As a printed weekly during the 1970s and into the 1980s, Computerworld was the leading trade publication in the data processing industry.

[citation needed] The publisher of Computerworld, Foundry (formerly IDG Communications), is a subsidiary of International Data Group.

[12][13] The company IDG offers the brand "Computerworld" in 47 countries worldwide, the name and frequency differ slightly though.

Computer Sweden was distributed as a morning newspaper in tabloid format (41 cm) in 51,000 copies (2007) with an estimated 120,000 readers.

Computerworld in the past has published stories that highlight the effects of immigration to the U.S. (e.g. the H-1B visa) on software engineers.