# Pokemon Card Release Data?

**URL:** <https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-card-release-data/12969>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** general-board, upccc-archive\
**Created:** [May 25, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-card-release-data/12969 "2015-05-25T23:25:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![theobest](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/theobest/32/2638_2.png) [@theobest](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/theobest)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-card-release-data/12969/1 "2015-05-25T23:25:27Z")

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Hey all,

I’m trying to find information on general card sales for each Pokemon set (or just all card sales volumes/revenues by year). Random magazines will occasionally spout out information such as this article giving me 21.5b cards sold worldwide before 2014 - [www.polygon.com/pokemon/2014/8/18/6030089/Pokemon-sales-numbers](http://www.polygon.com/pokemon/2014/8/18/6030089/Pokemon-sales-numbers)

For American released products, Hasbro conveniently acquired Wizards of the Coast and included them into their financial statements, so I can make a spitballed guess on US sales until the mid-2000’s for North America. But Nintendo doesn’t really publish information on The Pokémon Company except with video game sales.

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**Author:** ![fourthstartcg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/fourthstartcg/32/163893_2.png) [@fourthstartcg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/fourthstartcg)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-card-release-data/12969/2 "2015-05-26T00:17:25Z")

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You might want to contact TPCi directly. They definitely have the information but may or may not release it.

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**Author:** ![theobest](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/theobest/32/2638_2.png) [@theobest](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/theobest)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-card-release-data/12969/3 "2015-05-30T18:27:36Z")

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> [@fourthstartcg](#):
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> You might want to contact TPCi directly. They definitely have the information but may or may not release it.

Thanks - I contacted Hasbro and WoTC since they directly worked with selling to North America. Hasbro referred me to WoTC whom said that they haven’t made the decision to disclose that information. I figured they had nothing to lose if they weren’t making them anymore, but it technically must still count as a sort of trade secret when released in bulk. I might follow up with the Pokémon Company, but maybe a little further down the line.

Update: Card & Comics Magazine, which was sent to distributors until 2007 apparently included some analysis. That’ll be my next, mildly expensive, lead.