According to a national ranking of how well bishōjo games sold nationally in Japan, the original "Kanon" release for Windows achieved its highest rank at number two in the ranking. Three years later in June 2002, the original release ranked in again at 45, and then again at 46 the following two weeks. The original release also made the ranking after that at number 41 in early July 2002. The "Kanon" Standard Edition premiered at number 16 in the rankings. The "Kanon" Standard Edition remained on the top 50 list for the next two months, achieving the rankings of 47 and 35. The all ages version of the "Kanon" Standard Edition premiered at number 42 on the national ranking, went up to 35 the next month, and did not appear on the rankings after that. The Dreamcast port sold 42,379 units in the first week and was the fourth top selling console game in Japan for that week. "Kanon" has sold over 300,000 units across several platforms, not counting the PSP release.