Digital comic book market to grow by USD 2.26 Billion from 2022 to 2027 | Growing popularity of Indie comics to be market trend - Technavio

NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Comic Book Market is estimated to grow by USD 2,266.18 million during 2022-2027, growing at a CAGR of 8.34%. APAC will contribute 70% to the growth of the global market during the forecast period. This region is shifting from printed books to digital books for comics, due to the growing shift publishers are likely to enter the market. Many market vendors offer digital comic books in various genres, such as science fiction, manga, and superheroes. Various series such as One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen have created a large market for digital comic books in this region. Hence, such factors boost the growth of the digital comic book market during the forecast period. For Comprehensive details on the market size of the historic period(2017 to 2021) and forecast period (2023-2027) - View Sample report

Company Landscape
The digital comic book market is fragmented; the vendors are competing with competitors and are trying to get a greater market share. The market is growing, and the chances of new entrants cannot be overlooked. The major vendors have well-established economies of scale and market presence and generally rely on positioning technological advances, and the price of the products -The report provides a full list of key vendors, their strategies, and the latest developments. Buy Now

Market Dynamics

Major Drivers- 

The increasing demand for digital comic books drives market growth. The restructuring and flexibility to publish content enables publishers to save a lot of time and money. Content publishing has become easier due to the emergence of digital comic books, It is also convenient for readers to access multiple books at a time. With the emergence of digital comic books, It is also convenient for readers to access multiple books at a time. Hence, such factors drive the growth of the digital comic book market during the forecast period.

The integration issues associated with digital comic books challenge the growth of the digital comic book market. Furthermore, comic book vendors offering mobile applications need to invest heavily in the development of applications. Such applications must be developed in such a way that they should be compatible with various operating systems. Additionally, incompatibility issues with these applications could cause pages and errors to crash during loading. Hence, such challenges impede market growth during the forecast period.

Key Trends-- The growing popularity of Indie comics is an emerging digital comic book trend. 

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Company Profiles

The digital comic book market report includes information on the product launches, sustainability, and prospects of leading vendors including AfterShock Media, Archie Comics Publications Inc., Boom Entertainment Inc., DMG Entertainment Inc., Dynamic Forces Inc., Embracer Group AB, Fantagraphics, Humanoids Inc., Idea and Design Works LLC, Image Comics Inc., Kodansha Ltd., Mad Cave Studios Inc., Oni Press, Red 5 Comics, Shogakukan Co. Ltd., The Walt Disney Co., Top Cow Productions Inc., Warner Bros Discovery Inc., WEBTOON Entertainment Inc., and Zenescope Entertainment Inc.

Competitive Analysis

The report includes competitive analysis, a proprietary tool to analyze and evaluate the position of companies based on their industry position score and market performance score. The competitive scenario categorizes companies based on various performance indicators. Some of the factors considered include the financial performance of companies over the past few years, growth strategies, product innovations, new product launches, investments, and growth in market share, among others.

 Market Segmentation

This digital comic book market report extensively covers market segmentation by type (paid and free), genre (science-fiction, manga, superhero, non-fiction, and others), and geography (APAC, North America, Europe, South America, and the Middle East and Africa).

• The market share growth by the paid segment will be significant during the forecast period. This segment not only offers features such as access to the latest comics but also innovative offers such as discounts for first-time subscribers are provided by this segment to increase its customer base. Resultantly, the growth in the number of subscriptions has inspired some vendors to expand their service offerings. Hence, such factors boost the paid segment of the digital comic book market during the forecast period.

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1 Executive Summary

• 1.1 Market overview
• Exhibit 01: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Overview
• Exhibit 02: Executive Summary – Data Table on Market Overview
• Exhibit 03: Executive Summary – Chart on Global Market Characteristics
• Exhibit 04: Executive Summary – Chart on Market by Geography
• Exhibit 05: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Segmentation by Type
• Exhibit 06: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Segmentation by Genre
• Exhibit 07: Executive Summary – Chart on Incremental Growth
• Exhibit 08: Executive Summary – Data Table on Incremental Growth
• Exhibit 09: Executive Summary – Chart on Vendor Market Positioning

2 Market Landscape

• 2.1 Market ecosystem
• Exhibit 10: Parent market
• Exhibit 11: Market Characteristics

3 Market Sizing

• 3.1 Market definition
• Exhibit 12: Offerings of vendors included in the market definition

• 3.2 Market segment analysis 
• Exhibit 13: Market segments

• 3.3 Market size 2022

• 3.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 14: Chart on Global - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 15: Data Table on Global - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 16: Chart on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 17: Data Table on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

4 Historic Market Size

• 4.1 Global digital comic book market 2017 - 2021 
• Exhibit 18: Historic Market Size – Data Table on global digital comic book market 2017 - 2021 ($ million)

• 4.2 Type Segment Analysis 2017 - 2021 
• Exhibit 19: Historic Market Size – Type Segment 2017 - 2021 ($ million)

• 4.3 Genre Segment Analysis 2017 - 2021 
• Exhibit 20: Historic Market Size – Genre Segment 2017 - 2021 ($ million)

• 4.4 Geography Segment Analysis 2017 - 2021 
• Exhibit 21: Historic Market Size – Geography Segment 2017 - 2021 ($ million)

• 4.5 Country Segment Analysis 2017 - 2021 
• Exhibit 22: Historic Market Size – Country Segment 2017 - 2021 ($ million)

• 4.6 Global digital comic book market by Country 2022 - 2027 
• Exhibit 23: Market Size (value) – Data Table on Global digital comic book market by Country 2022 - 2027 ($ million)

5 Five Forces Analysis

• 5.1 Five forces summary
• Exhibit 24: Five forces analysis - Comparison between 2022 and 2027

• 5.2 Bargaining power of buyers 
• Exhibit 25: Chart on Bargaining power of buyers – Impact of key factors 2022 and 2027

• 5.3 Bargaining power of suppliers 
• Exhibit 26: Bargaining power of suppliers – Impact of key factors in 2022 and 2027

• 5.4 Threat of new entrants 
• Exhibit 27: Threat of new entrants – Impact of key factors in 2022 and 2027

• 5.5 Threat of substitutes 
• Exhibit 28: Threat of substitutes – Impact of key factors in 2022 and 2027

• 5.6 Threat of rivalry
• Exhibit 29: Threat of rivalry – Impact of key factors in 2022 and 2027

• 5.7 Market condition
• Exhibit 30: Chart on Market condition - Five forces 2022 and 2027

6 Market Segmentation by Type

• 6.1 Market segments
• Exhibit 31: Chart on Type - Market share 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 32: Data Table on Type - Market share 2022-2027 (%)

• 6.2 Comparison by Type
• Exhibit 33: Chart on Comparison by Type
• Exhibit 34: Data Table on Comparison by Type

• 6.3 Paid - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 35: Chart on Paid - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 36: Data Table on Paid - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 37: Chart on Paid - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 38: Data Table on Paid - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 6.4 Free - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 39: Chart on Free - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 40: Data Table on Free - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 41: Chart on Free - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 42: Data Table on Free - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 6.5 Market opportunity by Type 
• Exhibit 43: Market opportunity by Type ($ million)
• Exhibit 44: Data Table on Market opportunity by Type ($ million)

7 Market Segmentation by Genre

• 7.1 Market segments
• Exhibit 45: Chart on Genre - Market share 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 46: Data Table on Genre - Market share 2022-2027 (%)

• 7.2 Comparison by Genre
• Exhibit 47: Chart on Comparison by Genre
• Exhibit 48: Data Table on Comparison by Genre

• 7.3 Science-fiction - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 49: Chart on Science-fiction - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 50: Data Table on Science-fiction - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 51: Chart on Science-fiction - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 52: Data Table on Science-fiction - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 7.4 Manga - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 53: Chart on Manga - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 54: Data Table on Manga - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 55: Chart on Manga - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 56: Data Table on Manga - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 7.5 Superhero - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 57: Chart on Superhero - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 58: Data Table on Superhero - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 59: Chart on Superhero - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 60: Data Table on Superhero - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 7.6 Non-fiction - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 61: Chart on Non-fiction - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 62: Data Table on Non-fiction - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 63: Chart on Non-fiction - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 64: Data Table on Non-fiction - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 7.7 Others - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 65: Chart on Others - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 66: Data Table on Others - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 67: Chart on Others - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 68: Data Table on Others - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 7.8 Market opportunity by Genre 
• Exhibit 69: Market opportunity by Genre ($ million)
• Exhibit 70: Data Table on Market opportunity by Genre ($ million)

8 Customer Landscape

• 8.1 Customer landscape overview 
• Exhibit 71: Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria

9 Geographic Landscape

• 9.1 Geographic segmentation 
• Exhibit 72: Chart on Market share by geography 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 73: Data Table on Market share by geography 2022-2027 (%)

• 9.2 Geographic comparison 
• Exhibit 74: Chart on Geographic comparison
• Exhibit 75: Data Table on Geographic comparison

• 9.3 APAC - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 76: Chart on APAC - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 77: Data Table on APAC - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 78: Chart on APAC - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 79: Data Table on APAC - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 9.4 North America - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 80: Chart on North America - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 81: Data Table on North America - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 82: Chart on North America - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 83: Data Table on North America - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 9.5 Europe - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 84: Chart on Europe - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 85: Data Table on Europe - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 86: Chart on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 87: Data Table on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 9.6 South America - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 88: Chart on South America - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 89: Data Table on South America - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 90: Chart on South America - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 91: Data Table on South America - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 9.7 Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 92: Chart on Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 93: Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 94: Chart on Middle East and Africa - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 95: Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 9.8 Japan - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 96: Chart on Japan - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 97: Data Table on Japan - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 98: Chart on Japan - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 99: Data Table on Japan - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 9.9 US - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 100: Chart on US - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 101: Data Table on US - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 102: Chart on US - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 103: Data Table on US - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 9.10 South Korea - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 104: Chart on South Korea - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 105: Data Table on South Korea - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 106: Chart on South Korea - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 107: Data Table on South Korea - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 9.11 China - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 108: Chart on China - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 109: Data Table on China - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 110: Chart on China - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 111: Data Table on China - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 9.12 France - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 
• Exhibit 112: Chart on France - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 113: Data Table on France - Market size and forecast 2022-2027 ($ million)
• Exhibit 114: Chart on France - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)
• Exhibit 115: Data Table on France - Year-over-year growth 2022-2027 (%)

• 9.13 Market opportunity by geography 
• Exhibit 116: Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
• Exhibit 117: Data Tables on Market opportunity by geography ($ million)

10 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends

• 10.1 Market drivers

• 10.2 Market challenges

• 10.3 Impact of drivers and challenges 
• Exhibit 118: Impact of drivers and challenges in 2022 and 2027

• 10.4 Market trends

11 Vendor Landscape

• 11.1 Overview

• 11.2 Vendor landscape
• Exhibit 119: Overview on Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation

• 11.3 Landscape disruption
• Exhibit 120: Overview on factors of disruption

• 11.4 Industry risks
• Exhibit 121: Impact of key risks on business

12 Vendor Analysis

• 12.1 Vendors covered
• Exhibit 122: Vendors covered

• 12.2 Market positioning of vendors 
• Exhibit 123: Matrix on vendor position and classification

• 12.3 Archie Comics Publications Inc. 
• Exhibit 124: Archie Comics Publications Inc. - Overview
• Exhibit 125: Archie Comics Publications Inc. - Product / Service
• Exhibit 126: Archie Comics Publications Inc. - Key offerings

• 12.4 Boom Entertainment Inc. 
• Exhibit 127: Boom Entertainment Inc. - Overview
• Exhibit 128: Boom Entertainment Inc. - Product / Service
• Exhibit 129: Boom Entertainment Inc. - Key offerings

• 12.5 DMG Entertainment Inc. 
• Exhibit 130: DMG Entertainment Inc. - Overview
• Exhibit 131: DMG Entertainment Inc. - Product / Service
• Exhibit 132: DMG Entertainment Inc. - Key offerings

• 12.6 Dynamic Forces Inc.
• Exhibit 133: Dynamic Forces Inc. - Overview
• Exhibit 134: Dynamic Forces Inc. - Product / Service
• Exhibit 135: Dynamic Forces Inc. - Key offerings

• 12.7 Embracer Group AB
• Exhibit 136: Embracer Group AB - Overview
• Exhibit 137: Embracer Group AB - Business segments
• Exhibit 138: Embracer Group AB - Key offerings
• Exhibit 139: Embracer Group AB - Segment focus

• 12.8 Fantagraphics
• Exhibit 140: Fantagraphics - Overview
• Exhibit 141: Fantagraphics - Product / Service
• Exhibit 142: Fantagraphics - Key offerings

• 12.9 Idea and Design Works LLC 
• Exhibit 143: Idea and Design Works LLC - Overview
• Exhibit 144: Idea and Design Works LLC - Product / Service
• Exhibit 145: Idea and Design Works LLC - Key offerings

• 12.10 Image Comics Inc.
• Exhibit 146: Image Comics Inc. - Overview
• Exhibit 147: Image Comics Inc. - Product / Service
• Exhibit 148: Image Comics Inc. - Key offerings

• 12.11 Kodansha Ltd.
• Exhibit 149: Kodansha Ltd. - Overview
• Exhibit 150: Kodansha Ltd. - Product / Service
• Exhibit 151: Kodansha Ltd. - Key offerings

• 12.12 Shogakukan Co. Ltd.
• Exhibit 152: Shogakukan Co. Ltd. - Overview
• Exhibit 153: Shogakukan Co. Ltd. - Product / Service
• Exhibit 154: Shogakukan Co. Ltd. - Key offerings

• 12.13 The Walt Disney Co.
• Exhibit 155: The Walt Disney Co. - Overview
• Exhibit 156: The Walt Disney Co. - Business segments
• Exhibit 157: The Walt Disney Co. - Key offerings
• Exhibit 158: The Walt Disney Co. - Segment focus

• 12.14 Top Cow Productions Inc. 
• Exhibit 159: Top Cow Productions Inc. - Overview
• Exhibit 160: Top Cow Productions Inc. - Product / Service
• Exhibit 161: Top Cow Productions Inc. - Key offerings

• 12.15 Warner Bros Discovery Inc. 
• Exhibit 162: Warner Bros Discovery Inc. - Overview
• Exhibit 163: Warner Bros Discovery Inc. - Business segments
• Exhibit 164: Warner Bros Discovery Inc. - Key offerings
• Exhibit 165: Warner Bros Discovery Inc. - Segment focus

• 12.16 WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. 
• Exhibit 166: WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. - Overview
• Exhibit 167: WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. - Product / Service
• Exhibit 168: WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. - Key offerings

• 12.17 Zenescope Entertainment Inc. 
• Exhibit 169: Zenescope Entertainment Inc. - Overview
• Exhibit 170: Zenescope Entertainment Inc. - Product / Service
• Exhibit 171: Zenescope Entertainment Inc. - Key offerings

13 Appendix

• 13.1 Scope of the report

• 13.2 Inclusions and exclusions checklist 
• Exhibit 172: Inclusions checklist
• Exhibit 173: Exclusions checklist

• 13.3 Currency conversion rates for US$ 
• Exhibit 174: Currency conversion rates for US$

• 13.4 Research methodology
• Exhibit 175: Research methodology
• Exhibit 176: Validation techniques employed for market sizing
• Exhibit 177: Information sources

• 13.5 List of abbreviations 
• Exhibit 178: List of abbreviations

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