Over the last year, the pandemic and the regulations issued by various governments have greatly affected many entertainment sectors, and following the events of 2020, the manga industry has also experienced inevitable changes that have taken a well-defined direction and this could turn the market into shape the coming years.
After a detailed analysis of the anime industry in 2020, extremely important information has emerged from the most recent data, organized in the graphs that you can see at the bottom of the page and shared on social networks by @ManganiMY, which the increasing demonstrate high trend of readers to use series and chapters through official digital platforms. Overall, that is, taking into account both physical and digital copies, The manga market grew by 10% over the course of 2021and reached the stratospheric total of 675.9 billion yen from sales.
Just considering However, physical copy revenue declined 2.3% compared to 2020, with a loss of about 5 billion yen. As the user himself points out, the digital counterpart of the market, including magazines, has registered in the industry, and despite the increase in piracy an increase of 20.3%, exceeding 2020 revenue by 70 billion yen. And what do you think of these numbers? Do you read manga by purchasing digital or physical copies? Let us know in the comments below.
The total combined size of Japan comic (manga) market (estimated sales volume) in 2021 grew 10.3% year-on-year to 675.9 billion yen. pic.twitter.com/7onGKDDp6W
– ManganiMY (@ManganiMY) February 25, 2022
The combined physical market overall declined slightly, down 2.3% year-on-year to 264.5 billion yen. pic.twitter.com/ev0LIPF3UX
– ManganiMY (@ManganiMY) February 25, 2022
The digital comics + magazines market continues to grow with a year-on-year increase of 20.3% to 411.4 billion yen.
* Digital Media Market Estimate is an “estimate of amount paid by readers,” including unlimited reading, and does not include advertising revenue or digital libraries. pic.twitter.com/aYUAosexLX
– ManganiMY (@ManganiMY) February 25, 2022
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