Useful tech. Honest trade-offs.

Gadget Audit covers products that make everyday life easier, more interesting or simply better designed. The focus is practical: what a gadget does, where it fits, and what you should know before spending.

How we cover products

Utility firstEvery recommendation starts with a real use case.

Risks includedCrowdfunding coverage separates exciting ideas from finished retail products.

Clear commerceAffiliate relationships are disclosed, never hidden.

About the channel

This publication extends the Gadget Audit YouTube channel’s faceless gadget-listicle format into deeper buying guides, product roundups and written explainers.

Who writes Gadget Audit

Zawwar Rizwan is the editor behind Gadget Audit and its YouTube channel. He covers consumer technology, desk setups, productivity tools and premium everyday carry. Published reviews follow a documented evidence process that distinguishes source research from physical testing. Read how products are evaluated, or contact Zawwar through the publication at gadgetauditinfo@gmail.com.

Why this publication exists now

The review giants are shrinking. Future plc reported H1 2026 revenue of £349.1m (−8%), with eCommerce affiliate revenue down 24% on an organic basis and profit before tax down 67%; Ziff Davis reported Q2 2026 revenue of $286.7M (−2.7% year on year), with its CNET integration cited as a growth driver. Mid-2026 brought proposed cuts of around 45 roles across Future’s titles, hitting Tom’s Guide and TechRadar hard. Wirecutter runs about 180 staff for 15M monthly readers (May 2026); Tom’s Guide drew ~17.4M visits in June 2026; PCMag ~19.7M in July 2026, down 29.8% in organic search year on year.

PC Gamer’s volume and reach figures in our comparison research are historical figures, not current audience claims. The volume machine is contracting — the opening for a small publication built the other way. Five narrow lanes (crowdfunding, EDC, power, smart home, audio), six consistent buckets each, dated methodologies and honest small-N counts. Where the big sites sprawl — PCMag now runs roughly a hundred categories plus separate series, events, brands and encyclopedia namespaces — we stay narrow, dated and maintained.