Featured Post - May '26 Grading Recap
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Overall grading activity dipped below the 3 million card mark and was ⬇ 5% in May compared to April and ⬆ 20% YoY.
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However, on a per business day basis, grading activity was ⬆ 5% compared to April.
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Grading activity totaled 2.95 million cards in May, down ~145k compared to April.
- PSA graded 2.07m cards - ⬇ 7% vs April, ⬆ 25% YoY.
- CGC* graded 641k cards - ⬇ 7% vs April, ⬆ 12% YoY.
- Beckett graded 145k cards - ⬆ 49% vs April, ⬆ 145% YoY. [Record high]
- TAG graded 52k cards - ⬆ 8% vs April, ⬆ 40% YoY.
- SGC graded 48k cards - ⬇ 4% vs April, ⬇ 67% YoY.
- *CGC added ~35k semi-rigid AUTH cards to its population report in May, primarily tied to its Fanatics partnership.
- Note: There were 20 business days in May '26, 22 in April '26, and 21 in May '25. On a per business day basis, PSA was ⬆ 3% in May vs April, CGC ⬆ 2%, Beckett ⬆ 64%, TAG ⬆ 19%, and SGC ⬆ 5%.
Published June 2, 2026
- Overall grading activity dipped below the 3 million card mark and was ⬇ 5% in May compared to April and ⬆ 20% YoY.
- However, on a per business day basis, grading activity was ⬆ 5% compared to April.
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Grading activity totaled 2.95 million cards in May, down ~145k compared to April.
- PSA graded 2.07m cards - ⬇ 7% vs April, ⬆ 25% YoY.
- CGC* graded 641k cards - ⬇ 7% vs April, ⬆ 12% YoY.
- Beckett graded 145k cards - ⬆ 49% vs April, ⬆ 145% YoY. [Record high]
- TAG graded 52k cards - ⬆ 8% vs April, ⬆ 40% YoY.
- SGC graded 48k cards - ⬇ 4% vs April, ⬇ 67% YoY.
- *CGC added ~35k semi-rigid AUTH cards to its population report in May, primarily tied to its Fanatics partnership.
- Note: There were 20 business days in May '26, 22 in April '26, and 21 in May '25. On a per business day basis, PSA was ⬆ 3% in May vs April, CGC ⬆ 2%, Beckett ⬆ 64%, TAG ⬆ 19%, and SGC ⬆ 5%.
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Published May 2, 2026
