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Black Sports Socks

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Black Sports Socks is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,383 of 2,461 Fashion niches · −2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£282K/yr938K searches / yr
90-day growth
+19.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 75 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Sports Socks against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Black Sports Socks is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Sports Socks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Black Sports Socks 938K times last year and spent an estimated £282K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in May–Jun. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 938K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +19.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £282K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
938K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+19.6%
Conversion, latest week
3.1%
Market size, estimated
£282Ka year
Peak month
June3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
adidas socks382K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.78.

Listings sell for £9.78 on average, from £4.46 to £19.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £9.78 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.78under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.46–£19.94
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

57% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #32 within Boys. It carries 5,919 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
57%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.9%
Average rank
#32in Boys
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,919per listing
Listings tracked
40

04 · Newcomers

19 of last year's 19 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

19 products launched here in the last 12 months. 19 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
19
Successful launches
19Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Black Sports Socks 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 23, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£14K£28K£42K£56K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 rising

Sellers

75

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

0%

  • adidas84%
  • NIKE14%
  • SockWaddles1%
  • DANISH ENDURANCE1%

Demand

Black Sports Socks search demand

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

20K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Black Sports Socks search terms shoppers use

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

  • adidas socks382K/yr
  • black nike socks91K/yr
  • adidas socks men65K/yr
  • mens adidas socks48K/yr
  • black sports socks49K/yr
  • adidas socks mens 6-1124K/yr
  • adidas socks women41K/yr
  • adidas ankle socks17K/yr
  • nike black socks30K/yr
  • white adidas socks17K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Sports Socks

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

28%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
25%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.6%of orders come back
“Not as good as the shop bought versions”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”25% 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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Sports Socks 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