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Apple Pencil

Fail

The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Apple Pencil is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Top 28% of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · +5 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£3.5M/yr1.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-31.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
84%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Apple Pencil against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Apple Pencil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Apple Pencil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Apple Pencil 1.8M times last year and spent an estimated £3.5M. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-31.4%
Conversion, latest week
6.0%
Market size, estimated
£3.5Ma year
Peak month
December3.7× the quietest month
Top search term
apple pencil1.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £32.06.

Listings sell for £32.06 on average, from £5.49 to £86.24. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At £32.06 that is £321K to £401K a year per listing.

Average price
£32.06inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.49–£86.24
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
£321K–£401K
Returns
2.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #29 within Keyboards, Mice & Input Devices. It carries 14,444 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
11.9%
Average rank
#29in Keyboards, Mice & Input Devices
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
14,444per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 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
36 months

Products

Top Apple Pencil products & what they sell for

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£352K£703K£1.1M£1.4M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Apple46%
  • MYSTILUCK24%
  • metapen20%
  • varkda4%
  • Hastraith4%
  • KingOne2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Apple Pencil search demand

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

100K60KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.7×

Search terms

Top Apple Pencil search terms shoppers use

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

  • apple pencil1.1M/yr
  • apple pen335K/yr
  • apple pencil pro178K/yr
  • apple pencil 2nd generation56K/yr
  • apple pencil usb c54K/yr
  • apple pencil 210K/yr
  • apple. pencil6K/yr
  • apple pencil usb-c6K/yr
  • apple pro pencil5K/yr
  • apple pen pro6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Apple Pencil

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Durability19%−0.15

Broke within days

Doesn't last

broke in a week

Functionality-Overall13%−0.12

Barely works

Does not work properly

Did not work

Charging13%−0.04

doesnt charge

therefore not able to charge

Charging problem

Value For Money8%+1.87

It's definitely expensive

I was hesitant due to the low cost

Overly expensive

Connectivity-Overall8%−0.05

Doesnt connect

It often drops connection

Connectivity is poor

Love

Value For Money25%+1.87

Excellent value

Cost effective

Excellent value

Quality-Overall13%+0.68

High quality pencil

Excellent Product

The build quality is, as expected, premium

Compatibility-Overall12%+0.52

Fully compatible

Works as well as apple

Compatible with ipad

Charging9%−0.04

stays charged

Charges quickly

Long charge

Ease Of Use8%+0.41

comfortable in the hand

comfortable to hold

Comfortable to use

Return

2.1% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall55%████▇█

Was worried that it wouldnt be compatible with my ipad

Pen won't pair / work

Cant pair with ipad

Functionality-Overall17%█▇▇▇▇▇

Barely works

Does not work properly

Did not work

Connectivity-Overall10%▆█▇▇█▇

Doesnt connect

It often drops connection

Connectivity is poor

Charging6%▇▆▆▇█▇

doesnt charge

therefore not able to charge

Charging problem

Defective Material/Parts2%▆▅▇██▆

FAQ

Common Apple Pencil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.