Monthly snapshots

Closing out May 2026, active inventory across the retailers I track sat at 28,073,367 listings. Lab grown share, 64.3%. Lab grown is now the larger share of the listings I'm seeing. Retailers added 6,…

April's defining story isn't a price move. It's a clearout. Over 8.3 million stones left the market this month, more than double the March figure and a record high across the four months I've been tra…

Over 3.66 million diamonds left the market in March, more than double February's figure and the sharpest monthly clearance I've tracked. That's a 129% jump in removals, and it didn't come from nowhere…

February was genuinely significant. New listings across the retailers I track came in at 12.4 million for the month, up 372% on January's 2.6 million. Active inventory nearly doubled, from 10.2 millio…

January 2026 opens as a baseline read rather than a pivot moment, which makes the sheer scale of what's on offer the most useful place to start. Across the retailers I track, 10.2 million active listi…