Chart 2 · World & market
Global chip sales reached $172.6B a month in Sep 2026, up 146.8% from a year earlier
Jan 2019 – Sep 2026
- Calculated change from a year earlier = Sep 2026 ÷ Sep 2025 − 1.
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- WSTS Historical Billings Report (August 2026 edition) · Sheet "3MMA", Worldwide, three-month moving average, thousands of US$ · Jan 2019 – Aug 2026 (92 periods) · retrieved 8 Nov 2026
- SIA, Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 24.1% from Q2 2026 to Q3 2026 (WSTS data) · September 2026 chart and graph, Month-to-Month Sales table, Total, current month (3MMA, US$ billions) · Sep 2026 · published 3 Nov 2026
Worldwide semiconductor sales averaged $172.6B a month in the three months to Sep 2026, against $69.9B in Sep 2025.
That is the highest monthly level in the WSTS series shown here, which starts in 2016.
Figures are three-month moving averages of chip sales compiled by WSTS; the newest month comes from SIA's release of the same WSTS data.
Newest month from SIA; WSTS data, three-month moving average. SIA shows August 2026 as $159.99B (revised) against $159.74B in the WSTS August edition.
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