[1] The magazine styles itself as a culture magazine, with its main focus on German culture and feuilleton and a daily overview of book reviews that have been published in a range of main German newspapers.

With more than 500.000 visits per month Perlentaucher claims to be the biggest culture magazine in Germany.

[4][5] Signandsight was first published in 2005, bringing a news digest of articles on European cultural topics.

It was discontinued in March 2012 due to the presently unfavourable "economic climate".

[6] The Perlentaucher magazine also cooperates with the website Salon run by the Slovak organisation Project Forum.