[2] Madame Figaro was spearheaded by Robert Hersant, who succeeded Jean Prouvost (creator of the French women's fashion magazine Marie Claire).

Madame Figaro is a mainstream women's magazine, feminine and a vehicle for ideas that are both liberal and conservative, since the beginning of the 1980s.

[4] Madame Figaro was among the first news publications in France to publish feature-length articles on the condition of women in foreign countries, using its own journalists.

[5] Culture in its broad sense occupies a place of importance in Madame Figaro, from literature, to history, as well as music.

[12] In 2019, Madame Figaro further developed to a total of ten editions, latest of which started in Hong Kong in fall 2019.

The Grand Prix Littéraire de l'Héroïne Madame Figaro is a prize awarded every year since 2006 by the magazine.