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PRO: Miniatures Were Largest Category to Show Growth in 2024 – In Depth
At Slow Rate
April 4, 2025

Miniatures were the largest hobby games category to show growth in 2024, although the sales increase was slight.

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PRO: ICV2 Interview: Paul Alexander Butler of Games & Stuff
Profitable Retailing of Kickstarter Games
March 30, 2025
We recently had our annual chat with Paul Alexander Butler, owner of Games and Stuff in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and were struck by the strategies he employs to make money on Kickstarter games in his retail business.
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PRO: Board and Card Games Market Continued to Adjust in 2024
Post-COVID Trends Driving Trends
March 28, 2025
The market for hobby board and card games continued to adjust to post-Covid trends in 2024, with price resistance and paths to market the two biggest drivers of change.
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PRO: 2024 Was a Year of Stabilization in Hobby Games Market – In Depth
After Covid Surge and Reaction to End of Pandemic
March 20, 2025
The hobby games market stabilized in 2024, after the huge surge in sales during the Covid pandemic and the changes to the market after the pandemic ended.
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PRO: Full Year 2024 Circana BookScan – Top 20 Author and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Modest Year Over Year Increases for Both Categories
March 19, 2025
Combined sales increased for both the Top 20 best-selling Author and the Top 20 bestselling Superhero graphic novels for the full year 2024.
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PRO: Full Year 2024 Circana BookScan – Top 20 Adult and Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Sales of the Top 20 Were Up for Kids, Down for Adults
March 17, 2025
Sales of the Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels saw a modest increase year over year, but sales of Adult graphic novels were down.
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PRO: Full Year 2024 Circana BookScan – Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Unit Sales Continued to Slide in 2024
March 14, 2025
Sales of the Top 20 Manga were down year over year in 2024.
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PRO: February 2025 Circana BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Author Titles Up, Manga and Superhero Stay Flat
March 12, 2025
Sales of Author titles soared on the strength of a new volume of Solo Leveling, while the Manga and Superhero categories stayed even with last year's numbers.
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PRO: February 2025 Circana BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Flat Is Good, These Days
March 7, 2025
Sales of the Top 20 went up by a miniscule amount, but that's good news in an era of dropping sales.
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PRO: ICv2 Hobby Games White Paper 2025
GAMA Expo 2025 Presentation – Audio and Deck
March 7, 2025
Here's the audio and deck from ICv2 CEO Milton Griepp's presentation at GAMA Expo 2025.
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PRO: Top 100 Graphic Novels - February 2025
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
March 5, 2025
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.
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PRO: Top 200 Comics - February 2025
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
March 4, 2025
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.
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