Firefly Magazines

Every magazine in the network, on one map

By Barrington Kirkham,

We put all 170+ titles on a single searchable map, because the honest answer to 'do you cover my area?' should take one second, not an email.

The most common question we get is the simplest one: do you cover my area? Until recently answering it meant scanning a long list of magazine names and hoping yours was in there.

So we put the whole network on a map. Every title, searchable, filterable by country and region, with live story counts so you can see which titles are active rather than just listed.

Why a map and not a list

Because local is a geography, not an alphabet. People do not think "is there a title beginning with D near me", they think "what covers this bit of the North East". A map answers the question they are actually asking, and it makes the shape of the network legible in a way a list never did.

It also keeps us honest. A map makes gaps obvious. If a region looks empty, that is a real thing about our coverage rather than something buried in a directory.

What is on it

UK, Poland and Ireland titles, each linking straight to the magazine. If you are choosing where to place a story, start there.

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