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Over Ear Earbuds

Fail

The average product has 6,703 reviews to catch up to, so Over Ear Earbuds is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 26% of 1,488 Electronics & Photo niches · +5 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£305K/yr396K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Over Ear Earbuds against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Over Ear Earbuds market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Over Ear Earbuds 396K times last year and spent an estimated £305K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 396K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £305K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
396K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.0%
Conversion, latest week
3.3%
Market size, estimated
£305Ka year
Peak month
December2.9× the quietest month
Top search term
over ear earbuds72K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £23.40.

Listings sell for £23.40 on average, from £7.59 to £62.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £23.40 that is £6K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£23.40inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.59–£62.95
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£12K
Returns
2.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 32.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #226 within Headphones, Earphones & Accessories. It carries 6,703 reviews at 4.11 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
32.6%
Average rank
#226in Headphones, Earphones & Accessories
Average rating
4.11 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,703per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

8 of last year's 11 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

11 products launched here in the last 12 months. 8 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 27 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
11
Successful launches
8Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
27 months

Products

Top Over Ear Earbuds 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 31, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£30K£61K£91K£122K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

41

Est. top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

13%

  • soundcore34%
  • JLab20%
  • Jesebang15%
  • HAOYUYAN8%
  • Poounur5%
  • Hupoaf5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 13%)

Demand

Over Ear Earbuds search demand

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

10K6KPrime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Search terms

Top Over Ear Earbuds search terms shoppers use

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

  • over ear earbuds72K/yr
  • sports earbuds49K/yr
  • sports earphones37K/yr
  • running earbuds36K/yr
  • sport earbuds28K/yr
  • jlab go air sport19K/yr
  • over the ear wireless earbuds16K/yr
  • gym earbuds18K/yr
  • earbuds with ear hooks16K/yr
  • over ear earphones11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Over Ear Earbuds

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Audio Quality”
11%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
2.4%of orders come back
“Broke after a month”
A buyer, on “Durability”11% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Over Ear Earbuds 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