List of computer magazines


This is a list of magazines marketed primarily for computer and technology enthusiasts or users. The majority of these magazines cover general computer topics or several non-specific subject areas, however a few are also specialized to a certain area of computing and are listed separately.

General magazines

These publications appeal to a broad audience and usually include content about computer hardware and software and technology news. These magazines could also be called technology magazines because of the large amount of content about non-computer consumer electronics, such as digital audio player and mobile phones.

Bi-monthly

Monthly

Fortnightly

Weekly

Online-only

Topic-specific magazines

These publications are marketed towards people who are interested in a specific topic of computing.

Amiga

Cryptography

Macintosh

RISC OS/Acorn

Web development

Computer modification

Internet

Business

Music

Mobile computing

Novice users

1980s computers

The following magazines cover 1980s home computers such as the Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum or Amstrad CPC. Most of these magazines are now discontinued as the computers they discuss are now out of production.
TitleCountryAvailabilityNotes
.infoUnited States, Canada
Acorn UserUnited Kingdom)
Amiga AddictUnited KingdomActive
Amiga PowerUnited Kingdom
Amiga FormatUnited Kingdom
Amiga Computing
Amiga Survivor
Amiga User International
Amiga World
Amstrad ActionUnited Kingdom
Amstrad Computer UserUnited Kingdom
Amtix!United Kingdom
ANALOG ComputingUnited States
ANTICUnited States
Atari UserUnited Kingdom
Commodore User
Computer GamerUnited Kingdom
CrashUnited Kingdom
Dragon UserUnited Kingdom
Electron UserUnited Kingdom
Page 6United Kingdom
Personal Computer GamesUnited Kingdom
RetrogamerUnited KingdomActive
Sinclair UserUnited Kingdom
The Micro UserUnited Kingdom
Your ComputerUnited Kingdom
Your Sinclair United Kingdom
Zzap!64United Kingdom

Partworks

The following magazines were published as partworks:

Linux and open-source

The following magazines cover topics related to the Linux operating system and other forms of open-source/ free software. Some of these magazines are targeted at IT professionals whilst others are designed for home users.

Artificial Intelligence

Sales

The following magazines cover computer, peripheral, software and service distribution, through all their aspects.

Academic journals

A number of journals are circulated in academic circles. These may cover several different topics as well as computing and often deal with more technical aspects of hardware and software.

Other, now defunct, computer-related magazines

.infoAhoy!BootByteC C/C++ Users JournalC++ ReportCD-ROM TodayCompute!COMPUTE!'s GazetteComputer DecisionsCreative ComputingElectronics Today International, electronics magazine that also published early homebrew computer systemsFamily Computing, home/educational-oriented magazine published by Scholastic, Inc.Games for Windows: The Official MagazineHebdogiciel, French computing magazine from the 1980sInfo Komputer CHIP IT-Branchen Kilobaud Microcomputing MicrosystemsNew Computer Express NibblePC AcePersonal Computer News Popular Computing Weekly The OneThe RainbowRUNSunWorld, about Sun Microsystems computers UnixWorld, about Unix operating system Verbum, desktop publishing and computer art focused magazine of the 1990s

Computer magazine publishers

The following companies publish one or several computer related magazines. Some of these publishers produce computer magazines exclusively and most produce multiple magazines from this genre.