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BG 4C.jpgFINAL NORTH AMERICAN COMICS MARKET ESTIMATES FOR 2006

Initial reports provided by Diamond Comic Distributors

CBG calculations by John Jackson Miller

 

 

OVERALL North American Dollar Sales for Diamond's Comics, Trade Paperbacks, and Magazines (est.):

 

$395.55  million

 

(+12% year-over-year) 

 

 

Estimated OVERALL U.S. Market size , including estimates for newsstand comics and bookstore TPB sales, not counting manga

 

$575-640 million

 

Unit Sales for Diamond's Top 300 Comic Books from each month (est.):

81.85 million copies   (+8%)

 

Dollar Sales for Diamond's Top 300 Comic Books from each month (est.):

$252.18 million   (+14%)

 

Dollar Sales for Diamond's Top Trade Paperbacks from each month (est.):

$48.45 million   (+6%)

 

Combined Dollar Sales for Diamond's Top 300 Comics and Top TPBs from each month(est.):

$300.63 million   (+13%)

 

Diamond Final Order charts for 2006 can be found here...

January 2006 ----- February 2006 ----- March 2006

April 2006  ----- May 2006 ----- June 2006

July 2006 ----- August 2006 ----- September 2006

October 2006  ----- November 2006  ----- December 2006

 

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