# Kingsize Magazine
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{{Short description|Swedish hip-hop magazine}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Kingsize Magazine
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| image_file = Kingsize Magazine (Book Cover).png
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| editor = Malkolm Landréus
| editor_title = Editor-in-chief
| previous_editor = Tobias Carlsson
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| category = [Music](/source/Music_magazine), culture
| frequency = Bi-monthly
| format = [Magazine](/source/Magazine_format)
| circulation = 15,000[{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/kultur/i/PnPAX/hip-hop-for-folket|title=Hip hop for folket|date=4 April 2001|lang=no|first=Frederic|last=Moger|work=[Stavanger Aftenblad](/source/Stavanger_Aftenblad)|access-date=2 February 2025}}] ''Kingsize'' expanded to Sweden in 2004, with separate Norwegian and Swedish issues published bi-monthly.[{{Cite web|url=https://e24.no/teknologi/i/e1ng5O/hip-hop-magasinet-kingsize-legger-ned|title=Hip hop-magasinet Kingsize legger ned|date=19 August 2009|lang=no|work=[E24 Næringsliv](/source/E24_N%C3%A6ringsliv)|access-date=2 February 2025}}] The Norwegian edition originally had a circulation of 5,000 copies and was published quarterly, with a target audience of boys aged 15–25.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/norsk-hiphop-magasin-til-sverige/s/12-95-2013512|title=Norsk hiphop-magasin til Sverige|date=22 August 2003|lang=no|work=[Nettavisen](/source/Nettavisen)|access-date=2 February 2025}}] The Norwegian ''Kingsize'' ceased publication in 2009 due to declining advertising revenue.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/j6Bq9/slutt-for-hip-hop-magasin|title=Slutt for hip hop-magasin|date=19 August 2009|lang=no|first=Trine|last=Saugestad Hatlen|work=[Verdens Gang](/source/Verdens_Gang)|access-date=2 February 2025}}]
The Swedish edition of ''Kingsize'' has been issued since 2004 but ceased physical publications in 2012 to focus on their website and [online magazine](/source/online_magazine).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/20120306125658_kingsize_magazine_stoppar_pressarna|title=Kingsize Magazine stoppar pressarna|date=6 March 2012|lang=sv|publisher=[Sveriges Television](/source/Sveriges_Television)|access-date=2 February 2025}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.gp.se/papperstidningen-kingsize-atervander.156d4d61-9fe6-4435-9c53-f4dfd05d4e29|title=Papperstidningen Kingsize återvänder|date=9 January 2018|lang=sv|author=[TT News Agency](/source/TT_News_Agency)|work=[Göteborgs-Posten](/source/G%C3%B6teborgs-Posten)|access-date=2 February 2025}}][{{Cite web|url=https://ng.se/artiklar/nojesguiden-koper-kingsize-magazine|title=Nöjesguiden köper Kingsize Magazine|date=9 January 2018|lang=sv|first=Frasse|last=Levinsson|work=[Nöjesguiden](/source/N%C3%B6jesguiden)|access-date=2 February 2025}}] As of 2018, ''Kingsize Magazine'' is distributed free-of-charge mainly in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), [Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg) and [Malmö](/source/Malm%C3%B6), and is funded by advertisers.[{{Cite web|url=https://hkm.se/kingsize-magazine%EF%BF%BC/|title=Kingsize Magazine|lang=sv|publisher=HKM Media Group|access-date=2 February 2025}}] In August 2025, ''Kingsize'' announced it had once again ceased physical publications, with the last magazine issued in May of that year.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.kingsizemag.se/noje/kingsize-magazine-upphor-som-fysisk-tidning/|title=Kingsize Magazine upphör som fysisk tidning|date=25 August 2025|lang=sv|work=Kingsize Magazine|access-date=20 October 2025}}] In the 2010s, the magazine hosted the [Kingsizegalan](/source/Kingsizegalan), an annual [music award](/source/music_award)s ceremony celebrating Swedish hip-hop.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.gp.se/parham-kan-bli-storvinnare-pa-kingsizegalan.f51986d5-05c1-4c16-9e94-356a96c67c7b|title=Parham kan bli storvinnare på Kingsizegalan|date=29 December 2014|lang=sv|first=Tobias|last=Holmgren|work=[Göteborgs-Posten](/source/G%C3%B6teborgs-Posten)|access-date=2 February 2025}}] ''Kingsize Magazine'' is the largest hip-hop magazine in the [Nordic region](/source/Nordic_region).