Acoustic Guitar Strings
FailThe top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Acoustic Guitar Strings is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 44 / 100Ranks 86 of 171 Musical Instruments & DJ niches · on the category median44
- Market size
- £494K/yr404K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -11.9%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 67%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 41 sellers
Flapen Score
Acoustic Guitar Strings against its category
The dotted line is the Musical Instruments & DJ average. Past it, Acoustic Guitar Strings is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Acoustic Guitar Strings market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Acoustic Guitar Strings 404K times last year and spent an estimated £494K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 12.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 404K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 12.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £494K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 404K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -11.9%
- Conversion, latest week
- 12.5%
- Market size, estimated
- £494Ka year
- Peak month
- December2.4× the quietest month
- Top search term
- acoustic guitar strings233K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £9.76.
Listings sell for £9.76 on average, from £4.27 to £35.02. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £9.76 that is £20K to £24K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £9.76under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £4.27–£35.02
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 50K–60K
- Units per listing a year
- 2,000–2,500
- Revenue per listing a year
- £20K–£24K
- Returns
- 0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
47% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #44 within Musical Instruments & DJ. It carries 9,460 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 47%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 5.1%
- Average rank
- #44in Musical Instruments & DJ
- Average rating
- 4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 9,460per listing
- Listings tracked
- 15
04 · Newcomers
1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 86 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 1
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 86 months
Products
Top Acoustic Guitar Strings 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 28, 2026. The live listing can differ.
Top sellers
by estimated 90-day click share
Elixir 16052 Strings Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings w NANOWEB Coating Light (.012-.053)
- Price
- £14.20
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 30,430
- Age
- 17y ago
Ernie Ball Earthwood Medium Light Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings - 12-54 Gauge
- Price
- £6.27
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 13,976
- Age
- 17y ago
DAddario XS Phosphor Bronze Coated Acoustic Guitar Strings 12-53
- Price
- £13.59
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 6,646
- Age
- 5y ago
Adagio Professional Acoustic Guitar Strings Full Set/Pack - Gauge 10-47 Phosphor Bronze
- Price
- £5.79
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,261
- Age
- 18y ago
DAddario Guitar Strings - Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings - EJ17 - Rich Full Tonal Spectrum - For 6 String Guitars - 13-56 Medium
- Price
- £6.48
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 60,835
- Age
- 18y ago
Trending
estimated 90-day click momentum
Ernie Ball Earthwood Medium 80/20 Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings - 13-56 Gauge
- Price
- £5.67
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,694
- Age
- 19y ago
Ernie Ball Earthwood Light Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings - 11-52 Gauge
- Price
- £6.33
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 5,597
- Age
- 12y ago
DAddario XS Phosphor Bronze Coated Acoustic Guitar Strings 11-52
- Price
- £11.58
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 6,646
- Age
- 5y ago
Elixir Strings Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings with NANOWEB Technology Custom Light (.011-.052) - Amazon Exclusive 4 Pack
- Price
- £35.02
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 41
- Age
- 10mo ago
DAddario Guitar Strings - Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings - EJ17 - Rich Full Tonal Spectrum - For 6 String Guitars - 13-56 Medium
- Price
- £6.48
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 60,835
- Age
- 18y ago
Newest
by launch dateElixir Strings Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings with NANOWEB Technology Custom Light (.011-.052) - Amazon Exclusive 4 Pack
- Price
- £35.02
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 41
- Age
- 10mo ago
DAddario XS Phosphor Bronze Coated Acoustic Guitar Strings 12-53
- Price
- £13.59
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 6,646
- Age
- 5y ago
DAddario XS Phosphor Bronze Coated Acoustic Guitar Strings 11-52
- Price
- £11.58
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 6,646
- Age
- 5y ago
Donner Light Acoustic Guitar Strings Phosphor Bronze Coated 1 Set of 6 Hex Steel String 11-50 DAS-20L
- Price
- £4.27
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 1,539
- Age
- 6y ago
Adagio Professional Acoustic Guitar Strings Full Set/Pack - Light Gauge 12-53 Phosphor Bronze
- Price
- £5.48
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 867
- Age
- 11y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take an estimated 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
5 falling
Sellers
41
Est. top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Est. top-5 click share
67%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Elixir29%
- Ernie Ball24%
- D'Addario23%
- Adagio23%
- Donner2%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Demand
Acoustic Guitar Strings search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×
Search terms
Top Acoustic Guitar Strings search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with estimated yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- acoustic guitar strings233K/yr
- elixir acoustic strings40K/yr
- daddario acoustic guitar strings32K/yr
- guitar strings acoustic23K/yr
- acoustic strings11K/yr
- ernie ball acoustic guitar strings11K/yr
- guitar strings acoustic steel11K/yr
- acoustic guitar strings light7K/yr
- acoustic guitar strings 11-524K/yr
- acoustic guitar strings medium4K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Acoustic Guitar Strings
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“its a fake string”
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
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FAQ
Common Acoustic Guitar Strings 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