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TheRealReal, Inc. short interest

17.5M shares of TheRealReal were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (14.8M to 28.6M). Short sellers would need 5.8 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short17.5Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+0.8%-27% over a year
Days to cover5.77at 3.0M shares a day
Of shares in issue14.27%shares short over shares outstanding
New to this? How to read this page
  1. Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back.
  2. Days to cover is shares short over an average day's trading: how many days it would take short sellers to buy them all back. Above 5 or so is high.
  3. Rising short interest says more investors are betting against the stock. A crowded short can also rise fast if shorts rush to buy back.
  4. Brokers report it twice a month to FINRA, about ten days after each settlement date.
  5. What is short interest?

Short interest, days to cover and the price

Short interest is near the bottom of its range over the last year (14.8M to 28.6M), and the share price moved +7% over the last year.

Shares sold shortDays to coverShare price

Three charts on one timeline. Top: shares sold short at each settlement. Middle: days to cover, taller meaning shorts would need longer to buy back. Bottom: the share price, so you can see whether shorts added as the price fell or rose.

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    Every settlement since 28 Jun 2019 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 202617.5M+0.8%3.0M5.77
    30 September 202617.4M+3.7%2.8M6.27
    15 September 202616.7M+2.8%2.1M8.07
    31 August 202616.3M+9.8%2.9M5.56
    14 August 202614.8M-6.2%4.1M3.63
    31 July 202615.8M-12.3%2.6M6.18
    15 July 202618.1M+1.8%2.8M6.43
    30 June 202617.7M+0.8%4.0M4.48
    15 June 202617.6M+1.5%2.8M6.22
    29 May 202617.3M+3.3%3.0M5.72
    15 May 202616.8M+6.2%5.3M3.19
    30 April 202615.8M-13.2%2.9M5.43
    15 April 202618.2M-8.8%2.4M7.56
    31 March 202619.9M+9.6%3.4M5.93
    13 March 202618.2M-3.4%3.6M5.01
    27 February 202618.8M-5.3%4.4M4.30
    13 February 202619.9M-0.9%3.1M6.35
    30 January 202620.1M-6.6%2.6M7.58
    15 January 202621.5M-3.8%2.5M8.51
    31 December 202522.3M-7.2%2.7M8.36
    15 December 202524.1M-11.0%2.3M10.37
    28 November 202527.1M-5.3%3.3M8.14
    14 November 202528.6M+16.3%6.1M4.68
    31 October 202524.6M+2.1%3.2M7.73
    15 October 202524.1M-3.8%3.0M8.00
    30 September 202525.0M+0.7%3.9M6.34
    15 September 202524.8M+7.8%4.5M5.49
    29 August 202523.0M+1.2%3.6M6.47
    15 August 202522.8M+3.7%5.5M4.16
    31 July 202522.0M+8.8%2.7M8.21
    15 July 202520.2M-6.5%2.2M9.18
    30 June 202521.6M+1.4%2.9M7.52
    13 June 202521.3M+4.8%2.9M7.31
    30 May 202520.3M-2.6%3.1M6.60
    15 May 202520.9M+8.4%5.4M3.90
    30 April 202519.3M+3.1%2.2M8.71
    15 April 202518.7M-1.5%3.3M5.59
    31 March 202519.0M+16.6%2.6M7.28
    14 March 202516.3M-2.9%3.7M4.37
    28 February 202516.8M+3.1%4.0M4.24
    14 February 202516.3M-0.4%3.3M4.97
    31 January 202516.3M+2.6%2.6M6.27
    15 January 202515.9M+11.8%3.6M4.43
    31 December 202414.2M+4.3%3.8M3.76
    13 December 202413.7M-17.2%4.4M3.09
    29 November 202416.5M-0.9%2.6M6.28
    15 November 202416.6M-12.5%3.1M5.31
    31 October 202419.0M-5.4%1.7M11.44
    15 October 202420.1M-3.4%1.4M14.79
    30 September 202420.8M+5.8%2.1M10.06
    13 September 202419.7M-1.1%2.0M9.74
    30 August 202419.9M+0.0%1.5M12.93
    15 August 202419.9M+4.3%3.0M6.52
    31 July 202419.0M+1.6%1.5M12.47
    15 July 202418.8M+16.5%1.8M10.24
    28 June 202416.1M+3.3%3.4M4.80
    14 June 202415.6M+4.4%1.8M8.50
    31 May 202414.9M-3.4%1.9M7.67
    15 May 202415.5M-1.4%3.2M4.85
    30 April 202415.7M+1.7%1.6M10.08
    15 April 202415.4M+6.0%2.0M7.60
    28 March 202414.5M-3.6%2.9M4.97
    15 March 202415.1M+22.4%9.8M1.54
    29 February 202412.3M-4.5%2.9M4.29
    15 February 202412.9M-4.3%2.2M5.87
    31 January 202413.5M+0.9%1.8M7.58
    12 January 202413.4M-0.5%2.5M5.25
    29 December 202313.4M+3.6%2.2M6.02
    15 December 202313.0M-0.8%2.7M4.84
    30 November 202313.1M+7.4%2.1M6.18
    15 November 202312.2M-2.8%4.3M2.84
    31 October 202312.5M-2.4%1.7M7.20
    13 October 202312.8M+2.3%2.4M5.27
    29 September 202312.5M+11.4%2.3M5.43
    15 September 202311.2M-0.7%2.5M4.50
    31 August 202311.3M-5.5%3.2M3.58
    15 August 202312.0M+2.6%4.5M2.68
    31 July 202311.7M+2.9%3.5M3.36
    14 July 202311.4M-11.8%5.3M2.13
    30 June 202312.9M-5.1%5.4M2.38
    15 June 202313.6M-3.8%4.2M3.21
    31 May 202314.1M+21.2%3.4M4.14
    15 May 202311.6M-27.7%3.9M3.01
    28 April 202316.1M+1.3%3.4M4.80
    14 April 202315.9M+10.5%2.0M8.10
    31 March 202314.4M+13.4%2.7M5.31
    15 March 202312.7M-17.7%4.0M3.19
    28 February 202315.4M+24.3%3.6M4.27
    15 February 202312.4M-2.0%4.5M2.76
    31 January 202312.7M-9.2%3.4M3.76
    13 January 202313.9M+9.6%3.8M3.63
    30 December 202212.7M+19.9%3.5M3.59
    15 December 202210.6M-9.8%2.7M3.91
    30 November 202211.8M-11.9%2.5M4.68
    15 November 202213.4M-2.5%4.4M3.01
    31 October 202213.7M-3.3%4.0M3.42
    14 October 202214.2M+25.0%4.5M3.18
    30 September 202211.3M-3.1%4.2M2.67
    15 September 202211.7M+7.3%3.8M3.04
    31 August 202210.9M+9.1%4.6M2.39
    15 August 202210.0M-21.9%5.5M1.81
    29 July 202212.8M+24.1%4.3M2.99
    15 July 202210.3M-16.7%4.1M2.54
    30 June 202212.4M-20.1%5.4M2.27
    15 June 202215.5M+14.4%5.5M2.81
    31 May 202213.5M-3.0%5.3M2.55
    13 May 202213.9M-2.7%5.7M2.43
    29 April 202214.3M+7.8%2.8M5.04
    14 April 202213.3M-3.1%2.9M4.65
    31 March 202213.7M+8.5%4.2M3.30
    15 March 202212.6M+1.2%3.3M3.83
    28 February 202212.5M+2.9%4.3M2.91
    15 February 202212.1M-4.9%2.7M4.44
    31 January 202212.8M-8.1%3.6M3.56
    14 January 202213.9M+1.0%3.0M4.66
    31 December 202113.8M+9.1%2.8M4.99
    15 December 202112.6M+0.9%3.4M3.69
    30 November 202112.5M-3.9%2.6M4.83
    15 November 202113.0M-13.2%4.2M3.07
    29 October 202115.0M-12.5%2.4M6.24
    15 October 202117.1M+0.7%2.4M7.16
    30 September 202117.0M-0.1%2.8M6.06
    15 September 202117.0M+13.6%4.4M3.84
    31 August 202115.0M-0.6%2.5M5.96
    13 August 202115.1M-4.2%4.2M3.58
    30 July 202115.7M+7.9%2.3M6.71
    15 July 202114.6M-1.9%2.2M6.62
    30 June 202114.9M-4.7%2.4M6.30
    15 June 202115.6M-3.5%2.6M5.90
    28 May 202116.2M+4.2%2.5M6.42
    14 May 202115.5M+2.3%4.1M3.80
    30 April 202115.2M+8.4%1.4M10.50
    15 April 202114.0M+5.0%1.5M9.16
    31 March 202113.3M+0.4%1.6M8.47
    15 March 202113.3M+20.6%2.7M4.93
    26 February 202111.0M+1.6%2.6M4.27
    12 February 202110.8M+4.5%1.9M5.76
    29 January 202110.4M-7.2%3.2M3.25
    15 January 202111.2M-0.4%3.1M3.61
    31 December 202011.2M+9.6%2.5M4.54
    15 December 202010.2M-5.9%1.7M6.04
    30 November 202010.9M-9.3%1.5M7.24
    13 November 202012.0M+10.5%1.7M7.05
    30 October 202010.9M+4.9%846K12.84
    15 October 202010.4M-1.2%1.1M9.74
    30 September 202010.5M+4.0%1.1M9.50
    15 September 202010.1M+1.6%1.4M7.36
    31 August 20209.9M-18.4%1.6M6.30
    14 August 202012.2M-14.6%2.4M5.02
    31 July 202014.2M+9.5%1.5M9.20
    15 July 202013.0M+10.8%2.2M6.01
    30 June 202011.7M+44.7%2.2M5.41
    15 June 20208.1M+16.2%2.5M3.22
    29 May 20207.0M-20.0%1.2M5.94
    15 May 20208.7M-16.1%1.7M5.21
    30 April 202010.4M+10.2%2.6M4.06
    15 April 20209.4M-15.3%1.7M5.42
    31 March 202011.2M-5.3%3.1M3.58
    13 March 202011.8M-15.8%2.0M5.86
    28 February 202014.0M-3.9%2.9M4.85
    14 February 202014.5M+4.2%1.0M14.36
    31 January 202014.0M-4.2%1.2M12.03
    15 January 202014.6M-6.9%1.3M11.36
    31 December 201915.7M-2.2%1.6M9.85
    13 December 201916.0M+2.9%1.1M14.99
    29 November 201915.6M-3.0%1.0M15.34
    15 November 201916.1M-4.6%2.1M7.48
    31 October 201916.8M-2.4%1.3M12.95
    15 October 201917.3M+1.5%1.6M10.67
    30 September 201917.0M+12.4%1.7M9.86
    13 September 201915.1M+16.2%1.5M10.19
    30 August 201913.0M+81.2%1.9M7.02
    15 August 20197.2M+93.3%2.2M3.20
    31 July 20193.7M+45.9%680K5.46
    15 July 20192.5M+1340415.3%1.2M2.07
    28 June 20191902.0M1.00
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.