Samsung Display says its QD-OLED monitor shipments have crossed 5 million units as of March 2026, showing how quickly demand has grown in the premium display market since mass production began in late 2021.
The company reached this milestone in just over four years, and the pace has picked up sharply in recent years as more brands adopt QD-OLED panels for gaming and high-end monitors.
Samsung Display said shipments grew at an average annual rate of over 320% between 2021 and 2025, which highlights how fast the technology moved from early adoption to wider market presence. The company reached its first 1 million units in May 2024, and then shipped the next 4 million units in less than two years, showing a clear acceleration in global demand for self-emissive display panels.
“Samsung Display announced that shipments of its QD-OLED monitors surpassed 5 million units last March, just over four years after the start of mass production. Having entered the premium monitor market by successfully mass-producing QD-OLEDs for the first time in the world at the end of 2021, Samsung Display has led the popularization and technological transition of the self-emissive monitor market, recording an average annual growth rate of over 320% over the four years from 2021 to 2025. In particular, this milestone of “surpassing 5 million units” was achieved in a short period of less than two years since recording cumulative shipments of 1 million units in May 2024, once again demonstrating rapidly increasing global demand.” — Samsung
Samsung Display also shared updates on its latest QD-OLED panels, including a new 34-inch 360Hz monitor panel that uses a V-Stripe pixel structure to improve text clarity, which remains a key focus for OLED monitors used in productivity and gaming setups.
The company also introduced its QuantumBlack film, which reduces light reflection by 20% and improves panel durability to a 3H hardness rating, helping address common concerns around glare and surface strength.
Growing Role in Premium Monitor Market
According to Omdia, self-emissive panels like QD-OLED will account for 41% of the premium monitor market above $500 by revenue in 2026, up from 22% in 2024, which shows how quickly buyers are shifting toward OLED-based displays for better contrast and color performance.
Samsung Display says it now works with 20 global clients and has enabled more than 150 QD-OLED monitor models across brands including Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, and others.
Samsung continues to showcase this technology through its Odyssey OLED lineup, including models like the Odyssey OLED G8 and G9, while also supplying the same panels to other manufacturers, which helps expand QD-OLED adoption across the broader monitor market.
