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Mens Shorts

Pass

Mens Shorts scores 70 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $679K a year here, search demand grew +220.7% this quarter, and an estimated 3.5% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
70
70 / 100
Top 1% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +22 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£679K/yr6.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+220.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
14%top-5 click share · 57 brands · 149 sellers

Flapen Score

Mens Shorts against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Mens Shorts is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

70Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mens Shorts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mens Shorts 6.0M times last year and spent an estimated £679K. The top 5 brands take 41% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 70 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 6.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +220.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £679K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+220.7%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
£679Ka year
Peak month
July5.6× the quietest month
Top search term
mens shorts1.8M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.08.

Listings sell for £15.08 on average, from £5.95 to £33.33. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £15.08 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.08inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.95–£33.33
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
3.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #41 within Activewear. It carries 8,600 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
0.6%
Average rank
#41in Activewear
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
8,600per listing
Listings tracked
191

04 · Newcomers

10 of last year's 27 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

27 products launched here in the last 12 months. 10 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
27
Successful launches
10Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Mens Shorts 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 14% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£7K£14K£20K£27K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

57 falling

Sellers

149

Est. top-5 brand share

41%

Top 20: 80%

Est. top-5 click share

14%

Top 20: 36%

Open market

55%

  • Amazon Essentials15%
  • APTRO10%
  • SHAGGA6%
  • BOOJO5%
  • JustSun5%
  • HOPLYNN5%

Demand

Mens Shorts search demand

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

500K300KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.6×

Search terms

Top Mens Shorts search terms shoppers use

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

  • mens shorts1.8M/yr
  • shorts for men uk486K/yr
  • shorts488K/yr
  • mens cargo shorts337K/yr
  • cargo shorts men294K/yr
  • running shorts334K/yr
  • gym shorts men308K/yr
  • work shorts men191K/yr
  • mens shorts with pockets157K/yr
  • mens work shorts134K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mens Shorts

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
27%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
3.5%of orders come back
“Size to small”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”27% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Mens Shorts 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