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{{Infobox magazine

|image_filelogo = WebUser logo.svg

|image_file = Web User final issue, 9 December 2020.png

|caption = The cover of the final issue of ''Web User'', issue 516, published on 9 December 2020.

|editor = Robert Irvine

|frequency = Fortnightly

|circulation = {{decrease}} 24,266 (January – December 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 December 2019|title=Web User circulation certificate|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/49653108.pdf|access-date=23 July 2021|website=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]]}}</ref>

|circulation = 28,298 Jan-Dec 2016

|category = [[Computers]]

|company = [[Dennis Publishing]]

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|issn = 1473-7094}}

'''''Web User''''', branded as '''''WebUser''''', was a fortnightly [[magazine]] published in the [[United Kingdom]] from 2001 until 2020. It covered topics relating to [[computing]]. Its sister magazine was [[Computeractive|ComputerActive]].

==Overview==

''Web User'' was founded by [[IPC Media]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|author=Matthew Cowen|title=IPC Media seeks shop for Web User business|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/ipc-media-seeks-shop-web-user-business/18320|accessdate=10 February 2016|work=[[Campaign (magazine)|Campaign]]|date=9 March 2001}}</ref><ref name="jesh">{{cite news|author=Jessica Hodgson|title=IPC to launch Web User magazine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/mar/06/ipc.pressandpublishing|accessdate=10 February 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=6 March 2001}}</ref> The first issue appeared on 22 March.<ref name="jesh"/> The bulk of the magazine's content consisted of internet news, website reviews and features on web-related topics. ItAdditionally, alsoit featuredoffered product reviewsevaluations, free software,apps freeand appssoftware, step-by-step workshops, and hintsadvice andon tipshow forto usinguse computer softwarewebsites, computer hardware, and websitessoftware. The magazine was complemented by a website, launched in tandem in 2001.<ref name="jesh"/> It was sold in 2010 to [[Dennis Publishing]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Dennis Publishing acquires Web User magazine and website|url=http://www.dennis.co.uk/press-room/dennis-publishing-acquires-web-user-magazine-and-website|accessdate=10 February 2016|work=Dennis Publishing|date=7 October 2010}}</ref> It ceased publication after 516 issues in December 2020.

Topics covered include free software; PC security and maintenance; browser add-ons; the best [[Google]] tools; and the latest web trends and developments, such as Web 2.0 and social networking. <!--AT WHAT DATE??Web User is the best-selling internet magazine in the UK with an ABC total of 27,214.-->