A check confirming that in its 2025 update The Pokémon Company rounded several counts down to the nearest ten, as the card total became a round 75 billion

How it’s built

1. Compared archived copies of the Japanese figures page from July 2024 and June 2025. Card sales areas went from 93 to 'over 90' and broadcast areas from 192 to 'over 190'.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

This supports reading 75 billion as rounded down, but does not prove how the card counter itself is rounded. That reading remains a judgement.

Where it comes from

Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:

• FiledThe total number of Pokémon cards produced worldwide since launch, as stated by The Pokémon Company75bn
• FiledCard sales areas, page as of 31 March 2025
• FiledAnime broadcast areas, page as of 31 March 2025
• FiledCard sales areas, page as of 31 March 2024
• FiledAnime broadcast areas, page as of 31 March 2024

Where it’s used

• Deep dive · Trading cardsPrinting: one lifetime total, changed twice