Revenue for printed comics and graphic novels reached 1.9 billion U.S. dollars in North America in 2021, the highest reported in the given time period. Meanwhile digital editions accounted for 170 million U.S. dollars of revenue in 2010, an increase of 10 million dollars from the previous year.
Comics and graphic novel sales revenue in North America from 2013 to 2021, by format
(in million U.S. dollars)
sales to end consumers only; does not include sales to libraries, print subscriptions, colelctible back issue sales and paywall website subscription revenues
Supplementary notes
Figures prior to 2021 come from a previous publications.
Data for print calculated by Statista by adding together figures given for graphic novels and comic books.
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