The main collaborators on Candide were Blanqui, Tridon Villeneuve, Vaissier, Watteau, Marchand, Viette, Verlière and Sumino.
While it radicalised after 6 February 1934 it didn't adopt the robust fascism of Je suis partout keeping to a lighter tone.
During the German occupation, Candide left Paris for the zone libre and supported Petain's Révolution nationale, while avoiding the collaborationism of Parisian titles such as Je suis partout.
A weekly called Le Nouveau Candide which counted Jean Dutourd, Paul Gordeaux and Gilles Perrault among its columnists as well as Jean-François Steiner who would become the chair of Maurice Papon's defense committee, appeared during the course of the 1960s.
According to the revelations of Constantin Melnik, special adviser for prime minister Michel Debré, this weekly received secret funding in order to counter the influence of papers opposed to the Algerian war, such as L'Express and France-Observateur.