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Running Shorts Men

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Search demand grew +112.8% this quarter. But buyers convert on only 1.0% of searches, so Running Shorts Men is a Maybe.

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Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 24% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£58K/yr408K searches / yr
90-day growth
+112.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
19%top-5 click share · 40 brands · 105 sellers

Flapen Score

Running Shorts Men against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Running Shorts Men market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Running Shorts Men 408K times last year and spent an estimated £58K. The top 5 brands take 72% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 408K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +112.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £58K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
408K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+112.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.0%
Market size, estimated
£58Ka year
Peak month
August3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
under armour shorts159K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.18.

Listings sell for £14.18 on average, from £4.87 to £30.75. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £14.18 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.18under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.87–£30.75
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
3.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 99% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #41 within Activewear. It carries 12,390 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
99%
Out of stock, average day
1.0%
Average rank
#41in Activewear
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
12,390per listing
Listings tracked
122

04 · Newcomers

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

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 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
9
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Running Shorts Men 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 19% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£2K£3K£5K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

40 rising

Sellers

105

Est. top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 90%

Est. top-5 click share

19%

Top 20: 44%

Open market

26%

  • Under Armour56%
  • HOPLYNN6%
  • Amazon Essentials6%
  • TCA2%
  • BLONGW2%
  • Sanpetix2%

Demand

Running Shorts Men search demand

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

45K35KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Running Shorts Men search terms shoppers use

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

  • under armour shorts159K/yr
  • black shorts108K/yr
  • yoga shorts25K/yr
  • tennis shorts17K/yr
  • black gym shorts11K/yr
  • workout shorts10K/yr
  • black sports shorts10K/yr
  • running shorts mens8K/yr
  • mens puma shorts7K/yr
  • run shorts7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Running Shorts Men

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
19%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
3.6%of orders come back
“Completely too small”
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 Running Shorts Men 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