Shonen Was the Best-Selling Manga Demographic in 2024
Josu_ke is a Twitter profile that consistently shares manga sales data (when available from sources like Oricon). This time, he decided to compile a document analyzing how the manga industry performed in 2024!
Before diving into the data, it’s important to highlight one key point: the numbers below were compiled by a fan using sales data from Oricon and Shoseki.
Oricon and Shoseki are two companies that publish manga sales rankings. Their method is as follows: they partner with stores that report the number of copies sold. Using this data, both companies create their rankings. However, many sales figures are lost in the process, and digital sales are not counted.
This post will not include all the data Josu_ke collected, as his full document spans over 500 pages—you can read it in full here. Instead, we’ll highlight only the most interesting insights.
Shonen Was the Best-Selling Manga Demographic in 2024
First, let’s look at total manga sales by publisher in 2024. The top five are:
- Shueisha: 33.4 million copies
- Kodansha: 19 million copies
- Kadokawa: 9.8 million copies
- Shogakukan: 9.5 million copies
- Square Enix: 6.6 million copies
Now, here are the best-selling manga volumes of 2024:
Finally, let’s look at a key chart that ranks the best-selling manga by demographic:
- Shonen: 49.2 million copies sold
- Seinen: 30.9 million copies
- Shojo: 11.5 million copies
- Josei: 7.4 million copies
Again, remember that these numbers only reflect Oricon’s available data and do not include digital sales. Still, it’s fascinating to see how many copies each manga sold, isn’t it?
