The salient properties of magnetars are summarized here with an emphasis on recent developments in the field since 2005. In particular, I discuss observations of the giant flares, bursts from Anomalous X‐ray Pulsars (AXPs), transient emission from AXPs, multi‐wavelength observations of magnetars, glitch activity in AXPs, magnetar energy spectra, and birth rate estimates of magnetars. In each instance, I discuss what insight these new results have provided toward improving our understanding of magnetars and their place within the diverse population of neutron stars.