SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549



                                    FORM 8-A

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                         INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR GROUP, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




                     Delaware                                 13-3487784
             (State of Incorporation)                       (IRS Employer
                                                          Identification No.)

            1633 Broadway, 38th Floor
                New York, New York                                   10019
     (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)



If this Form relates to the registration  If this Form relates to the 
of a class of debt securities and is      registration of a class of debt
effective upon filing pursuant to         securities and is to become effective
General Instruction A(c)(1), please       simultaneously with the effectiveness
check the following box        |_|        of a concurrent registration statement
                                          under the Securities Act of 1933 
                                          pursuant to General Instruction
                                          A(c)(2), please check the following
                                          box                            |_|

Securities to be registered  pursuant to Section 12(b) of the  Securities Act of
1934:
         None

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange
Act:

         Common Stock






        Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

                  The   information   called  for  by  this  Item  1  is  hereby
incorporated by reference from page 35 of Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-18  (No.33-43551-NY),  which was declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 4, 1991.

                  The Registrant's securities were registered under the Exchange
Act of 1934  ("Exchange  Act") pursuant to Section 12(b) as such securities were
listed on the Boston Stock Exchange.  The Registrant has subsequently  withdrawn
its securities from listing on the Boston Stock Exchange and herewith files this
Form 8-A to register such securities  under the Exchange Act pursuant to Section
12(g).

Item 2.           Exhibits.


  Exhibit No.          Description

       1               Specimen Common Stock Certificate, filed as Exhibit 4.1
                       to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-18
                       (No. 33-43551-NY) is hereby incorporated by reference.





                                    SIGNATURE


                  Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  the  Registrant  has  duly  caused  this
Registration  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the  undersigned,  thereto
duly authorized.


                                                INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR GROUP, INC.



Date:    December 10, 1996                 By:      /s/ Scot A. Rosenblum
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                  Scot A. Rosenblum, Secretary