MEL was a men's magazine headquartered in Marina del Rey, California.

[1] Originally funded by Dollar Shave Club, Mel has been described by New York Times journalist Amanda Hess as "the rare men's magazine that has taken upon itself to investigate masculinity, not enforce it".

[3] In 2018, MEL reworked the site and transitioned from Medium to a stand-alone website.

[3] In 2020, traffic grew 30 percent, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching 4 million unique monthly visitors.

[8] On July 7, 2021, it was announced that MEL had been acquired by Recurrent Ventures,[9] and would be relaunching under longtime editor in chief Josh Schollmeyer.