Magazine Genre Research - Food Network

The Food Network magazine is probably the most well known food magazine. It gives us so many different recipes from breakfast items to desserts. In each issue they usually have one main topic that they advertise the most, then add in their other items within the magazine. They also will feature some well known chef's from their TV shows and one of their recipes. To make their magazine even more desirable they will add contests in many of the issues.

For advertisements this magazine has many full page ads in the very beginning of the magazine and the very end of it. Many of these ads are food related. Those that are not such as insurances or appliances have made a food reference in their ads. They also have ads for make-up and home design. This is probably because they know that the majority of their readers are women so they are targeting their main audience with these ad.

This magazine has about 13.7 readers. Food Network is the #1 monthly magazine in the United States and is 2 out of 3 food magazines sold at retail stores. 69.4% of their readers are women. This is why they mostly target women with their ads. They also have 45 million followers on Instagram. This is the 5th largest media brand.