yakisoba
Skip itPrices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.59–$14.87) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.1%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Great7.5%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Review moat
Good600.65avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Competition
Good51%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Quality gap
Good4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Avg price
Okay€9.02avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Market size
Bad€92K€92K/yr · 135K searches
Growth
Bad-9.6%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Brand share
Bad98%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Price range
Bad€1.59–€14.87cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, yakisoba is a €92K/yr Amazon Germany market (135K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.
Data updated Jul 16, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
yakisoba market data
- Units sold / yr
- 15K–20K
- avg 500–750/product
- Revenue / yr
- €135K–€180K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 7.5%
- Avg BSR
- #127
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 96%
- Sponsored
- 83%
- Out of stock
- 0.5%
- Avg brand age
- 61 months
- Avg seller age
- 184 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 51% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
7 falling
Sellers
25
Top-5 brand share
98%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
51%
Top 20: 97%
Open market
1%
- NISSIN75%
- CHUNSI10%
- Bamboo Garden5%
- Hakubaku4%
- Mkostlich2%
- Diet-Food1%
- Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -9.6% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Top yakisoba search terms
- soba nudeln65K/yr
- soba30K/yr
- soba cup noodles8K/yr
- nissin soba10K/yr
- soba noodles9K/yr
- yakisoba6K/yr
- cup noodles soba4K/yr
- yakisoba nudeln3K/yr
Top yakisoba products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 23 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Nissin Bag Noodles Soba Classic 9er Pack Wok Style Instant-Nudeln japanischer Art mit Yakisoba-Sauce schnelle Zubereitung asiatisches Essen (9 x 109 g)
NISSIN€8.184.6★1,838 rev
Nissin Cup Noodles Soba Cup Classic 8er Pack Wok Style Instant-Nudeln japanischer Art mit Yakisoba-Sauce und Gemüse schnell im Becher zubereitet asiatisches Essen (8 x 90 g)
NISSIN€12.054.8★186 rev
Chunsi Buchweizennudeln (1 x 300 g)
CHUNSI€1.594.3★340 rev
Nissin Bag Noodles Soba Teriyaki 9er Pack Wok Style Instant-Nudeln japanischer Art mit Teriyaki-Sauce schnelle Zubereitung asiatisches Essen (9 x 110 g)
NISSIN€7.914.5★3,057 rev
Nissin Bag Noodles Soba Chili 9er Pack Wok Style Instant-Nudeln japanischer Art mit Chili-Sauce schnelle Zubereitung asiatisches Essen (9 x 111 g)
NISSIN€8.144.5★2,604 rev
Newest
by launch date
Nissin Soba Bag - Hot & Spicy 9er Pack. Wok Style Instant-Nudeln mit super scharfer Soße schnell & einfach zubereitet vegan. (9 x 111g)
NISSIN€8.189 rev
Nissin Cup Noodles Soba Pad Thai 8er Pack Wok Style Instant-Nudeln mit Pad Thai Geschmack und Gemüse schnell im Becher zubereitet asiatisches Essen (8 x 89 g)
NISSIN€13.2743 rev
Nissin Cup Noodles Soba Sweet & Sour 8er Pack Wok Style Instant-Nudeln mit süß-saurer Sauce und Gemüse vegan schnell im Becher zubereitet asiatisches Essen (8 x 88 g)
NISSIN€13.0862 rev
Nissin Cup Noodles Soba BIG Yakitori Chicken 6er Pack Wok Style Instant-Nudeln japanischer Art mit Würzsauce Hähnchen & Gemüse schnell im Becher zubereitet asiatisches Essen (6 x 113 g)
NISSIN€12.0359 rev
OTAFUKU Yakisoba mit Sauce 2 Portionen (150g Nudeln Sauce) - 1 x 370 g
Otafuku€4.25128 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumNissin Soba Bag - Hot & Spicy 9er Pack. Wok Style Instant-Nudeln mit super scharfer Soße schnell & einfach zubereitet vegan. (9 x 111g)
NISSIN€8.184.3★
Nissin Cup Noodles Soba BIG Chili 6er Pack Wok Style Instant-Nudeln japanischer Art mit Chili-Sauce -Schoten & Gemüse schnell im Becher zubereitet asiatisches Essen große Portion (6 x 115 g)
NISSIN€12.234.7★
Nissin Soba Bag Japanese Curry 9er Pack Wok Style Instant-Nudeln japanischer Art mit Curry-Sauce und Gemüse schnell in der Pfanne zubereitet asiatisches Essen vegetarisch (9 x 111 g)
NISSIN€8.333.8★
Hakubaku Japanische Bio Yakisoba Nudeln 270 g
Hakubaku€2.354.8★
Bamboo Garden - Soba Nudeln vorgekocht | Zubereitet in 2 Minuten | Vegan | 300 g im Beutel
Bamboo Garden€2.104.2★
What buyers say about yakisoba
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Mega lecker”
“Super würziger Geschmack”
“Zubereitung erträglich aufwändiger als Fertigsuppen”
“Gut und würzig”
“Den Erwartungen entsprechend”
“Beste Bratnudeln”
“Preis-Leistung für mich ok”
“Sehr gutes Produkt”
“Glutenfrei, wirklich nur Buchweizen”
“einfach frisches Gemüse dazu”
What buyers complain about
“Schmeckt nicht”
“Geschmack könnte besser sein”
“Etwas intensiver bzw. würziger”
“Riecht wie Reinigungsmittel”
“Billigste Zutaten, schmeckt nach nichts”
“Zerbröselte Nudeln geliefert”
“Durch Fermentation leicht säuerlich, muss man mögen”
“Sehr Limettich”
“dürfte aber stärker.”
“Relativ fade, verglichen mit anderen”
Common questions
- Is yakisoba profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?
- The niche generates €92K/yr across 23 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -9.6%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (43/100).
- How competitive is the yakisoba niche?
- 7 brands and 25 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 51% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 98% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in yakisoba?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Geschmack insgesamt, Geschmack, Würzigkeit. The return rate is 0.1%.
- When does demand for yakisoba peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the yakisoba niche?
- Listings span €1.59–€14.87; the average listing price is €9.02 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 601 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.