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Nike Shorts

Maybe

Search demand grew +153.8% this quarter. But shoppers spend an estimated $58K a year here, so Nike Shorts is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 14% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +11 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£58K/yr414K searches / yr
90-day growth
+153.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
17%top-5 click share · 68 brands · 113 sellers

Flapen Score

Nike Shorts against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Nike Shorts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Nike Shorts 414K times last year and spent an estimated £58K. The top 5 brands take 39% of clicks. Demand peaks in May. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 414K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +153.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £58K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
414K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+153.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.2%
Market size, estimated
£58Ka year
Peak month
May2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
black shorts women114K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.56.

Listings sell for £11.56 on average, from £4.74 to £27.13. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £11.56 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.56under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.74–£27.13
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
3.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 99% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #57 within Activewear. It carries 3,899 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
99%
Out of stock, average day
2.1%
Average rank
#57in Activewear
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,899per listing
Listings tracked
134

04 · Newcomers

9 of last year's 28 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

28 products launched here in the last 12 months. 9 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
28
Successful launches
9Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Nike 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 17% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£2K£4K£5K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

68 rising

Sellers

113

Est. top-5 brand share

39%

Top 20: 72%

Est. top-5 click share

17%

Top 20: 41%

Open market

57%

  • Amazon Essentials11%
  • JOYSPELS10%
  • Sanpetix8%
  • SINOPHANT5%
  • HOPLYNN5%
  • BLONGW4%

Demand

Nike Shorts search demand

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

30K20KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Nike Shorts search terms shoppers use

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

  • black shorts women114K/yr
  • black shorts108K/yr
  • womens gym shorts61K/yr
  • yoga shorts25K/yr
  • tennis shorts17K/yr
  • black gym shorts11K/yr
  • workout shorts10K/yr
  • black sports shorts10K/yr
  • nike gym shorts men7K/yr
  • run shorts7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Nike Shorts

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
19%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
3.3%of orders come back
“they are tight”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”19% 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 Nike 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