If it’s a best seller why is it being discontinued. I love the Malm series I feel like it’s a classic, I will be very sad if they discontinue it as a whole 😭.

As u/CoWorker__Throwaway so elegantly put it:

This whole Chest of Drawer thing needs a stickied thread at this point, I'm tired of answering the same question over and over again.

And this is this megathread. Here is the rest of the information they provided:

IKEA is releasing a new range of Chest of Drawers (COD) sometime in the summer that is designed be more tip-proof.

The new range will have a built in feature that only allows one drawer to be open at a time. If the unit is attached to the wall, it allows for all drawers to be used as normal. The VIHALS dresser already has this function.

Essentially every single COD article is being discontinued. The new range coming the summer WILL NOT be called MALM, HEMNES, etc.

95% of current COD units are discontinued as of Jan/Feb24, but some are being replaced by temporary versions with the new tip function until Summer.

The temporary range includes popular articles like MALM, HEMNES, BRIMNES, and others. But it is temporary in nature so it's difficult to say how much stock individual stores will have of any given article.

If your store is already out of one of the discontinued COD articles, it's unlikely they will have more unless there is a temporary version of that article.

Edit:
PS. This does NOT apply to all markets (at least not in denmark) Coworkers are welcome to update below :)