The magazine first appeared in 1946. It was distributed by the
Hamburg based
Verlag Ehrlich & Sohn. The magazine is published weekly by the Funke Women Group GMBH. The magazine has its headquarters in Munich. The
chief editor is Karin Schlautmann. In the period of 2001-2002
Frau im Spiegel was one of top 50 women's magazine worldwide with a circulation of 645,000 copies. In the third quarter of 2005 the magazine sold 553,051 copies. During the second quarter of 2016 its circulation was down to 236,427 copies. ==References==