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First-Quarter Trends: Author, Superheroes Up, Manga Down
April 22, 2024

The trends have been consistent across the first quarter of 2024: Sales of the Top 20 Author and Superhero graphic novels are up, while Manga is down.

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Adult Sales Sag; 'Dog Man' Kicks Kids' Sales Higher
April 19, 2024
Sales of the Adult Top 20 were down compared to March 2023, but a new Dog Man release helped bump sales up on the Kids' chart.
Best Sales on Newer Evergreens
April 22, 2024
It was a tough year for hobby board and card games in 2023, with Covid-era trends continuing to revert and sales concentrating in core hobby evergreens, according to our reporting.
2023 RPG Sales Trends
April 12, 2024
Sales of Dungeons & Dragons declined, but sales of other brands grew in the rapidly changing market for roleplaying games in 2023, according to ICv2 reporting.
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
April 9, 2024
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
April 8, 2024
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.
Trend Analysis and Fall-Holidays Top Brands Charts
April 7, 2024
ICv2's analysis of 2023 TCG sale trends, along with Fall-Holidays top brands charts.
Based on Growth Rate
March 29, 2024
Based on growth rate, non-collectible miniatures and miniatures games were the strongest hobby games category in 2023.
Holding on to Covid Gains
March 28, 2024
Hobby game sales eked out a nominal 1% increase in 2023, against the tough comparison to a third great year of Covid-fueled sales in 2022.
Author, Superhero Sales Up, Manga Down
March 12, 2024
Year over year sales of Author and Superhero titles were up, but manga continued its decline.
GAMA Expo 2024 Presentation – Audio and Deck
March 11, 2024
Here's the audio and deck from ICv2 CEO Milton Griepp's presentation at GAMA Expo 2024.
Top Titles Stay Strong
March 11, 2024
Year over year sales were up for the top titles on both the Adult and Kids charts.
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