in his or her right mind would target teenage boys — and only teenage boys — for a print magazine?
Brazil’s Editora Abril did. Abril’s
Mundo Estranho really understands teen boys, their weird interests, and just how short their attention span is. Mundo Estranho’s editors completely overhauled the publication’s modus operandi, declaring an end to long texts.
In place of lengthy articles are
short pieces in real-life language, including slang, and using humour, and crazy illustrations to bring home stories about topics boys care about: horror films, girls, the occult, crime, electronic games, motorbikes, cars, rock bands, sports and anything else related to the hormonal explosion every boy faces at that age.
And in what virtually guarantees a content connection with the boys,
70 per cent of the content is made up of answers to questions submitted by the boys themselves.
The result? Circulation has doubled over the last four years.