German Magazines

Magazines sorted by categories

• News & General
• Business
• Computers & IT
• Automotive
• Celebs & Gossip
• Teen
• Home and Garden
• Sport
• Politics
• Fashion and Style
• German magazines available in English

german livestyle magazin can be a great way to learn about your interests, hobbies, or pastimes.

It’s a great way for you to keep up with the latest German vocabulary in your field. You can also use it to say “I’m Working” while you sit down and have a cup a coffee in a quiet corner. 😉

Here’s a selection from the most popular German magazines, as viewed by German speakers in Germany and Austria.

You can find them both online and in hard copy.

News & General

• Der Spiegel, 675,000 copies sold weekly. The German leading news magazine. It focuses on politics and business. You can also access the English version online. This is not necessarily a complete translation of the original German articles.
• Stern, a weekly magazine of news, is 360,000 copies. It was established in 1948. Journalists love its emphasis on photography and long, detailed reporting. Direct competitor to Der Spiegel, Focus.
• Focus, 250,000 copies. There is less emphasis on politics or economics and more focus on everyday themes like family, finances, careers, and health.
• Profil, about 90,000 copies. This is the Austrian version for German magazine Der Spiegel.

Business

• Capital, motto “Wirtschaft ist Gesellschaft”, a monthly finance and business magazine selling around 120,000 copies.
• WirtschaftsWoche (WIWO), a weekly business magazine, selling around 100,000 copies. WiWo Green is a portal about green topics that was established in 2013. The site also features annual German university rankings and an annual best-office award.

Computers & IT

• c’t, Magazin fur Computer Technik is Germany’s most important computer magazine. It was founded in 1993 and aimed at professionals.
• Computer Bild is the most widely read German-language computer magazine, appearing fortnightly.
• PC-Welt (“PC World”) monthly magazine, one of Germany’s oldest computer magazines for professional and advanced users.
• Auto
• Auto Bild was a leading weekly auto magazine. It sold approximately 250,000 copies and has since created a brand family that includes a variety of related magazines.
• Auto, Motor und Sport, is published biweekly, with a special focus on test results. There are approximately 330,000 copies.
• Celebs & Gossip
• Commonly known by the name “Tratsch und Klatsch”.
• BUNTE, Germany’s top-selling gossip magazine, covers stars, royals and entertainment with a circulation around 340,000. The celebrities it covers are often in court cases!

Teen

Bravo, the largest magazine for teens, has become a household name with many spin-off magazines. Bravo TV – A youth TV magazine, Bravo Sport, Bravo Hits (music), and www.bravo.de the online portal.

• Gewinn, “Das Wirtschaftsmagazin Fur Ihren Personlichen Vorteil”, an Austrian personal finance magazine, selling around 50,000 copies monthly.
• Handelszeitung, Switzerland’s biggest weekly business magazine, is selling approximately 35,000 copies to German-speakers.

Sports

Sport Bild, an insight into the worlds of German sport. While the focus is on football, there is also a chance to see handball.

Politics

• EMMA, Das Political Magazin für Menschen, is Germany’s leading feminist magazine, published bi-monthly. It was founded by Alice Schwarzer, in 1977.
• Internationale Politik is Das Magazin fur globales Denken. There is also a global version available in English. This Journal of the German Council on Foreign Relations, (DGAP) has a global version.
• Cicero, Magazine fur politisches Kultur is a monthly magazine with a conservative emphasis. It was created as a German equivalent to “The New Yorker” and “The Atlantic Monthly”.

Fashion & Style

Commonly refered to as “Frauenzeitschriften”!

• Bild der Frau is Europe’s most beloved weekly German magazine for women, with more than 500,000 copies distributed and over 4,000,000 readers.
• Brigitte, a biweekly title that reaches more German ladies than any other magazine, has a circulation around 800,000. and an estimated readership.
• Elle, Elle Deutschland is Elle magazine’s German counterpart. Elle focuses on fashion and beauty.
• Freundin, a women’s magazine published every fortnight, has a circulation of approximately 360,000.

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