RPG Market Grew 31% In 2020

During 2020, when the global pandemic hit, tabletop roleplaying game sales continued to rise, with the market in the US and Canada growing from $80M in 2019 to $105M in 2020, according to estimates by ICv2. https://www.enworld.org/wiki/hobby_game_market_size/ The site reports that the hobby game market as a whole reached $2 Billion, and that the RPG segment was led by a grown of 33% for...

During 2020, when the global pandemic hit, tabletop roleplaying game sales continued to rise, with the market in the US and Canada growing from $80M in 2019 to $105M in 2020, according to estimates by ICv2.

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The site reports that the hobby game market as a whole reached $2 Billion, and that the RPG segment was led by a grown of 33% for Dungeons & Dragons, making it the highest percentage growth in the hobby game channel.

ICv2 derives its estimates by interviewing retailers, distributors, and manufacturers, along with publicly available data from Kickstarter and other places.
 

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Parmandur

Book-Friend, he/him
The question is whether it will contract again when the issues have past.
I'm going to go.with "slowed growth" rather than contraction. Particularly as stores are able to open up, and folks can explore their newfound hobby in person more.
 




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