[2] According to the University of Sydney, it launched with distribution "across 2,000 news agencies in Australia and New Zealand and circulation in book shops, airports, cafes, delis, art galleries, boutiques and museums.

The magazine includes writing from prominent intellectuals such as philosophers Peter Singer, Clive Hamilton, Angie Hobbs, Robert W. McChesney, Massimo Pigliucci, Nigel Warburton, and Howard Gardner; Booker Prize winners DBC Pierre and Peter Carey;[3] award-winning British novelist and essayist Will Self[5] and Pulitzer Prize finalist Nicholas G. Carr;[6] Australian cartoonist and Australian Living Treasure Michael Leunig; and five winners of the Australasian Association of Philosophy Media Prize: philosophers Damon Young, Patrick Stokes, Matthew Beard, Russell Blackford, and Paul Biegler.

[9] In February 2019, a special joint edition 'Being Human' was produced between New Philosopher and The New York Times,[10] which saw New York Times contributors such as Martha Nussbaum, Ai Weiwei, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Pico Iyer, Dan Ariely, Anne Wojcicki, Sherry Turkle, and Simon Critchley appear alongside regular contributors to New Philosopher.

Many prominent thinkers have been interviewed in the magazine, including Noam Chomsky,[11] Daniel Dennett,[12] Thomas Piketty,[13] Jane Goodall, Carlo Rovelli,[14] Ricky Gervais,[15] John Searle, Peter Singer,[16] Anita L. Allen,[17] Leo Braudy, Luciano Floridi, David Wood,[18] David Chalmers,[19] and Gregg Caruso.

The Korean Editor Jang Dong-seok said, “I thought that there might not be a clear-cut readership for our magazine, but surprisingly young people were interested in humanities and philosophy.” He added, “Until now, humanities and philosophy were for those boring people who always recited big words, but our readers are responding to the appeal of the ‘philosophy of daily life’.” A digital edition is available on Air France and KLM flights and lounges.