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Ramen

Maybe

An estimated 0.0% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -17.2% this quarter, so Ramen is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 13% of 1,367 Lebensmittel & Getränke niches · +9 vs the category median of 46
Market size
€1.6M/yr2.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-17.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 75 sellers

Flapen Score

Ramen against its category

The dotted line is the Lebensmittel & Getränke average. Past it, Ramen is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ramen market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Ramen 2.5M times last year and spent an estimated €1.6M. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -17.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €1.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-17.2%
Conversion, latest week
5.2%
Market size, estimated
€1.6Ma year
Peak month
November1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
buldak ramen492K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €12.27.

Listings sell for €12.27 on average, from €0.63 to €54.50. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At €12.27 that is €74K to €98K a year per listing.

Average price
€12.27under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€0.63–€54.50
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
€74K–€98K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 55% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #36 within Fertiggerichte. It carries 3,903 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
55%
Out of stock, average day
2.4%
Average rank
#36in Fertiggerichte
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
3,903per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Ramen products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

75

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

8%

  • Brand 142%
  • Brand 224%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 8%)

Demand

Ramen search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

70K50KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Ramen search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • buldak ramen492K/yr
  • ramen432K/yr
  • buldak360K/yr
  • instant nudeln360K/yr
  • ramen nudeln198K/yr
  • buldak ramen carbonara111K/yr
  • nongshim53K/yr
  • samyang61K/yr
  • shin ramyun62K/yr
  • asia nudeln53K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ramen

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

45%of positive reviews mention “Geschmack insgesamt”
17%of negative reviews mention “Geschmack insgesamt”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“YumYum schmeckt nicht wie bisher”
A buyer, on “Geschmack insgesamt”17% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Ramen questions

Answered from the same tracked data.