An absorbent article having a front side, a back side, a longitudinal axis notionally extending in a longitudinal direction from the middle of the front side to the middle of the back side, wherein the absorbent article has a length measured along the longitudinal axis, the article notionally having a front region having a length of one third of the length of the article, a back region having a length of one third of the length of the article, and a crotch region between the front region and back region having a length of the remaining third of the article's length; the absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet on the wearer-facing side, a liquid impermeable backsheet on the garment-facing side, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises: - a core wrap (16, 16') comprising a top side and a bottom side; - an absorbent material between the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap and having a deposition area, wherein the absorbent material comprises at least 20% by weight of cellulose fibers, and superabsorbent polymer particles; and - at least two channels substantially free of absorbent material within the deposition area, wherein the basis weight of the absorbent material inside the channels represents no more than 25% by weight relative to the average basis weight of the absorbent material in the deposition area; wherein the channels comprise at least one of a first type of channels and at least one of a second type of channels, wherein either: i) the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are bonded to each other in the first type of channels at least by first bonding means; and the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are not bonded in the second type of channels; or ii) the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are bonded to each other by first bonding means and an additional bonding means in the first type of channels, and the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are optionally bonded by the first bonding means but are not bonded by the additional bonding means in the second type of channels, wherein at least some of the channels of the first type and the channels of the second type do not extend to any of the edges of the deposition area. - a core wrap (16, 16') comprising a top side and a bottom side; - an absorbent material between the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap and having a deposition area, wherein the absorbent material comprises at least 20% by weight of cellulose fibers, and superabsorbent polymer particles; and - at least two channels substantially free of absorbent material within the deposition area, wherein the basis weight of the absorbent material inside the channels represents no more than 25% by weight relative to the average basis weight of the absorbent material in the deposition area; wherein the channels comprise at least one of a first type of channels and at least one of a second type of channels, wherein either: i) the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are bonded to each other in the first type of channels at least by first bonding means; and the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are not bonded in the second type of channels; or ii) the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are bonded to each other by first bonding means and an additional bonding means in the first type of channels, and the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are optionally bonded by the first bonding means but are not bonded by the additional bonding means in the second type of channels, i) the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are bonded to each other in the first type of channels at least by first bonding means; and the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are not bonded in the second type of channels; or ii) the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are bonded to each other by first bonding means and an additional bonding means in the first type of channels, and the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are optionally bonded by the first bonding means but are not bonded by the additional bonding means in the second type of channels,