Statistics on comic sales: where to find?

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Like, how many comic books are sold every year? And over the course of the last several years has this rate been rising or falling?

Believe it or not I need to know this for work. It would be a huge help if anyone could quickly point me towards a source online.

― Laura H. (laurah), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:12 (twenty years ago)

Newsarama ( http://www.newsarama.com ) regularly posts monthly figures.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

ICV2 also posts the stats right here.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

Justice #1 sold 190K copies. Pulse #10 sold 2,204.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

It should be a rather simple task to get more detailed info on general sales (rather than the mere "Top Performers" lists linked to above, since all comics are distributed by one company, Diamond Distributors, and they seem rather forthcoming.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, they've got all the monthly stats but I really need the annual ones, preferably over the last several years and can't seem to find anything like that...

― Laura H. (laurah), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

Yeah - you might have to do some heavy lifting via Excel.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:58 (twenty years ago)

Call Diamond. I'm sure they have someone who could help you.

http://www.diamondcomics.com/contacts.html

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

Call Dargaud. I'm sure they have someone who could help you.

http://www.dargaud.com/front/home/default.aspx

― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 08:15 (twenty years ago)

Pulse #10 sold 2,204 reorders in August. In July, it sold a much less heart-attack-inducing 50,234.

The final issue of Trigger, thought--that 5,883 sales figure is not reorders. They might as well have just run it off on the office photocopier.

― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

Ahhhh - I was about to say!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

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