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Mucinex

Fail

Demand is soft, at -32.6% this quarter, so Mucinex is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 1,746 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£139K/yr245K searches / yr
90-day growth
-32.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 48 sellers

Flapen Score

Mucinex against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Mucinex is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mucinex market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mucinex 245K times last year and spent an estimated £139K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

7.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 245K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -32.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £139K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
245K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-32.6%
Conversion, latest week
7.9%
Market size, estimated
£139Ka year
Peak month
January2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
mucinex50K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.13.

Listings sell for £7.13 on average, from £2.90 to £17.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £7.13 that is £7K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.13under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.90–£17.23
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£9K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #123 within Over-the-Counter Medication. It carries 1,572 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#123in Over-the-Counter Medication
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,572per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Mucinex products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£14K£28K£42K£55K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

48

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • Benylin55%
  • Sudafed11%
  • Covonia9%
  • POTTER'S9%
  • Murlancra5%
  • ratiopharm5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)

Demand

Mucinex search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Mucinex search terms shoppers use

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

  • mucinex50K/yr
  • mucus and phlegm removal38K/yr
  • guaifenesin25K/yr
  • phlegm and mucus remover24K/yr
  • throat mucus remover11K/yr
  • mucus relief17K/yr
  • mucus cough medicine13K/yr
  • mucus remover9K/yr
  • guaifenesin mucus relief8K/yr
  • mucinex guaifenesin5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mucinex

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Cough Relief19%+1.56

my cough still lingered

Coughing

Mucus cough

Taste-Overall17%−0.09

The tablet does have an unpleasant taste

Taste horrible

those sensitive to strong flavours may find it unpleasant

Functionality-Overall9%−0.06

it just does nothing

Don't work

Not effective at all

Strength6%−0.04

Not very good quite flimsy

way too strong

just not strong enough to do what its supposed to do

Breathability4%+0.31

I was a bit wary about buying this breathing aid

It's not as easy to do when you are suffering to breathe

Love

Cough Relief28%+1.56

Eases a cough well

Great cough medicine

Decent cough syrup

Value For Money9%+0.29

the benefits are great

Great value

Good price

Quality-Overall8%+0.61

Great device

Excellent Product

It's what I ordered well made

Efficiency7%+0.64

Effective

Quick working

Works well

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.39

Did the job

Works as described

Does exactly what it should

Return

0.1% Return rate 15% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall53%▂█▅▄█▆

it just does nothing

Don't work

Not effective at all

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%▆▅▄█▁▃
Quality-Overall5%▂▁▁█▁▃
Product Condition4%█▁▁▁▁▅
Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting3%█▁▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Mucinex questions

Answered from the same tracked data.