AudioFile is a print and online magazine whose mission is to review "unabridged and abridged audiobooks, original audio programs, commentary, and dramatizations in the spoken-word format.

[2][3] The publication was launched in 1992 as a 12-page black & white newsletter containing about 50 critical reviews of audiobooks, focused on new releases.

[4] In 1997, it switched to a 36-page color magazine format containing about 60 reviews per issue and interviews with authors, readers, and publishers.

[7] AudioFile bestows Earphones Awards to presentations which are deemed to excel in the following criteria:[8] AudioFile sponsors the SYNC Audiobooks for Teens, a "free summer program for teens 13+."

The program provides subscribers with two free and complete audiobook downloads paired thematically each week during its summer season.