[2] By 1982 80 Micro was the third largest magazine in terms of obtaining advertising, selling 152,000 issues;[3] only Vogue and BYTE were larger.

[1] Programming contests for young children were featured annually, and were noted by both the Scholastic Corporation[9] and the Boy Scouts of America.

The magazine featured program listings for the machine, primarily written in BASIC and occasionally Z80 assembly language.

These programs were printed in the magazine, but could be purchased on cassette tape and diskette media under the name Load 80 to save some typing.

The magazine also featured articles, letters, reviews and humor (including - from January 1980 through July 1983 - the monthly Kitchen Table International satire/parody column).