The 25 most influential magazine covers of all time
How many do you remember?
From The Times
October 3, 2025

Magazine covers have left many indelible images on the popular psyche — think John Lennon curled up naked with a fully clothed Yoko Ono on Rolling Stone — but which were the most influential of all time? T Magazine assembled a panel of experts to decide.

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