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Barbie

Maybe

An estimated 0.8% of orders come back. But the top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Barbie is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 19% of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · +10 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£1.5M/yr5.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
28%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 420 sellers

Flapen Score

Barbie against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Barbie is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Barbie market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Barbie 5.0M times last year and spent an estimated £1.5M. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 5.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
5.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.9%
Conversion, latest week
2.0%
Market size, estimated
£1.5Ma year
Peak month
December3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
barbie2.9M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.94.

Listings sell for £14.94 on average, from £3.00 to £116.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £14.94 that is £11K to £15K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.94under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.00–£116.60
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£11K–£15K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 99% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #115 within Dolls & Accessories. It carries 4,160 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
99%
Out of stock, average day
2.4%
Average rank
#115in Dolls & Accessories
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,160per listing
Listings tracked
68

04 · Newcomers

5 of last year's 8 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Barbie 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 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 28% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£30K£60K£90K£120K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

420

Est. top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 59%

Open market

1%

  • Barbie89%
  • Townley Girl3%
  • Yutoy3%
  • Get Trend2%
  • Disney ILY 4ever1%
  • Play-Doh1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 1%)

Demand

Barbie search demand

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

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

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Search terms

Top Barbie search terms shoppers use

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

  • barbie2.9M/yr
  • barbie dolls1.1M/yr
  • barbie doll271K/yr
  • barbie accessories188K/yr
  • barbi89K/yr
  • barbies110K/yr
  • barbie toys91K/yr
  • barbie playsets39K/yr
  • barbie set45K/yr
  • barbie gifts30K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Barbie

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

18%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
16%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.8%of orders come back
“The quality is basic”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”16% of negative reviews mention the same topic

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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Barbie 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