List of National Geographic cover stories (2010s)



National Geographic is an American magazine that is noted for its cover stories and accompanying photography. Throughout the 2010s National Geographic's cover stories showcased global historical events such as the American Civil War and humanities treks to Mars. Cover stories included articles written by notable writers such as Tina Rosenberg, Charles C. Mann and Robert Draper. Cover photos were published by notable photographers such as Martin Schoeller, Aaron Huey and Stephanie Sinclair.

The 2010s saw articles written and photographed at locations around the globe featuring wildlife like the January 2018 issue titled "Why Birds Matter", written by Jonathan Franzen with a photo on the cover of a Secretarybird, photographed by Joel Sartore. Articles featured on the cover of the magazine also included human-interest stories such as "Last Tribes of the Amazon", written by Scott Wallace and Chris Fagon with photography by Charlie Hamilton James featuring a child of an Amazon tribe in the October 2018 issue. Many geographical locations were featured including western South America in the April 2011 article "The Genius of the Inca", written by Heather Pringle with photographs by Dylan Cole.