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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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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.
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.
Unit Sales Continued to Slide in 2024
March 14, 2025
Sales of the Top 20 Manga were down year over year in 2024.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Author, Superhero Sales Drop Below 2023 Levels
February 19, 2025
Combined sales of the Top 20 on the Author and Superhero charts dropped to slightly below their 2023 levels.
Sales Drop, But Pricey Volumes Soften the Blow
February 14, 2025
Total unit sales of the Top 20 were down year over year, but the drop in dollar sales was less steep than the unit drop.
Orland Park, IL on February 13, 2025
February 14, 2025
ICv2 visited the Barnes & Noble store at 160 Orland Park Place, Orland Park, Illinois 60462 on Thursday, February 13, 2024.
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