Detective Conan manga sales: total circulation and yearly charts
The long-running mystery manga is one of the best-selling series ever, but its yearly chart performance is a separate measure from total copies in print.
Published: 2026-08-19. Updated: 2026-08-19.
Short answer: Detective Conan has sold more than 270 million copies worldwide, according to rights-holder and publisher disclosures in 2025 and 2026. In Oricon's 2024 yearly manga series chart, Detective Conan sold an estimated 1,299,700 copies. A single volume, Vol. 107, sold an estimated 376,917 copies in Oricon's 2025 tracking year. Those numbers measure different things: total circulation counts every copy ever printed, while Oricon yearly figures count physical copies sold through tracked retailers in one chart cycle.
How many copies has Detective Conan sold?
Detective Conan's cumulative circulation exceeds 270 million copies. TMS Entertainment's 30th-anniversary announcement states that the comic series, published by Shogakukan, has sold more than 270 million copies. The same figure appears in Mantan Web coverage of the 29th Detective Conan film and in Animation Magazine's anniversary report.
That total is a circulation figure: it counts copies printed and distributed, including digital editions, since the series began in 1994. It is not the same as the number of copies sold in any single year.
Detective Conan Oricon yearly sales history
Oricon's yearly manga rankings provide the most consistent public benchmark for single-year Japanese physical sales. The rankings cover physical copies sold through tracked bookstores and online retailers over a roughly twelve-month window from late November of one year to late November of the next.
For 2024, MangaCodex's aggregation of Oricon's public data lists Detective Conan with estimated yearly series sales of 1,299,700 copies. For 2025, Vol. 107 is listed with estimated yearly volume sales of 376,917 copies.
Detective Conan sales measures. Total circulation comes from publisher/rights-holder disclosures; yearly figures come from Oricon-derived public data.| Measure | Value | Tracking period | What it means |
|---|
| Total circulation | 270 million+ | Since 1994 | Copies printed/distributed worldwide |
| Yearly series sales (2024) | 1,299,700 | Oricon 2024 chart cycle | Physical copies sold via tracked retailers in one Oricon year |
| Yearly volume sales (Vol. 107) | 376,917 | Oricon 2025 chart cycle | Estimated sales for one volume in one Oricon year |
Rank versus total sales: A high total-circulation number does not guarantee a top Oricon yearly rank. Detective Conan is a long-running backlist seller, while Oricon's yearly rankings favor series with strong new-volume releases in a given window.
How Oricon counts manga sales
Oricon's annual book rankings are compiled from sales data collected from cooperating bookstores nationwide, including web mail-order retailers. The 2024 ranking used 4,084 stores as of November 25, 2024, and the 2025 ranking used 4,129 stores as of November 24, 2025.
The tracking period for the 2024 annual comic ranking ran from the chart dated December 4, 2023 to the chart dated November 25, 2024, which Oricon describes as covering November 20, 2023 to November 17, 2024 in practice. These figures count physical copies only; digital sales are tracked separately and are not included in the same chart.
Detective Conan in retailer rankings
Beyond Oricon, major retailer chains publish their own annual rankings. TSUTAYA's 2025 comic sales ranking, covering January 1 to November 30, 2025, placed Detective Conan at 14th place. That ranking reflects TSUTAYA's own store network and customer base, not the entire Japanese market.
Retailer rankings and Oricon rankings can differ because each source uses its own store panel, tracking period, and counting methodology. No single public chart captures every copy sold in Japan.
Why public yearly series data is incomplete
Oricon publicly releases full top-10 tables and selected highlights, but it does not publish a complete public series-level ranking beyond the positions it chooses to disclose. Aggregators such as MangaCodex compile additional Oricon-derived figures from public sources, but the original Oricon chart is the authoritative source for any figure it directly publishes.
For Detective Conan, the verified public record is therefore: a 270 million+ total circulation, a 2024 Oricon-derived yearly series estimate of about 1.3 million copies, a 2025 Oricon-derived yearly volume estimate of about 377,000 copies for Vol. 107, and a #14 placement in TSUTAYA's 2025 retailer ranking.
Frequently asked questions
How many Detective Conan manga copies have been sold in total?
Publisher and rights-holder disclosures put total circulation at more than 270 million copies worldwide.
How many Detective Conan manga did Oricon report for 2024?
MangaCodex's aggregation of Oricon public data lists Detective Conan with estimated 2024 yearly series sales of 1,299,700 copies.
Does Oricon count digital manga sales?
No. Oricon's annual comic rankings count physical copies sold through tracked retailers. Digital sales are tracked separately and are not part of the same ranking.
What is the difference between circulation and yearly sales?
Circulation counts every copy ever printed and distributed. Yearly sales count copies sold through tracked retailers during a single tracking period, typically one Oricon chart year.