Digital comics sales worth nearly $100 million in 2013
Digital comics are on the rise, it’s official! This week pop culture experts, ICv2.com have released an eye opening analysis of growth in the digital comics market with digital comics sales growing to a staggering $90 million in 2013.
Ever since the iPad launched in 2010 we’ve seen digital comics sale soar thanks to apps and services like ComiXology, DriveThruComics and Comics Plus. However since those early adoption years which saw sales more than double year-on-year, the growth rate has begun to decline from the exhausting pace in 2012. That’s not to say it’s stagnating, far from it, as sales have still risen by a robust 29% compared to 2012 levels. In dollar terms, the growth is still the second highest since the advent of digital comic sales in 2009, with a $20 million increase, second only to 2012’s $45 million increase.
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North American Digital Comics Sales |
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Year |
Digital Sales |
$ Change |
% Change |
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2009 |
$1,000,000 |
N/A |
N/A |
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2010 |
$8,000,000 |
$7,000,000 |
700% |
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2011 |
$25,000,000 |
$17,000,000 |
213% |
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2012 |
$70,000,000 |
$45,000,000 |
180% |
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2013 |
$90,000,000 |
$20,000,000 |
29% |
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© 2014 ICv2 |
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ICv2.com CEO Milton Griepp, comments “There was no way that digital comics could continue the explosive growth of the past couple years. That being said, 29% increase in any industry is still a great number.”
