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Protein Powder

Pass

Protein Powder scores 66 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $11.2M a year here, search demand grew +2.1% this quarter, and returns run at 0.1% of orders.

Flapen Score
66
66 / 100
Top 3% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +18 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£11.2M/yr11.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+2.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
41%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 100 sellers

Flapen Score

Protein Powder against its category

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

66Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Protein Powder market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Protein Powder 11.7M times last year and spent an estimated £11.2M. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Flapen scores it 66 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

4.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 11.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +2.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £11.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
11.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+2.1%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
£11.2Ma year
Peak month
February1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
protein powder5.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £21.80.

Listings sell for £21.80 on average, from £9.10 to £59.15. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500K to 600K a year. The average listing sells 12,500 to 15,000 of them. At £21.80 that is £273K to £327K a year per listing.

Average price
£21.80inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.10–£59.15
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
500K–600K
Units per listing a year
12,500–15,000
Revenue per listing a year
£273K–£327K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

57% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #9 within Diet & Nutrition. It carries 4,843 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
57%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
3.3%
Average rank
#9in Diet & Nutrition
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,843per listing
Listings tracked
40

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
59 months

Products

Top Protein Powder 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 41% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£447K£894K£1.3M£1.8M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

100

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

14%

  • Optimum Nutrition35%
  • BULK POWDERS18%
  • Myprotein14%
  • Applied Nutrition8%
  • Bulk7%
  • Warrior4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 14%)

Demand

Protein Powder search demand

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

300K200KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Protein Powder search terms shoppers use

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

  • protein powder5.0M/yr
  • whey protein powder1.5M/yr
  • protein1.3M/yr
  • whey protein582K/yr
  • optimum nutrition whey protein472K/yr
  • my protein432K/yr
  • bulk protein powder306K/yr
  • vanilla protein powder287K/yr
  • myprotein255K/yr
  • whey isolate protein powder192K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Protein Powder

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

Complain

Taste-Overall29%−0.08

Doesn't taste good

Strange taste

not as tasty

Nutritional Content8%+1.44

Nutritional information incorrect

Need Protein

had to comment to say how poor this protein powder is - avoid

Flavor7%+0.12

Exceedingly artificial flavour

slightly weak flavour

Absolutely disgusting flavour

Texture/Consistency-Overall5%−0.05

Weird texture

Awful texture

Very grainy texture

Value For Money4%+0.38

over priced

Very pricey

Too expensive

Love

Taste-Overall25%−0.08

lovely taste and very satisfying

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS

Beautiful creamy taste

Nutritional Content17%+1.44

good amount of protein

Great Protein Powder

Great protein boost

Quality-Overall9%+1.33

Trusted brand with consistent quality

Fantastic quality

It was a good and effective product

Flavor8%+0.12

the flavour is also very tasty

Flavour is good

The vanilla flavour is pleasant

Value For Money7%+0.38

Good Value for Money

Fair price

good value for money

Return

0.1% Return rate 5% Fixable by listing

Flavor30%▃█▆▅▅▅

Exceedingly artificial flavour

slightly weak flavour

Absolutely disgusting flavour

Taste-Overall19%▅█▅▅█▅

Doesn't taste good

Strange taste

not as tasty

Leak-Proof8%█▁▅█▄▂
Texture/Consistency-Overall4%▃▃█▁▅▆

Weird texture

Awful texture

Very grainy texture

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▆▄▁▂▁█

FAQ

Common Protein Powder questions

Answered from the same tracked data.