What this is
How The Pokémon Company has labelled its card count over time: 'cumulative cards shipped' until 2020, 'cumulative cards produced' from 2021. It never says 'sold'.
How it’s built
- Compare the label on 24 archived copies of the company's 'Pokémon in Figures' page from 2015 to 2026 with the live page, in Japanese and English.
- The Japanese label changed between captures of January and July 2021.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
Games are still counted as 'shipped'; only cards moved to 'produced'. Press stories that say cards were 'sold' are using their own wording, not the company's.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes.
Show the working
- Label comparison across 24 Wayback captures + live JA/EN page
Where it’s used
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