Comics accounted for 44.8 percent of the sales value of the publishing industry in Japan in 2024. The share increased by several percentage points in recent years. The publishing market had a sales value of about 1.57 trillion Japanese yen in 2024. It consists of both print and digital publications.
Sales value share of comics in the publishing industry in Japan from 2021 to 2024
share of printed comic books, printed comic magazines, and digital comics (including digital magazines) among the estimated sales value of the publishing industry
Supplementary notes
100 Japanese yen equal 0.67 U.S. dollars or 0.64 euros as of March 2025. Data prior to 2024 come from previous reporting.
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Research Institute for Publications. (February 25, 2025). Sales value share of comics in the publishing industry in Japan from 2021 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560961/japan-share-of-comics-in-publishing-market/
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