# PSA Graded 4.4M+ Pokemon Cards in 2023 - #1 category by almost double

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**Created:** [December 16, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320 "2023-12-16T16:40:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![rzelm](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/rzelm/32/37870_2.png) [@rzelm](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/rzelm)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/1 "2023-12-16T16:40:15Z")

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I had to share this because that is an insane amount. I wonder how many of these cards are \< $50. It would be cool to see which Charizard/Pika/Mew card were graded the most as well.  
[PSA Slabbed - End of Year Recap 2023 (psacard.com)](https://www.psacard.com/info/psa-slabbed-recap-2023?j=246527&sfmc_sub=15559174&l=347_HTML&u=4200128&mid=534005128&jb=628&utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PSA_20231216_PSA-M_PSASlabbed&utm_term=PSA+Slabbed&utm_id=246527&sfmc_id=15559174)

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**Author:** ![rzelm](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/rzelm/32/37870_2.png) [@rzelm](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/rzelm)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/2 "2023-12-16T16:53:37Z")

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Another tidbit to add

 ![IMG_0039](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/c/3/c3ded993ccd20ef7461db30eca0dd7d81f7ae9f1.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![triple](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/triple/32/286477_2.png) [@triple](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/triple)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/3 "2023-12-16T16:56:35Z")

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So pikachu, charizard, and mew are the most popular Pokémon, got it. Bye bye moonbreon

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**Author:** ![wisewailmer](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/wisewailmer/32/179572_2.png) [@wisewailmer](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/wisewailmer)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/4 "2023-12-16T17:16:09Z")

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Grading is out of control and unsustainable in pokemon

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**Author:** ![triple](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/triple/32/286477_2.png) [@triple](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/triple)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/5 "2023-12-16T17:20:21Z")

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Facebook would like to have a word with you: “Get it graded” in every Pokemon post showing a pull

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**Author:** ![Dyl](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dyl/32/234623_2.png) [@Dyl](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Dyl)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/6 "2023-12-16T17:26:33Z")

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Just to put this in perspective, 4.4M / 365 = 12,000+ cards graded each day. And that’s assuming they take no holidays or weekends off, which they do. 🤯

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**Author:** ![eeveeteam](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/eeveeteam/32/2219_2.png) [@eeveeteam](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/eeveeteam)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/7 "2023-12-16T17:26:52Z")

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Facebook was so bad in 2020/2021. People said to literally grade everything. I knew then that by the time these cards came back, they were worthless comarer to the grading fees

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**Author:** ![jac2357](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jac2357/32/76046_2.png) [@jac2357](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jac2357)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/8 "2023-12-16T17:27:04Z")

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Is number 1 and number 3 still on the shelves to buy how is this possible lol

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**Author:** ![wisewailmer](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/wisewailmer/32/179572_2.png) [@wisewailmer](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/wisewailmer)\
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Good thing I deleted my Facebook in college

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/10 "2023-12-16T17:34:39Z")

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I see the bad moon a-risin’…

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/11 "2023-12-16T18:18:30Z")

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Pokémon cards graded by PSA:

2020: 300k  
2021: 1.4m  
2022: 3m  
2023: 4.4m

Do you think this year is the peak or will 2024 be bigger?

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That altaria is so random as a number 2 lol

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**Author:** ![pfm](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pfm/32/254328_2.png) [@pfm](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pfm)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/13 "2023-12-16T20:13:48Z")

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I’ve heard employees have unlimited overtime.

Crazy to think that in 2018 people would come to the forum and ask why PSA does/doesn’t do certain things and the answer would be that Pokémon was too insignificant to them. Professional _“Sports”_ Authenticators.

And we had multiple discussions about whether Pokémon would be bigger than MTG. We left Magic in the dust years ago. To think we would double the volume of baseball and all other sports is really significant. In such a short time too.

Proposal to rebrand PSA to _“Pokémon Species”_ Authenticators.

From the bit of insider knowledge I have about PSA, it seems this reality of TCG (formally “non-sports”) \> Sports (I suggest we rename as non-TCG) just hasn’t been reflected in their internal structuring. In other words, they still don’t treat Pokémon as #1 in terms of the internal hierarchy of career employees.

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> [@pfm](#):
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> In other words, they still don’t treat Pokémon as #1 in terms of the internal hierarchy of career employees.

I am guessing it will take 3-5 years of Pokémon being their #1 category before they make structural changes to reflect that. Corporations move so slow when the rest of the world moves so quickly

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/15 "2023-12-16T20:24:23Z")

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If Zard, Pika, and Mew are 1, 2, and 3, I wonder which place Guzzlord got. I would assume 4 or 5.

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/16 "2023-12-16T20:27:47Z")

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This is similar to the 80s baseball boom. Millennials are getting into their careers and collecting their childhood. It will be interesting to see how PSA prioritizes Pokémon, especially if this volume sustains.

One achievement sports still has over pokemon is the amount of high end cards. This might also be a thing of the past one day as rarity awareness is higher today than a few years ago.

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/17 "2023-12-16T20:47:51Z")

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Wow, talk about supply supply supply! Demand may still be high, but supply is still clearly higher!

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**Author:** ![pfm](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pfm/32/254328_2.png) [@pfm](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pfm)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/18 "2023-12-16T20:53:36Z")

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100% agreed. There should be a lag time too because we don’t know how long the current volume will last.

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-graded-4-4m-pokemon-cards-in-2023-1-category-by-almost-double/45320/19 "2023-12-16T21:07:15Z")

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So with weekends, holidays and normal working hours that’s easily 20+ cards every **second**

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Coventions already have “PSA 10 $10 Slab boxes”, looks like $5 and possibly even lower could be in the near future.

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