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muscletech protein powder

Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.0%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 78Growth 23Conversion 35Competition 74Returns 100Price range 93Avg price 94Brand share 0Review moat 24Quality gap 47

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Great$46.61

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$13.13–$89.84

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Market size

Great$1.0M

$1.0M/yr · 787K searches

Competition

Good41%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Conversion

Okay2.8%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Review moat

Bad5,174.05

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Growth

Bad-4.3%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Brand share

Bad100%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products take 41% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

40

Top-5 brand share

100%

Open market

0%

  • MuscleTech65%
  • Mutant19%
  • Muscletech12%
  • Dymatize3%
  • Optimum Nutrition2%

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%5%$52K10%$103K15%$155K20%$207K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 37 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 96 weeks — -4.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
30K20KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall18%

“Best Taste”

Quality-Overall15%

“Excellent Quality and Amazing Results🌟 Ive been using this creatine for over a year”

Nutritional Content10%

“Great protein powder”

Flavor6%

“Nice vanilla flavor”

Value For Money5%

“Fair price”

Weight Loss4%

“helps you put on weight fast”

Vitamin3%

“Good vitamins”

Muscle Pain Relief3%

“enhance muscle recovery”

Weight Gain3%

“Does help you gain weight”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“As advertised”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall17%

“Doesnt taste good”

Smell8%

“Smells awful”

Nutritional Content6%

“Unhealthy Product”

Quality-Overall5%

“Needs quality control”

Flavor5%

“Do not buy the vanilla cream flavor, its awful”

Dosage5%

“Pill size is average”

Value For Money4%

“Not worth it”

Side Effects3%

“Gastrointestinal Side Effects”

Size-Overall3%

“Big”

Ingredients-Overall2%

“but contains sucralose. not so good”

Top return reasons

Functionality-Overall25%
Advertised Vs Actual Product25%
Solubility13%
Taste-Overall13%
Blood Sugar Level13%
Ease Of Use13%