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Salted Popcorn

a small market ($75K/yr) — Salted Popcorn doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

47
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Market size 19Growth 33Conversion 71Competition 42Returns 100Price range 56Avg price 49Brand share 28Review moat 66Quality gap 48
This niche Category average

Is Salted Popcorn profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Salted Popcorn is a £75K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (98K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Salted Popcorn: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +6.7% over the last 90 days and 6.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£75K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr+6.7%98K
Conversion rate6.5%
Avg price£11.88

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand, so 12% of the market is open.

12%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 103
Top-5 product click share60%
Open market12%
Avg brand age47 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 28 products

Sponsored placement54%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews867

Top Salted Popcorn products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£8K£15K£23K£30K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

103

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

12%

  • PROPER77%
  • LOVE CORN3%
  • slamtech2%
  • AKSOY2%
  • MacCorns of Scotland. Est. 19912%
  • Red Rainbow2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 12%)

Salted Popcorn demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume98KCVR6.5%Products28Brands14Top 5 Brands88%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews867Avg BSR#55
3K2KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Salted Popcorn search terms shoppers use

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

  • proper popcorn28K/yr
  • proper corn11K/yr
  • low calorie popcorn7K/yr
  • popcorn snacks7K/yr
  • propercorn7K/yr
  • bulk popcorn7K/yr
  • popcorn multipack7K/yr
  • healthy popcorn5K/yr
  • popcorn ready made4K/yr
  • skinny popcorn4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Salted Popcorn

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Taste-Overall40%

Great snack

Value For Money11%

Good price

Quality-Overall9%

Great Quality

Flavor7%

Great variety of flavours

Crispiness6%

Great crisps

What buyers complain about

78% of reviews
Taste-Overall16%

For some reason it was tasteless

Size-Overall14%

bags are a little small

Burnt/Roasted/Overbaked11%

it turns out black/ half popped

Salt Content9%

Hard and salty

Value For Money7%

Not worth the money

Common Salted Popcorn questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Salted Popcorn 47/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £75K/yr across 28 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +6.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Salted Popcorn on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.