The franchise had about 3.5 million copies in circulation as of April 2019, when the manga’s television anime debuted, and more than 12 million copies in circulation as of the publication of the manga’s 17th volume last October.
The manga’s 18th volume debuted with a record first printing of 1 million copies last December, increasing the franchise’s total circulation to more than 25 million copies.
Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba franchise will have more than 80 million copies in circulation on July 3.
Shueisha revealed last November that the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga is the company’s second highest-selling manga in 2019, second only to Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga.