{"id":18307,"date":"2025-06-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=18307"},"modified":"2025-06-02T03:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T03:18:04","slug":"may-2025-grading-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/?p=18307","title":{"rendered":"May 2025 Grading Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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May 2025 PSA Grading Recap<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n
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  • PSA graded 1,658,234 items during May; total output increased by 6% vs April and was up 21% year-over-year.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/h5>\n
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    Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

    TCG dominated May grading activity as expected<\/p>\n

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    • TCG was 61% of cards graded in May (vs 61% in April and 51% in March).<\/li>\n

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      Set Summary – Sports & Other<\/u><\/p>\n

      2024 Prizm football maintains its large lead<\/p>\n

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      Set Summary – TCG+<\/u><\/p>\n

      Japanese Terastal Fest grading finally slows<\/p>\n

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      Player Summary – Sports & Other<\/u><\/p>\n

      Jayden Daniels increases his lead again<\/p>\n

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      Subject Summary – TCG<\/u><\/p>\n

      Pikachu holds onto the top spot<\/p>\n

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      Card Summary – Sports & Other<\/u><\/p>\n

      Football claims 8 of the top 10 spots<\/p>\n

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      Card Summary – TCG<\/u><\/p>\n

      Iono’s Wattrel expands its lead<\/p>\n

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      What’s Next for PSA?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • \n\t\t\t\tMay results extended the consistent trends we’ve seen throughout 2025.
        \n\t\t\t\tGrading activity rose 6% month-over-month and 21% year-over-year, once again led by strength in TCG and football submissions.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
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        May 2025 SGC Grading Recap<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n
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        • SGC graded 145,128 items during May; total output decreased by 13% vs April and 17% year-over-year.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/h5>\n
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          Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

          Grading activity dipped across the board in May<\/p>\n

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          Set Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

          2024 Prizm football’s lead narrows<\/p>\n

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          Player (& Subject) Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

          Jordan gains ground on Jayden Daniels<\/p>\n

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          Card Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

          1989 Ripken takes the top spot<\/p>\n

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          What’s Next for SGC?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • \n\t\t\t\t\tSGC results dipped for the second consecutive month in May.
            \n\t\t\t\t\tThe decline comes as a bit of suprise on the heels of its announcement related to a backlog that has extended turnaround times.
            \n\t\t\t\t\tGiven that, we would have expected activity to remain closer to recent highs of ~170k.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n

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            Other Graders – CGC<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n

            Category Summary<\/u><\/p>\n

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            What’s Next for CGC?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • \n\t\t\t\t\tCGC set a new high for grading activity in May, boosted by a surge in sports submissions likely tied to commercial\/bulk orders.
              \n\t\t\t\t\tWhile that spike is unlikely to sustain near-term, the broader, steady growth in CGC\u2019s volume remains notable and is certainly worth monitoring.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n

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              Other Charts – Beckett<\/mark><\/u><\/h2>\n

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              Card Summary – Sports<\/u><\/p>\n

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              Card Summary – TCG<\/u><\/p>\n

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              What’s Next for Beckett?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • \n\t\t\t\t\tBeckett\u2019s overall grading volume has held steady in recent months, though category mix shifted slightly in May, with TCG down and sports seeing modest growth.\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n

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                May 2025 PSA Grading Recap PSA graded 1,658,234 items during May; total output increased by 6% vs April and was up 21% year-over-year. Category Summary TCG dominated May grading activity as expected TCG was 61% of cards graded in May (vs 61% in April and 51% in March). Set Summary – Sports & Other 2024 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":18309,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[39],"class_list":{"0":"post-18307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-grading","8":"tag-gemrate"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18307"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18310,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18307\/revisions\/18310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gorillacardboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}