Sales of art and collectibles NFTs worldwide 2021

The global sales value of art and collectibles non-fungible tokens (NFTs) experienced a huge increase in 2021 over the previous years, peaking at 11.16 billion U.S. dollars. Overall, NFT sales in the art segment amounted to 2.57 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, rising from around 20 million U.S. dollars in 2020. Meanwhile, NFT transactions in the collectibles segment generated nearly 8.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, growing sharply from roughly 10 million U.S. dollars in the previous year.

Total sales value of art and collectibles non-fungible tokens (NFTs) worldwide from 2019 to 2021 (in million U.S. dollars)

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2019 to 2021

Special properties

figures refer to the aggregated value of sales recorded on the Ethereum, Ronin, and Flow blockchains

Supplementary notes

The art and collectibles segments are defined as follows:
Art: – Artistic NFTs and collections generated by artists or by generative art algorithms. Collections of type "10,000" were not considered as art but as collectibles.
Collectibles: A project or asset whose primary function is to be collected. This can be avatars or profile pictures (PFP), planets, animals, or any type of digital object. By extension, these collectible assets can have several uses, including to be part of a community or to be used for video games.

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