[1] Since then, the magazine has been published in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France (first international edition), Greece, Hungary, India (publication ceased in 2013),[2] Italy, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Russia (publication ceased in 2018),[3] Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey.

The French edition was launched in 1979 and is published monthly by Prisma Presse.

The Russian edition features GEOTraveller, GEOFocus on science and history, GEOлёнок for children and The Best of GEO.

Vivendi acquired Prisma Media from Bertelsmann in 2020 and later the company spun-out its publishing operation (including Prisma Media and the French license for GEO) into Louis Hachette Group in 2024.

On 26 July 2013, Outlook Group announced that GEO, along with People and Marie Claire,[7] would cease publication in India and the license would not be renewed.