GemRate | September ’26 Grading Recap
-- Overall grading activity increased to 3.52 million cards and was ⬆9% in September compared to August and ⬆62% YoY. (All numbers exclude Beckett)
-- PSA graded 2.47m cards - ⬆12% vs August, ⬆58% YoY.
-- CGC* graded 962k cards - ⬆3% vs August, ⬆90% YoY. [Record high]
-- TAG graded 51k cards - ⬇13% vs August, ⬇4% YoY.
-- SGC graded 46k cards - ⬆8% vs August, ⬇24% YoY.
-- Beckett was not included in September results.
*CGC added ~60k semi-rigid AUTH cards to its population report in September.
Note: There were 21 business days in September ’26, 21 in August ’26, and 21 in September ’25.
Other Graders
-- AGS graded 63k cards - ⬆15% vs August.
-- PCG graded 34k cards - ⬆13% vs August.