Last year's global shipments of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) monitors came to about 3.2 million units, marking steep growth. As adoption of OLED for PC monitors, laptops, and tablets expands rapidly, Samsung Display and LG Display are also increasing the share of IT OLED on their production lines.
According to the industry on the 27th, major market research firms expect OLED monitor shipments this year to rise about 50% to 60% from a year earlier. Shipments also grew about 50% year over year last year, indicating OLED monitors are expanding their share as the mainstream of premium monitors. This also means Samsung Display and LG Display are allocating a larger share to IT OLED such as OLED monitors.
According to the "mid-to-large OLED display market tracker" published by market research firm UBI Research, shipments of monitor OLEDs in 2025 increased about 64% from 1.95 million units in 2024. With growth above 50% also expected this year, monitor OLEDs are projected to be the fastest-growing segment within the mid-to-large OLED industry.
Market research firm Omdia offered a similar outlook. It estimated last year's OLED monitor shipments grew about 69% and projected about 60% growth this year. TrendForce also observed rising OLED monitor shipments and projected that market penetration in the overall monitor market would surpass 2% and increase to about 5% by 2028.
This growth trend aligns with changes in panel makers' strategies. Samsung Display is focusing on expanding shipments of monitor OLED panels, which have relatively higher unit prices and profitability than TV panels, centered on its QD-OLED mass-production lines. As adoption of QD-OLED spreads for premium gaming monitors and creator-focused products, the monitor share within Samsung Display's mid-to-large OLED strategy is gradually expanding.
LG Display is also maintaining supply of W (white) OLED-based TV panels while concentrating resources on expanding shipments of monitor OLED panels. After starting to supply about 100,000 monitor OLED panels in 2023, LG Display is understood to have increased shipments to 200,000 in 2024 and about 400,000 in 2025. This year, it is expected to continue growing monitor OLED shipments by securing new customers and improving line utilization.
Panel makers' focus on monitor OLED over TV volumes stems from production efficiency and profitability structures. On an 8.5-generation mother glass basis, TV panels have a cutting efficiency of about 60% to 70%, and even with multi model glass (MMG) technology, it often remains around 80%.
By contrast, monitor panels can be laid out around IT sizes such as 27-inch and 34-inch, enabling cutting efficiency above 90%. In addition, based on price per area, monitor OLED panels can secure relatively higher profitability than TV panels, making them an attractive choice for panel makers from both line efficiency and profitability standpoints.
Chinese panel makers are also accelerating their push into the IT OLED market. BOE is gradually increasing shipments of IT OLED panels, and TCL CSOT is planning shipments of monitor panels using its own inkjet printing OLED technology. The entry of Chinese firms is likely to act as a factor that expands both price competitiveness and product diversity in the OLED monitor market over the medium to long term.