In this article we share the findings emanating from a 20 year (2003–2022) review of South African EarlyGrade Mathematics (EGM) research articles published in key international and local/regional journals.The review shows a substantial increase in the volume of published EGM articles in the second decade(2013–2022), nationally and internationally. These increases are marked across the key clusters of articles seen in our analysis: Teachers and Teaching, Learners and Learning, Language andMultilingualism, and Assessment. The emergence of theSouth African Journal of Childhood Education as a phase-specific journal in 2011 has been a particularly important factor within the increasing volume of publication. We note too, that whilst the base of publication across institutions has broadened in the local/regional publication space, international publications are tied primarily to projects linked with established South African Research Chairs.