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Noise Cancelling Earbuds

Maybe

Shoppers spend $6.0M a year here. But the average product has 24,057 reviews to catch up to, so Noise Cancelling Earbuds is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 12% of 1,488 Electronics & Photo niches · +10 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£6.0M/yr3.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+4.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Noise Cancelling Earbuds against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics & Photo average. Past it, Noise Cancelling Earbuds is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Noise Cancelling Earbuds market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Noise Cancelling Earbuds 3.6M times last year and spent an estimated £6.0M. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 3.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £6.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+4.9%
Conversion, latest week
3.3%
Market size, estimated
£6.0Ma year
Peak month
March1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
soundcore earbuds592K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £51.66.

Listings sell for £51.66 on average, from £8.21 to £170.05. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £51.66 that is £155K to £207K a year per listing.

Average price
£51.66inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.21–£170.05
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£155K–£207K
Returns
2.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #52 within Headphones, Earphones & Accessories. It carries 24,057 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.3%
Average rank
#52in Headphones, Earphones & Accessories
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
24,057per listing
Listings tracked
35

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 9 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 9 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
9Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Noise Cancelling Earbuds 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£301K£602K£903K£1.2M1001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

5%

  • soundcore73%
  • Samsung12%
  • Apple4%
  • Drsaec2%
  • YHFvesv2%
  • Anker1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 5%)

Demand

Noise Cancelling Earbuds search demand

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

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

Peak months: Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Noise Cancelling Earbuds search terms shoppers use

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

  • soundcore earbuds592K/yr
  • noise cancelling earbuds602K/yr
  • samsung earbuds413K/yr
  • soundcore306K/yr
  • earpods334K/yr
  • anker earbuds188K/yr
  • ear pods209K/yr
  • earbuds wireless bluetooth70K/yr
  • ear pods wireless133K/yr
  • anker soundcore96K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Noise Cancelling Earbuds

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

Complain

Durability9%−0.12

Broke after a month

Broke quickly

Broke within a week

Audio Quality8%+1.11

Poor Quality Sound

Sound not clear

Not loud enough

Connectivity-Overall8%−0.10

Cant connect

Unstable connection

constantly disconnects

Quality-Overall7%+1.31

Rubbish quality

Cheap quality

BAD QUALITY

Charging6%−0.05

Not charging

Stopped Charging

doesn't hold a charge

Love

Audio Quality24%+1.11

Amazing sound

Amazing clear sound

Sound is decent

Quality-Overall17%+1.31

The build quality is superb

Brilliant build quality

Amazing Quality

Value For Money16%+1.53

Fair price

Affordable price

Excellent headphones for the price

Battery Life5%+0.15

Amazing battery life

Battery lasts very long

Good battery

Noise Cancellation5%

Amazing noise cancellation

active noise cancellation

Noise cancelling works well

Return

2.3% Return rate 16% Fixable by listing

Audio Quality14%██▇▇█▇

Poor Quality Sound

Sound not clear

Not loud enough

Connectivity-Overall13%█▇▇▇▇▇

Cant connect

Unstable connection

constantly disconnects

Size-Overall12%▇▇█▇▇█
Functionality-Overall11%███▇▇▇

Not working properly

Didn't work

stopped working

Charging7%▇▇▆█▇▇

Not charging

Stopped Charging

doesn't hold a charge

FAQ

Common Noise Cancelling Earbuds questions

Answered from the same tracked data.