How to Get Featured in AskMen
AskMen draws about 248,000 monthly visits and holds a domain authority of 84. Three things are true about it that are not true about most titles on our list, and all three belong in the open.
The three caveats, first
The piece runs marked as sponsored. AskMen is the only one of the forty fashion and lifestyle titles we added this month that the portal flags this way. What that label means and why it matters is covered in sponsored vs branded vs advertorial.
The link is nofollow. No ranking authority passes.
Our placement catalogue records it as not read by AI engines. Most titles on our list are. This one is logged as not.
None of that makes it a bad buy. It makes it a specific one: you are buying reach and a citable name, not SEO and not AI visibility. A seller who does not tell you that is selling you something other than what arrives.
What it actually is
AskMen has published men's advice since 1999: style, grooming, fitness, dating, gear. It is one of the oldest sites in the category and still one of the largest, and a domain authority of 84 is higher than most titles many times its traffic.
The format is answers rather than features. People arrive with a question.
The routes in
Product and gear coverage, which is the bulk of it.
Expert comment on grooming, fitness, dating and style.
A placed feature, written and approved by you, running with the sponsored label.
One to two weeks
Standard. The label does not speed it up.
Links and indexing
Nofollow, as above. It accepts crypto as a category, which is worth knowing if that is your sector and most consumer titles have turned you down.
What gets turned down
Claims about results in fitness or supplements that nobody can support.
Anything aimed at a female readership. The audience is in the name.
Copy that will not survive the sponsored label, which is to say anything that depends on the reader thinking a journalist chose to write it.
Who it suits
Men's grooming and apparel brands buying reach. Dating and lifestyle apps. Crypto products aimed at consumers. Anyone who wants the audience and has their SEO covered elsewhere.
The short version
248,000 monthly visits, domain authority 84, sponsored label, nofollow link, and recorded as unread by AI engines. Good reach, bought with eyes open.
Get featured in AskMen, or see what it reaches.
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Frequently asked questions
01How do you get featured in AskMen?
Three routes: pitch an editor directly, be quoted as an expert in a piece they are already writing, or use a placement service. We write the article, you approve every word before it runs, and we secure the placement. AskMen draws about 247,937 monthly visits and publishes in one to two weeks.
02How long does it take to get published in AskMen?
About one to two weeks from approval to publication, against a market average of roughly two weeks. Your own review sits inside that window, so a draft waiting on you is not a draft in production.
03Does AskMen give a do-follow link?
AskMen marks its outbound links nofollow. No ranking authority passes.
04Does AskMen mark articles as sponsored?
Yes. AskMen is the only title among the forty we added this month that our placement catalogue flags as sponsored, and the link is nofollow. The reach is genuine and the label is genuine too. Anyone selling it without mentioning the label is describing a different product from the one that arrives.
