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 edit
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 edit
- Component Developer Magazine (CODE)
Monthly edit
- APC (Australia)
- Computer Buyer (UK)
- Computer Shopper (UK)
- Computer Shopper (US)
- Digit (India)
- PC/Computing
- PC Magazine
- PC Pro
- PC World
- PC Quest (India)
- Pixel Addict (UK)
- Wired (US)
- iX (magazine) (Germany)
Fortnightly edit
- c't (Germany, Netherlands)
- Computeractive (United Kingdom)
Weekly edit
- Computer Weekly (United Kingdom)
- Computerra (Russia)
- Computing (United Kingdom)
- Micro Mart (United Kingdom)
Online-only edit
- Datamation, previously in print 1957–1998, the first computer magazine. (United States)
Topic-specific magazines edit
These publications are marketed towards people who are interested in a specific topic of computing.
Amiga edit
- Amiga Action (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
- Amiga Active (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
- Amiga Addict (United Kingdom)
- Amiga Computing (United Kingdom, United States) (discontinued)
- Amiga Format (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
- Amiga Power (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
Macintosh edit
RISC OS/Acorn edit
- Acorn User (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
- Archive (United Kingdom)
- The Micro User (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
- Qercus (United Kingdom)
Web development edit
- .net (United Kingdom)
Computer modification edit
- Custom PC (United Kingdom)
- Maximum PC (United States)
- PC Extreme (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
Gaming edit
Internet edit
- First Monday (Internet) (peer reviewed)
- Internet Magazine (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
- Spider (Pakistan) (discontinued)
- Webuser (United Kingdom) (discontinued)
Business edit
- eWeek (United States)
- InformationWeek (United States)
- InfoWorld (United States)
Music edit
- Computer Music (United Kingdom)
Mobile computing edit
- PC Today (United States)
Novice users edit
- First Glimpse (United States)
1980s computers edit
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.
Title | Country | Availability | Notes |
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.info | United States, Canada | discontinued | |
Acorn User | United Kingdom) | discontinued | |
Amiga Addict | United Kingdom | Active | |
Amiga Power | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Amiga Format | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Amiga Active | discontinued | ||
Amiga Computing | discontinued | ||
Amiga Survivor | discontinued | ||
Amiga User International | discontinued | ||
Amiga World | discontinued | ||
Amstrad Action | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Amstrad Computer User | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Amtix! | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
ANALOG Computing | United States | discontinued | |
ANTIC | United States | discontinued | |
Atari User | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Commodore User (renamed CU Amiga Magazine) | discontinued | ||
Computer Gamer | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Crash | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Dragon User | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Electron User | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Page 6 | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Personal Computer Games | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Pixel Addict | United Kingdom | Active | |
Retrogamer | United Kingdom | Active | |
Sinclair User | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
The Micro User | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Your Computer | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Your Sinclair (originally Your Spectrum) | United Kingdom | discontinued | |
Zzap!64 | United Kingdom | discontinued |
Partworks edit
The following magazines were published as partworks:
- The Home Computer Advanced Course (United Kingdom) (1984–1985)
- The Home Computer Course (United Kingdom) (1983–1984)
- PC Ace (United Kingdom) (1999–2001)
Linux and open-source edit
The following magazines cover topics related to the Linux operating system (as well as other Unix based operating systems) and other forms of open-source/ free software. Some of these magazines are targeted at IT professionals (with an emphasis on the use of these systems in the workplace) whilst others are designed for home users.
- Free Software Magazine (Internet)
- Full Circle
- Linux Format (United Kingdom)
- Linux Gazette (Internet)
- Linux Journal (United States) (shutdown August 7, 2019)
- Linux Magazine (United Kingdom/Europe)
- Linux Magazine (United States)
- Linux User and Developer (United Kingdom)
- Linux Voice (United Kingdom)
- Linux Weekly News (Internet)
- Open Source For You (India)
Sales edit
The following magazines cover computer, peripheral, software and service distribution, through all their aspects (marketing, strategy, channel, retail or wholesale).
- Channel World, Belgium, Czech Republic, India, Netherlands
- CRN Magazine, US, Europe and other countries
- IT Bransjen, Norway
Academic journals edit
A number of journals are circulated in academic circles (normally associated with a governing body such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE). These may cover several different topics as well as computing and often deal with more technical aspects of hardware and software.
- ACM Computing Reviews (United States) (ACM)
- ACM Queue (United States) (ACM)
- ACM Transactions on Graphics (United States) (ACM)
- American Programmer (United States)
- C/C++ Users Journal (United States) (independent publisher, defunct)
- Computer (United States) (IEEE, Computer Society)
- Computer Graphics (United States) (ACM SIGGRAPH)
- Dr. Dobb's Journal (United States) (independent publisher, defunct)
- IEEE Internet Computing (United States) (IEEE, Computer Society)
- IEEE Intelligent Systems (United States) (IEEE, Computer Society)
- IEEE Micro (United States) (IEEE, Computer Society)
- IEEE MultiMedia (United States) (IEEE, Computer Society)
- IEEE Software (United States) (IEEE, Computer Society)
- Overload (United Kingdom) (ACCU)
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- .info
- Ahoy!
- Boot
- Byte
- C (Finland)
- CD-ROM Today
- Compute!
- COMPUTE!'s Gazette
- Computer Decisions
- Creative Computing
- Electronics Today International, electronics magazine that also published early homebrew computer systems
- Family Computing (later Home Office Computing), home/educational-oriented magazine published by Scholastic, Inc.
- Games for Windows: The Official Magazine
- Hebdogiciel, French computing magazine from the 1980s
- Info Komputer (Indonesia)
- CHIP (India)
- IT-Branchen (Denmark)
- Kilobaud Microcomputing (United States)
- Microsystems
- New Computer Express (United Kingdom)
- Nibble
- PC Ace
- Personal Computer News (United Kingdom)
- Popular Computing Weekly (United Kingdom)
- The One
- The Rainbow
- RUN
- SunWorld, about Sun Microsystems computers (United States)
- UnixWorld, about Unix operating system (United States)
- Verbum, desktop publishing and computer art focused magazine of the 1990s
- Zero
Computer magazine publishers edit
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.
- Future plc (United Kingdom)
- Newsfield Publications (United Kingdom)
- Next Media (Australia)
- Sandhills Publishing Company (United States)