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yellow yarn

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a small market ($96K/yr) — yellow yarn doesn't clear our bar today.

Market/yr

$96K

Growth (1y)

+187.0%

Products

21

Brands

8

was 9 a year ago

Sellers

49

Price range

$3.79–$15.01

Returns

1.2%

Rating

4.5★

47/100

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Scored 47/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.

Market sizeGrowthCompetitionQuality gapReturns
Market size
5
×0.30
Growth
75
×0.30
Competition
53
×0.20
Quality gap
38
×0.10
Returns
90
×0.10

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +187.0% year over year.
4K2KSpike '24Spike '25Jul '24Nov '24Mar '25Jul '25Nov '25Mar '26

Seasonality

Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Competition

64%Red Heart
  • Red Heart64%
  • Lion Brand Yarn12%
  • Mooaske7%
  • NC6%
  • KECHE5%
  • OMoiut3%
  • Other (2 brands)4%

The top 5 products take 55% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them. 8 brands and 49 sellers compete here.

Brands

8 falling

was 9 a year ago

Sellers

49

Top 5 brand share

93%

#ProductBrandPriceRatingReviewsClick shareTrend
1Red Heart$3.794.7★41,28121%rising
2Red Heart$7.624.7★32,95811%falling
4Red Heart$6.284.7★32,2287%rising
6Lion Brand Yarn$5.084.6★6,8316%rising
9Red Heart$3.944.7★41,2814%rising

Product shelf

All 21 tracked products in this niche.

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Color27%

“It is a pretty gold color”

Soft Feel18%

“Super soft and easy to work with”

Value For Money10%

“very affordable price”

Quality-Overall7%

“Great quality”

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

“As expected”

Embellishment/Embroidery Quality3%

“I enjoy crocheting with Red Heart Yarn”

Washability3%

“Great colors, yarn is strong and withstands multiple washings”

Efficiency2%

“It worked perfectly for the craft I am doing”

Thickness2%

“Perfect thickness for making knotted hats”

Material Quality2%

“It's what I expected for acrylic yarn”

What buyers complain about

Hard Feel14%

“Not extremely soft”

Color11%

“Not the color I ordered”

Size-Overall11%

“Deceptive as it appears to be the larger size balls”

Fluffiness6%

“Not as fluffy as it should be”

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

“Deceptive as it appears to be the larger size balls”

Thickness6%

“thicker as well”

Durability4%

“It splits very easily”

Ease Of Use3%

“Awful to work with”

Ethical Trade/Fair Trade3%

“So they're kind of scammy for that”

Weight Light3%

“Smaller weight than I was thinking in my quick scroll”

Top return reasons

  • Color37%
  • Thin12%
  • Size-Overall11%
  • Advertised Vs Actual Product8%
  • Value For Money7%
  • Display Colors7%
  • Material Quality5%
  • Thickness4%
  • Quality-Overall3%
  • Hard Feel1%

Data scraped July 9, 2026 · Marketplace baseline: 4.4★ avg rating · $22.79 median price · 2.2% median returns across 14,944 tracked niches.