Welcome home! We're excited that you want to learn more about us. Good Housekeeping is an iconic brand with a pretty cool history. Get this: The very first print issue of GH came out in 1885. In it, the editor wrote that the brand's mission would be “about equal proportions of public duty and private interest." That still rings true today — with more than 1,200 editions under our belts, two decades of sharing daily tips and news online and 137 years of testing behind every product we recommend.


Why Trust Us?


“Shares” summarizes our process in a word. What authors, experts, journalists, and our own community shares with us, we in turn share with the world.

“Trusted” is our core trait, and we double down on it. Whether it’s a thrilling real-life drama or an in-depth article about colon cancer, we strive for everything we publish to be accurate and in context.

“You and your family” remain our North Star. We’ll always look for opportunities to be a glue of good feeling and life lessons across the generations.

The Reader’s Digest Version gets to the ”heart of the matter” with light-heartedness whenever possible. That means “simple, informative and fun” applies across every platform.

Finally—“healthy, wealthy and wise.” Our promise applies across America’s three most important universal aspirations, hearkening back to Founding Father Ben Franklin.