What this is
How fast Scholastic's Pokémon books in print grew: from 7 million in December 1999 to 94 million in April 2024, about 3.6 million copies a year on average.
How it’s built
- The 87 million copies added between the two claims, divided by the 24.4 years between them.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
A straight average hides the shape: the 1999 burst and a lift around Pokémon GO in 2016 sit on a lower base.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes.
Show the working
- 6 December 1999 in print: 7,000,000
- 24 April 2024 in print: 94,000,000
- Added: 87,000,000
- Years: 24.4
- Avg added per year: 3,570,000
- Multiple: 13.4
- (94,000,000-7,000,000)/24.38 yr = 3.57M per year
- 94/7 = 13.4x
- 6M/3.57M = 1.68 yr after 2024-04-24 -> ~Dec 2025
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