Comic Books Market

Comic Books Market Size Survey Report – In a Glance

As per the survey report on global Comic Books market, the market is projected to foresee a CAGR of 5.9% between 2024-2033, and further generate a market size of USD 28.1 billion by the end of 2033. In the year 2024, the market size was valued at USD 16.9 billion.

• The global Comic Books market is projected to grow on account of the growing numbers of individuals with reading hobbies.
• In Japan, the Comic Books market growth can be attributed to the increase in physical bookstores.
• KDMI analyst’s growth analysis foresees competition from other forms of entertainment o challenge the market growth.
• North America, Having The Highest Market Share in the Comic Books market, is projected to dominate the global market.

Comic Books Market Analysis

Analyst’s Observation on Comic Books Market Survey

A comic book is a publication that consists of texts, usually in a periodical format similar to a magazine or newspaper. It contains stories about one particular character or group of characters, such as Superman, Godzilla, and Hellboy, or it might be an anthology comic that collects different comic characters or series. Texts are often accompanied by descriptive style and written narrative, typically, dialogue contained in word balloons representative of the comics art form. The comic books market is growing rapidly due to growing numbers of individuals with reading hobbies. In North America, Comics sales rose by 62% in 2021, with a profit of $ 2.075 billion, which is in increasing order as compared to the previous year. Marvel Entertainment, LLC, IDW Media Holdings, Inc., and Archie Comics are some of the significant parties in the global market for Comic Books.

Analyst’s Observation on Japan Comic Books Market Survey

In Japan, the market growth for Comic Books can be attributed to the increase in physical bookstores. Beyond just a place to sell books, physical bookstores are also a hub of culture and community. Japanese readers show interest in visiting physical bookstores because they find a warm and attractive environment in these bookstores, which offer a personal touch and a sense of community. Consumers believe that a bookstore is much more than a place to purchase books; it is about the process of finding, choosing, and selecting books and comics from a wide range of varieties. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry decided to form a cross-departmental project team to promote physical bookstores across the country. Tsutaya is one of the most successful bookstore chains in the world, and its rapid growth has continued across Japan with the increasing number of stores. Akita Publishing Co., Ltd., Futabasha Publishers Ltd., and Shogakukan are some of the significant parties in the market for Comic Books in Japan.

Comic Books Market Growth Drivers and Challenges

Growth Drivers

Adoption of Digital Technology: Digital technology plays an important role in improving the consumption of comic books. Digital comics are a combination of traditional storytelling with modern technology, offering unique, immersive experiences. The production of digital comics represents a significant shift in how stories are told, and digital platforms offer countless options, including communicating features, multimedia integration, and a level of engagement. This shift shows the increasing preference of modern audiences to consume more comic books. The e-readers mostly use tablets, and smartphones have further developed readers to engage with digital comics, offering accessibility and portability. The global digital comic book market is recorded at USD 2.26 billion in 2022 and is predicted to grow in the future.

Growing Popularity for Comic Book Events: Comic book fans are always excited to see new things about comics, their stories, and their characters. A comic book event is a group that emphasizes comic books and comic book philosophy, in which comic book fans gather to meet creators, specialists, and each other. Usually, comic events need a few days to host the events at convention centers, hotels, or college campuses. Events are told on a impressive scale than in regular stories. The threats are bigger, and there are more characters involved. Comic book events often feature major storylines than regular stories and with beloved story characters, which gives a great experience to fans. In the United States, comic book events are organized nearly every weekend for Comic Conventions. Families, collectors, and fans meet to enjoy shared interests along with professional artists and personalities. Growing comic book events are boosting the market growth of comic books.

Restraint Factors:

Competition from Other Forms of Entertainment: Nowadays, many other forms of entertainment are available, such as social media, video games, and streaming videos. These entertainment options are easily available and in the budget of low to medium-income consumers, distracting attention from comic books. Comic publishers and creators face challenges in attracting and engaging consumers. This situation remains competitive in an increasingly crowded entertainment landscape, and further, it hampers the market growth of comic books.

Changing Reading Habits: Younger generations are increasingly turning to digital media and looking for small content stories because of shrinking interest in longer forms of reading. Digital media platforms offer easy, quick, short content stories, which are gaining popularity among readers. Such changing reading habits are hampering the market growth of comic books.

Comic Books Market Segmentation

Our experts at KD Market Insights have segmented the global Comic Books market research report as:

Comic Books Market Regional Synopsis

North America having the largest market share in the Comic Books market, which is majorly driven by growing sales of print comic books. Comic books are unique, their printing includes digital or physical artwork into a printed comic book. Comic books continue to grow in popularity, and printing them has become very accessible for writers and artists to self-publish with the help of technology. Print comic books come with eye-catching colors, images, and binding styles that attract the consumer. In the United States, Diamond Comics is one of the major comic distributors, and sales made through them account for 90% of all sales nationwide. In Canada, the comic book industry has experienced various decent changes in the last few years, mainly due to the influence of comic book movies. Comic book sales in North America generated approximately $2.08 billion in 2021, which is higher than the $1.28 billion in 2020.

Asia Pacific growing with fastest CAGR in the Comic Books market is majorly driven by growing numbers of population with reading hobbies. Reading comics has a lot of advantages; spending time in reading comics recharges the mind with great entertainment. In the Asia Pacific region, Comic books are very popular among children. Comic books are not just entertaining; they offer many benefits for children. It helps children to enhance their reading skills, boost their vocabulary, and encourage imagination. Furthermore, comic books teach storytelling, promote visual literacy, and engage readers, which helps children’s development and learning. In China, Wang has published more than 100 Chinese comic books in more than 10 European countries including France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Indian comics are some of the most popular and respected in the world, with a wide range of genres and styles to choose. The comic book industry is huge in Japan, and they have 43% of the total global market share, making them the biggest market for comics in the world.

In Europe, comic books have been seen as a form of entertainment for children. However, in recent years, with the rise of digital comics, most adults have started reading them. In the UK, people prefer to go to physical bookstores, where a variety of different comic books are available for different age groups.

In Latin America, digital technology is experiencing vigorous acceptance in the comic book industry, thereby playing a major role in improving the consumption of comic books.

In the Middle East and Africa, the region market is divided into hard copy, e-books, and audiobooks. Among these, the e-books segment is expected to dominate the comic books market during the forecast period because of its accessibility and portability

As per our analysts at KD Market Insights, the following five players lead North America Having the Highest Market Share Comic Books market growth:

• Image Comics (U.S.)
• DC Entertainment (U.S.)
• DMG Entertainment (U.S.)
• Archie Comics (U.S.)
• IDW Media Holdings, Inc. (U.S.)

Comic Books Market Competitive Landscape

Some of the key players who top the global Comic Books market share:

• Marvel Entertainment, LLC (U.S.)
• Dark Horse Media, LLC (U.S.)
• Image Comics (U.S.)
• DC Entertainment (U.S.)
• Archie Comics (U.S.)
• IDW Media Holdings, Inc. (U.S.)
• Akita Publishing Co., Ltd. (Japan)
• Futabasha Publishers Ltd. (Japan)
• Rebellion (U.K)
• DMG Entertainment (U.S.)

1. Executive Summary
   1. Market Overview
   2. Key Findings
   3. Market Trends
   4. Market Outlook
2. Introduction
   1. Scope of the Report
   2. Research Methodology
   3. Definitions and Assumptions
   4. Acronyms and Abbreviations
3. Market Dynamics
   1. Drivers
   2. Restraints
   3. Opportunities
   4. Challenges
4. Global Comic Books Market
   1. Market Overview
   2. Market Size and Forecast
   3. Market Segmentation
      1. By Product Type
      2. By Format
      3. By Genre
      4. By Distribution Channel
      5. By End User
      6. By Region
5. Market Segmentation by Product Type
   1. Physical Comic
   2. Digital Comic
6. Market Segmentation by Format
   1. Hard Copy
   2. E-Books
   3. Audiobooks
7. Market Segmentation by Genre
   1. Science-Fiction
   2. Manga, Superhero
   3. Non-fiction
8. Market Segmentation by Distribution Channel
   1. Book Stores
   2. Comic Stores
   3. Online Stores
   4. Others
9. Market Segmentation by End User
   1. Kids
   2. Adults[V-KM1] 
10. Regional Analysis
    1. North America
       1. United States
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       2. Canada
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       3. Mexico
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
    2. Europe
       1. United Kingdom
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       2. Germany
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       3. France
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       4. Italy
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       5. Spain
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       6. Rest of Europe
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
    3. Asia Pacific
       1. China
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       2. Japan
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       3. India
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       4. Australia
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       5. South Korea
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       6. Rest of Asia Pacific
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
    4. Latin America
       1. Brazil
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       2. Argentina
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       3. Colombia
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       4. Rest of Latin America
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3.               Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
    5. Middle East & Africa
       1. South Africa
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       2. Saudi Arabia
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       3. UAE
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
       4. Rest of Middle East & Africa
          1. Market Size and Forecast
          2. Key Trends and Developments
          3. Market Analysis by Product Type, By Format, By Genre, By Distribution Channel, End User
11. Competitive Landscape
    1. Market Share Analysis
    2. Company Profiles
       1. All Company Names
          1. Marvel Entertainment, LLC (U.S.)
          2. Dark Horse Media, LLC (U.S.)
          3. Image Comics (U.S.)
          4. DC Entertainment (U.S.)
          5. Archie Comics (U.S.)
          6. IDW Media Holdings, Inc. (U.S.)
          7. Akita Publishing Co., Ltd. (Japan)
          8. Futabasha Publishers Ltd. (Japan)
          9. Rebellion (U.K)
          10. DMG Entertainment (U.S.)
12. Strategic Recommendations
13. Appendix
    1. List of Tables
    2. List of Figures
14. References