Western Digital
FailThe top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Western Digital is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 36 / 100Ranks 766 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −6 vs the category median of 4236
- Market size
- £643K/yr607K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -25.7%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 62%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 350 sellers
Flapen Score
Western Digital against its category
The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Western Digital is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Western Digital market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Western Digital 607K times last year and spent an estimated £643K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 607K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £643K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 607K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -25.7%
- Conversion, latest week
- 1.0%
- Market size, estimated
- £643Ka year
- Peak month
- July6.1× the quietest month
- Top search term
- 4tb hdd79K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £108.16.
Listings sell for £108.16 on average, from £25.34 to £371.75. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £108.16 that is £11K to £27K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £108.16above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £25.34–£371.75
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 6K–8K
- Units per listing a year
- 100–250
- Revenue per listing a year
- £11K–£27K
- Returns
- 2.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
47% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #9 within Data Storage. It carries 26,392 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 47%
- Prime listings
- 95%
- Out of stock, average day
- 2.8%
- Average rank
- #9in Data Storage
- Average rating
- 4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 26,392per listing
- Listings tracked
- 19
04 · Newcomers
3 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 64 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 3Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 64 months
Products
Top Western Digital products & what they sell for
The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.
Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 21, 2026. The live listing can differ.
Top sellers
by estimated 90-day click share
Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6GB/s 5.400 RPM 256MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage Data Rescue Services (ST4000VNZ06)
- Price
- £96.09
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 7,068
- Age
- 1y ago

Seagate BarraCuda 6 TB Internal Hard Drive HDD 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s 5400 RPM 256 MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC (ST6000DM003)
- Price
- £151.55
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 28,574
- Age
- 8y ago

Seagate Portable Drive 4TB External Hard Drive Dark Grey for PC Laptop and Mac Data Rescue Services Amazon Exclusive (STGX4000400)
- Price
- £90.81
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 264,395
- Age
- 8y ago

Seagate IronWolf Pro 4TB Enterprise Internal NAS HDD CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6GB/s 7.200 RPM 256MB Cache for RAID NAS Data Rescue Services Frustration Free Packaging (ST4000NTZ01)
- Price
- £123.55
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 987
- Age
- 3y ago

Seagate Skyhawk 4TB Video Internal Hard Drive 3.5 SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache for DVR/NVR Security Camera System with Drive Health Management Data Rescue Services FFP (ST4000VXZ16)
- Price
- £92.18
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 3,177
- Age
- 4y ago
Trending
estimated 90-day click momentum
Toshiba 1TB 5400RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5 inch PS3/PS4 Hard Drive - 3 Year Warranty
- Price
- £35.07
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 2,685
- Age
- 7y ago

Seagate Exos 28TB internal server hard drive ST28000NM000C 3.5 HDD SATA 6Gb/s 7200RPM 512MB Cache (Renewed)
- Price
- £371.75
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 128
- Age
- 1y ago

ModusTech 4TB Desktop External Hard Drive (NOT-PORTABLE) Vault USB-C 3.1 (5Gbps) High-Speed HDD for PC Mac Laptop & Console Backup Storage 2-Year Warranty
- Price
- £73.53
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 103
- Age
- 7mo ago

Seagate BarraCuda 6 TB Internal Hard Drive HDD 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s 5400 RPM 256 MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC (ST6000DM003)
- Price
- £151.55
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 28,574
- Age
- 8y ago

Seagate IronWolf Pro 4TB Enterprise Internal NAS HDD CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6GB/s 7.200 RPM 256MB Cache for RAID NAS Data Rescue Services Frustration Free Packaging (ST4000NTZ01)
- Price
- £123.55
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 987
- Age
- 3y ago
Newest
by launch date
WD Red Plus 4TB NAS 3.5 Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s CMR 128MB Cache
- Price
- £111.08
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 4,563
- Age
- 6mo ago

ModusTech 4TB Desktop External Hard Drive (NOT-PORTABLE) Vault USB-C 3.1 (5Gbps) High-Speed HDD for PC Mac Laptop & Console Backup Storage 2-Year Warranty
- Price
- £73.53
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 103
- Age
- 7mo ago

WD 5TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play Formatted for Windows Black
- Price
- £99.22
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 675
- Age
- 11mo ago

Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6GB/s 5.400 RPM 256MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage Data Rescue Services (ST4000VNZ06)
- Price
- £96.09
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 7,068
- Age
- 1y ago

Seagate IronWolf 8TB Internal NAS HDD CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6GB/s 5.400 RPM 256MB Cache Data Rescue Services (ST8000VNZ02)
- Price
- £162.48
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 7,068
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take an estimated 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
4 falling
Sellers
350
Est. top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Est. top-5 click share
62%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Seagate83%
- Western Digital12%
- ModusTech3%
- Toshiba2%
Demand
Western Digital search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.1×
Search terms
Top Western Digital search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with estimated yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- 4tb hdd79K/yr
- 4tb hard drive67K/yr
- internal hard drive69K/yr
- internal hard drives79K/yr
- nas hdd54K/yr
- nas hard drive41K/yr
- 4tb34K/yr
- hdd internal19K/yr
- hard drive internal17K/yr
- hdd 4tb20K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Western Digital
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Broke after three days”
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.
17 topics
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FAQ
Common Western Digital questions
Answered from the same tracked data.
Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data









