OLED monitors are starting to get their flowers, as 2025 marks a 65% increase in shipments

Image of the Alienware 34-inch AW3423DW on a desk. — (Image credit: Future)

OLED gaming monitors are becoming ever more mainstream, with 2025 being the best year they've had so far, according to recent market reports.

Trendforce recently shared its findings that OLED monitor shipments grew 65% from this period last year, and 12% from the previous quarter. With a total estimated shipment of 2.62 million in the third quarter of 2025, this means that OLED monitor shipments have grown by 84% year-on-year.

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Company	Market Share
Asus	21.9%
Samsung	18%
MSI	14.4%
LG Electronics	12.9%
Others	32.7%

Naturally, shipping figures and total sales are different metrics, though they are linked. As items sell better, stores will naturally stock more. It's also worth noting that Trendforce's analysis encompasses all OLED monitors, not just OLED gaming monitors. For example, Asus has a whole range of ProArt OLED productivity monitors, which definitely helps that market share.

Trendforce's report from last year put OLED monitor shipments at 1.44 million units, growing by 181% compared to the previous year. So, while the growth this year wasn't as extreme as 2024's, it's still very strong.

ROG Swift OLED PG42UQ — (Image credit: Future)

Asus took to its blog to celebrate these findings, saying it "has surpassed competitors to become the world's leading OLED monitor brand." Asus also claims that "its user-first strategy focused on elevating the overall display experience" is what helped it take the lead, and it attributed part of its success to a diverse range of OLED panels.

Despite Asus offering some solid picks, we actually think that MSI is in the lead in regards to quality, with its MPG 321URX QD-OLED currently being our pick for the best gaming monitor overall. That said, we're also big fans of Asus' ROG Swift PG27UCDM OLED monitor, which launched early this year, but it's an awful lot of money for a 27-inch panel.

Personally, I'm happy to see more of the world embrace OLED panels. Burn-in worries may not have helped the display technology's public image, and you still get some font fringing, especially at lower resolutions. Still, it really has made day-to-day gaming so much better for me personally. With truer blacks and more vibrant colours, no one tech upgrade has made a bigger difference than when I swapped to OLED.

If you're already kitted out with a nice rig, I couldn't advise the swap to OLED more. Especially when we know there are so many out there on the market. Here's hoping 2026 only brings better OLED monitors, with even stronger brightness (and maybe a little less font fringing too).

The increase in sales of better, more highly specced monitors does highlight the gulf between gaming hardware that has been affected by chip shortages and that which hasn't; RAM is getting ever more expensive, and yet monitors have only become more and more reasonably priced. Such is the cursed world we live in under AI.

Best gaming monitors 2025

1. Best overall / 4K:
MSI MPG 321URX

2. Best budget 4K:
Asus ROG Strix XG27UCG

3. Best 1440p:
MSI MPG 271QRX

4. Best budget 1440p:
KTC H27T22C-3

5. Best 1080p:
AOC Gaming C27G4ZXE

6. Best Ultrawide:
Gigabyte MO34WQC2

7. Best budget ultrawide:
Xiaomi G34WQi

8. Best 32:9:
Samsung Odyssey OLED G9

9. Best dual-mode:
Alienware AW2725QF

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James is a more recent PC gaming convert, often admiring graphics cards, cases, and motherboards from afar. It was not until 2019, after just finishing a degree in law and media, that they decided to throw out the last few years of education, build their PC, and start writing about gaming instead. In that time, he has covered the latest doodads, contraptions, and gismos, and loved every second of it. Hey, it’s better than writing case briefs.

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