XXL Is 88% Sold Out, and Brands Make Less of It Than Anything Else

30 August 2026

We measured stock by size across all 22 brands. It comes out like this:

• XX-Large, 88% sold out
• X-Large, 58% sold out
• Large, 46%
• Medium, 38%
• Small, 32%
• X-Small, 32%

Now the other number, how much was made in the first place:

• Small, 5,748 variants
• Medium, 5,763 · Large, 5,744
• X-Large, 2,869 (less than half)
• XX-Large, 123

Small is produced roughly 47 times more than XXL, and XXL sells out nearly three times as fast.

This is a supply problem, not a demand one. When a size clears that quickly it does not mean it is popular; it means not enough of it was made. A woman who wears XXL has 123 options in the entire market, and 108 of them are already gone.

One honest caveat: the XX-Large sample is small, 123 variants, so that 88% is a strong signal rather than a precise figure. X-Large at 58% across 2,869 variants is the sturdier number, and it tells the same story.

For shoppers: if you wear XL or above, buy early in the season. Your size rarely survives to the sale, it goes before the discount arrives. Much of what you see marked down is what was left in the smaller sizes.

Data: TrendCompare 22-brand hourly tracker. Every figure counts only products confirmed on the brand's own site within the last 7 days. Discounts exclude inflated "was" prices (anchor ≤ 3× current). Full methodology.

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