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D&D 5E’s Top-Selling Adventures and What It Means for the Hobby from Teos Abadia aka Alphastream.
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<blockquote data-quote="darjr" data-source="post: 9144434" data-attributes="member: 52905"><p>[USER=11365]@Alphastream[/USER] has been going thru the sales data from both the Bookscan leak and Ben Riggs. Todays article he tackles what the bestselling adventures are for 5e and shares what he thinks it means for the hobby.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://alphastream.org/index.php/2023/09/29/dd-5es-top-selling-adventures-and-what-it-means-for-the-hobby/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]296543[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darjr, post: 9144434, member: 52905"] [USER=11365]@Alphastream[/USER] has been going thru the sales data from both the Bookscan leak and Ben Riggs. Todays article he tackles what the bestselling adventures are for 5e and shares what he thinks it means for the hobby. [URL unfurl="true"]https://alphastream.org/index.php/2023/09/29/dd-5es-top-selling-adventures-and-what-it-means-for-the-hobby/[/URL] [ATTACH type="full" width="356px" alt="The Top Adventures Here are 5E's adventures in order of the most sales since release. Columns: the Rank is the rank of all D&D book products in the BookScan data. RTD Sales is the total sales since publication. YTD is the sales in 2023 through roughly July. 1st 4/8/52 week columns each show the sales that many weeks after publication. I've added the Edition and Type columns, with Type being my personal interpretation. Rank Product Name Price Publicati- RID Sale - VTDS- 1st4 V - 1st8 V - 1st 52 - Edition - Type 13 Curse of Strahd $ 49.95 3/15/2016 147.244 7,348 8.688 10,524 23.988 SE 18 Waterdeep Dragon Heist $ 49.95 9/18/2018 120.884 12,125 16,140 19,618 49,706 SE 20 Hoard of the Dragon Queen: Tyranny of Dragons $ 29.95 8/19/2014 110,678 2,230 8,728 10,967 22,369 SE 21 Tales from the Yawning Portal $ 49.95 4/4/2017 108,961 4,426 15,026 17,815 33,980 SE 25 Ghosts of Saltmarsh $ 49.95 5/21/2019 93.905 4.021 23,992 27,380 47,859 SE 27 Spelljammer: Adventures in Space (slipcase) § 69.99 8/16/2022 84,283 11,839 46,987 52,963 84,283 SE 28 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden § 49.95 9/15/2020 83,308 3,848 23,054 30.076 66,138 SE 29 Tomb of Annihilation § 49.95 9/19/2017 81.903 1,514 10,664 12.877 27,696 SE 32 Candlekeep Mysteries § 49.95 3/16/2021 77,959 4,372 29,288 34,762 61,710 SE 33 Out of the Abyss $ 49.95 9/15/2015 75,349 3,173 5,875 7,128 15,657 SE 35 Watedeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage $ 49.95 11/20/2018 74.791 2,711 16,501 22,451 33,439 SE 36 Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus $ 49.95 9/17/2019 73,217 2,922 16,916 19,464 39,369 SE 37 Storm King's Thunder § 49.95 9/6/2016 72,725 1.247 5,995 7,426 20.554 SE 38 Princes of the Apocalypse § 49.95 4/7/2015 66,377 1,093 5,114 6,861 16.505 SE 43 The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: a Feywild Advent $ 49.95 9/21/2021 52.818 3,498 26,441 29.501 44.515 SE 57 Curse of Strahd: Revamped Premium Edition § 99.99 10/20/2020 37,642 3,354 4,860 6,450 18,912 5E 62 Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen $ 49.95 12/6/2022 30,587 11,556 19,032 21,859 30,587 SE 67 Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel $ 49.95 7/19/2022 25,381 3,239 11,760 14.505 25,381 SE 73 Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep § 49.95 3/15/2022 21,531 2.744 11.244 12.456 20.068 SE 84 Keys from the Golden Vault $ 49.95 2/21/2023 18,371 18,731 8,933 12,387 18,731 SE Adventure, Primary; Setting Adventure, Primary Adventure, Primary Adventure, Anthology Adventure Adventure, Primary; Setting Adventure, Primary Adventure, Primary Adventure, Anthology Adventure, Primary Adventure Adventure, Primary Adventure, Primary Adventure, Primary Adventure, Primary Adventure, Setting Adventure, Setting Adventure, Anthology Adventure, Setting Adventure, Anthology The 5 best-selling adventures are CoS, Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, Hoard of the Dragon Queen, Yawning Portal, and Saltmarsh.'s adventures in order of the most sales since release. Columns: the Rank is the rank of all D&D book products in the BookScan data. RTD Sales is the total sales since publication. YTD is the sales in 2023 through roughly July. 1st 4/8/52 week columns each show the sales that many weeks after publication. I've added the Edition and Type columns, with Type being my personal interpretation. Rank Product Name Price Publicati- RID Sale - VTDS- 1st4 V - 1st8 V - 1st 52 - Edition - Type 13 Curse of Strahd $ 49.95 3/15/2016 147.244 7,348 8.688 10,524 23.988 SE 18 Waterdeep Dragon Heist $ 49.95 9/18/2018 120.884 12,125 16,140 19,618 49,706 SE 20 Hoard of the Dragon Queen: Tyranny of Dragons $ 29.95 8/19/2014 110,678 2,230 8,728 10,967 22,369 SE 21 Tales from the Yawning Portal $ 49.95 4/4/2017 108,961 4,426 15,026 17,815 33,980 SE 25 Ghosts of Saltmarsh $ 49.95 5/21/2019 93.905 4.021 23,992 27,380 47,859 SE 27 Spelljammer: Adventures in Space (slipcase) § 69.99 8/16/2022 84,283 11,839 46,987 52,963 84,283 SE 28 Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden § 49.95 9/15/2020 83,308 3,848 23,054 30.076 66,138 SE 29 Tomb of Annihilation § 49.95 9/19/2017 81.903 1,514 10,664 12.877 27,696 SE 32 Candlekeep Mysteries § 49.95 3/16/2021 77,959 4,372 29,288 34,762 61,710 SE 33 Out of the Abyss $ 49.95 9/15/2015 75,349 3,173 5,875 7,128 15,657 SE 35 Watedeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage $ 49.95 11/20/2018 74.791 2,711 16,501 22,451 33,439 SE 36 Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus $ 49.95 9/17/2019 73,217 2,922 16,916 19,464 39,369 SE 37 Storm King's Thunder § 49.95 9/6/2016 72,725 1.247 5,995 7,426 20.554 SE 38 Princes of the Apocalypse § 49.95 4/7/2015 66,377 1,093 5,114 6,861 16.505 SE 43 The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: a Feywild Advent $ 49.95 9/21/2021 52.818 3,498 26,441 29.501 44.515 SE 57 Curse of Strahd: Revamped Premium Edition § 99.99 10/20/2020 37,642 3,354 4,860 6,450 18,912 5E 62 Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen $ 49.95 12/6/2022 30,587 11,556 19,032 21,859 30,587 SE 67 Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel $ 49.95 7/19/2022 25,381 3,239 11,760 14.505 25,381 SE 73 Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep § 49.95 3/15/2022 21,531 2.744 11.244 12.456 20.068 SE 84 Keys from the Golden Vault $ 49.95 2/21/2023 18,371 18,731 8,933 12,387 18,731 SE Adventure, Primary; Setting Adventure, Primary Adventure, Primary Adventure, Anthology Adventure Adventure, Primary; Setting Adventure, Primary Adventure, Primary Adventure, Anthology Adventure, Primary Adventure Adventure, Primary Adventure, Primary Adventure, Primary Adventure, Primary Adventure, Setting Adventure, Setting Adventure, Anthology Adventure, Setting Adventure, Anthology The 5 best-selling adventures are CoS, Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, Hoard of the Dragon Queen, Yawning Portal, and Saltmarsh."]296543[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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