April 2025 Grading Recap

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April 2025 PSA Grading Recap

  • PSA graded 1,560,654 items during April; total output increased by 6% vs March and was up 29% year-over-year.

Category Summary

TCG dominated April grading activity

  • TCG was 61% of cards graded in April (vs 51% in March and 50% in February).

Set Summary – Sports & Other

2024 Prizm football maintains its lead

Set Summary – TCG+

Japanese Terastal Fest grading accelerates

Player Summary – Sports & Other

Jayden Daniels increases his lead

Subject Summary – TCG

Pikachu hangs on to the top spot

Card Summary – Sports & Other

Jayden Daniels takes the top two spots


Card Summary – TCG

The new Japaneses Battle Partners places card at the top


What’s Next for PSA?

  • April results reinforced the key trends we’ve seen so far in 2025.
    PSA continues to hit new highs in overall grading activity, driven largely by growth in TCG submissions.
    That growth more than offset ongoing declines in baseball and basketball activity, which have now fallen to levels last seen in 2023.

  • Operationally, PSA appears to be in a bit of a steady state.
    TCG and GameStop continue to drive activity, while promotions have remained intentionally limited.
    Capacity constraints have also capped near-term upside.
    As it stands, we expect these trends to continue throughout May and June.

April 2025 SGC Grading Recap

  • SGC graded 167,464 items during April; total output decreased by 4% vs March and was up 2% year-over-year.

Category Summary

Football activity declined following the pricing promotion


Set Summary

2024 Prizm football held onto the top spot

Player (& Subject) Summary

Jayden Daniels maintains a healthy lead

Card Summary

An iconic vintage card takes the top spot

What’s Next for SGC?

  • SGC results dipped slightly in April as the company wound down a multi-month promotion.
    With no new promotion currently in place, we expect similar results in May – though a further dip is possible.

Other Graders – CGC

Category Summary

What’s Next for CGC?

  • CGC set a new high for grading activity in April, driven almost entirely by TCG submissions.
    With hobby-wide momentum in TCG still running strong, we would not be surprised to see similar results in May.

Other Charts – Beckett

Category Summary

Card Summary – Sports

Card Summary – TCG

What’s Next for Beckett?

  • Beckett’s grading activity dipped in April, reflecting declines across sports categories.
    Adjusting for the March boost (due to January and February pop report delays), the April change was relatively modest.
  • While Beckett has regained some momentum in 2025, the changes appear to be mostly marginal rather than anything that could yield meaningful incremental growth.
    Without a strong promotion or notable announcement, we expect similar results in May and June.

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