[1] El Economista was first published on 28 February 2006,[2] being the fourth financial daily in Spain.

[3] The daily is published in broadsheet format[9] and uses plain and easy-to-understand words while reporting complex economical and financial affairs in its four sections which have their own colors.

[4] Each Saturday the daily gives a supplement, El Especial, which provides analyses, reports and investigative articles.

[4] On 31 March 2006 its website was launched[3] and the paper became the first Spanish financial daily to publish on Internet.

[1][10][11] In 2006 and in 2007, El Economista was named again by the SND as the best designed newspaper in Spain and Portugal.