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Barbie

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. 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

2.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

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. In the latest week, 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

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. 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

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 28% of clicks. 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

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

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 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

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

Complain

Quality-Overall16%−0.08

The quality is basic

Bad quality

Feels abit cheaply made

Size-Overall15%0.00

This is huge

it is quite small

Really big

Value For Money10%+1.31

Overpriced for what it is

does feel a bit cheap for the price

Expensive for what it is

Color8%−0.04

The colour change part doesnt work

Doesn't change colour

Really disappointed as our Barbie doesn't change colour

Gifting Purpose5%+0.96

As it was a gift it was a gift I had to buy a box to present it in

Very disappointed about this as its a special gift

It is not suitable as a gift

Love

Value For Money18%+1.31

Excellent price

Good value for money

Decent price

Fun/Entertainment Experience18%+1.26

Imaginative Play

Great toy

Good fun

Gifting Purpose18%+0.96

Birthday Gift

Super gift

Great gift

Quality-Overall17%−0.08

good value and quality arrived quickly

Amazing Quality

Good quality toy

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.30

All works as should

As advertised

As described

Return

0.8% Return rate 29% Fixable by listing

Gifting Purpose27%▆▃▆▅█▆

As it was a gift it was a gift I had to buy a box to present it in

Very disappointed about this as its a special gift

It is not suitable as a gift

Size-Overall15%█▄▅▂▄▇

This is huge

it is quite small

Really big

Defective Material/Parts11%▁█▆▇▅▁
Quality-Overall10%▁█▅█▅▅

The quality is basic

Bad quality

Feels abit cheaply made

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%█▂▄▄▃▆

FAQ

Common Barbie questions

Answered from the same tracked data.