided access to BT Sport, and at the same time Now TV became available for BT TV customers. On 28 June 2022, National Geographic departed the service as its programming moved over to Disney+.

The Top 21 Free Online Journal and Research Databases

1. CORE. CORE is a multidisciplinary aggregator of OA research.
2. ScienceOpen.
3. Directory of Open Access Journals.
4. Education Resources Information Center.
5. arXiv e-Print Archive.
6. Social Science Research Network.
7. Public Library of Science.
8. OpenDOAR.

Use a virtual private network (VPN) Some paywalls, like The Washington Post and The Weather Channel, track your IP address to limit how many articles you can read each month for free. Using a VPN allows you to change up your IP address and read unlimited articles.

TIL The most valuable issues of National Geographic are generally those published before 1907. The 1904 issue, its first publication containing images, is almost impossible to find in mint condition.

monthly The magazine is published monthly. Additional maps are also included with subscription copies. It is available in a traditional printed format.