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Instant Pot

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Instant Pot is a Fail.

Flapen Score
32
32 / 100
Ranks 5,473 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −19 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£348K/yr603K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
89%top-5 click share · 1 brands · 11 sellers

Flapen Score

Instant Pot against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Instant Pot is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

32Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Instant Pot market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Instant Pot 603K times last year and spent an estimated £348K. One brand takes every click. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 32 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 603K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £348K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
603K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.3%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
£348Ka year
Peak month
October2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
instant pot470K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £70.28.

Listings sell for £70.28 on average, from £50.66 to £100.05. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £70.28 that is £53K to £70K a year per listing.

Average price
£70.28inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£50.66–£100.05
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£53K–£70K
Returns
5.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #5 within Small Kitchen Appliances. It carries 5,100 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.4%
Average rank
#5in Small Kitchen Appliances
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,100per listing
Listings tracked
8

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Instant Pot 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 89% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£52K£104K£156K£209K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

1 falling

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Instant Pot100%

Demand

Instant Pot search demand

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

35K25KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Instant Pot search terms shoppers use

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

  • instant pot470K/yr
  • instant pot pressure cooker42K/yr
  • instapot24K/yr
  • instant pot duo14K/yr
  • one pot12K/yr
  • insta pot8K/yr
  • instant pot duo crisp6K/yr
  • instantpot6K/yr
  • instant pot duo plus5K/yr
  • instant pot 3l5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Instant Pot

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

Complain

Quality-Overall9%−0.03

go for a cheaper brand

Bad design / quality

Rubbish

Size-Overall8%+0.21

The 5.7l is small in my opinion

tight on small whole birds

Huge

Heating6%−0.03

However, the Keep Warm function is not really keeping warm, just lukewarm

Stuck on Preheating I experienced the same fault as others have

cooking takes longer

Leak-Proof5%

pressure leaking out even with seal locked

Steam leaks from all sides

Touch/Button Controls5%−0.03

then the start button failed

Touch controls are unintuitive

Love

Cooking Experience17%+0.67

Its super user-friendly with its multiple cooking options

Quick cooker

Saves A LOT of cook time

Ease Of Use17%+1.05

Easy to cook easy to use

Easy to use

It makes your life pretty easier

Quality-Overall17%−0.03

Good quality pot

Excellent Product

The build quality is solid

Value For Money8%+0.50

Value for money

Good value

Worth to buy

Time Taken7%+0.82

Fantastic time saving gadget

Quick cooker

Time saved

Return

5.2% Return rate 62% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall52%█▇██▇▇

The 5.7l is small in my opinion

tight on small whole birds

Huge

Functionality-Overall11%▄▇█▇▅▆

Two Functions not working

Now the yogurt mode has stopped working

Heating5%▂▇▆▃█▃

However, the Keep Warm function is not really keeping warm, just lukewarm

Stuck on Preheating I experienced the same fault as others have

cooking takes longer

Touch/Button Controls3%▇▄▅▅█▃

then the start button failed

Touch controls are unintuitive

Product Condition3%▂▂▄▅▅█

FAQ

Common Instant Pot questions

Answered from the same tracked data.