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Mascara

Maybe

An estimated 0.0% of orders come back. But prices span $2.81–$9.66, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Mascara is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 22% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +6 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£3.3M/yr4.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
+3.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 344 sellers

Flapen Score

Mascara against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Mascara is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mascara market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mascara 4.8M times last year and spent an estimated £3.3M. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 4.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 13.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +3.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
4.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+3.8%
Conversion, latest week
13.2%
Market size, estimated
£3.3Ma year
Peak month
December1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
mascara1.9M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.22.

Listings sell for £5.22 on average, from £2.81 to £9.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 600K to 800K a year. The average listing sells 30,000 to 40,000 of them. At £5.22 that is £157K to £209K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.22under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.81–£9.66
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
600K–800K
Units per listing a year
30,000–40,000
Revenue per listing a year
£157K–£209K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

71% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #10 within Make-up. It carries 38,364 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#10in Make-up
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
38,364per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Mascara 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 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

344

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Brand 166%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Mascara search demand

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

150K100KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Mascara search terms shoppers use

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

  • mascara1.9M/yr
  • maybelline mascara651K/yr
  • mascara black600K/yr
  • waterproof mascara339K/yr
  • mascara waterproof205K/yr
  • sky high mascara maybelline205K/yr
  • maybelline sky high mascara78K/yr
  • rimmel mascara156K/yr
  • mascara for older women129K/yr
  • black mascara90K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mascara

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

44%of positive reviews mention “Eyelash Quality”
16%of negative reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Dry and crumbly”
A buyer, on “Moist/Dry”16% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Mascara questions

Answered from the same tracked data.