I'm thinking about either renewing my subscription to the New Yorker or giving the Economist a try. I'd only really have time for 1 magazine. What do you all read, if any.

The economist is great every so often - and I love the consistent and approachable writing style, but issue after issue the magazine/perspective can begin to drag. The New Yorker is an unknown quantity for me. My longest subscriptions (both now lapsed) were probably Private Eye and Harper's Magazine. Private Eye wouldn't really make much sense for anyone living outside the UK - but Harper's has some of the best essay and article writing around although the content is completely unfocussed.

 

In fact I just subscribed to Harper's again

The New Yorker does tend towards a specific voicing as well which sometimes drags, but it has a good blend of non-fiction/ fiction to keep things interesting. The New York event pages are useful to me as well.