Mascara
MaybeShoppers spend an estimated $26.5M a year here. But the average product has 68,070 reviews to catch up to, so Mascara is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 61 / 100Top 7% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +13 vs the category median of 4861
- Market size
- $26.5M/yr24.5M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +3.2%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 43%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 195 sellers
Flapen Score
Mascara against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Mascara is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Mascara market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Mascara 24.5M times last year and spent an estimated $26.5M. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 10.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 24.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +3.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $26.5M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 24.5M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +3.2%
- Conversion, latest week
- 10.1%
- Market size, estimated
- $26.5Ma year
- Peak month
- December1.4× the quietest month
- Top search term
- mascara10.0M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $10.69.
Listings sell for $10.69 on average, from $3.22 to $27.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges, and this niche reaches the top one: 1,000,000 units or more a year. The average listing sells 50,000 to 60,000 of them. At $10.69 that is $535K to $641K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $10.69under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $3.22–$27.40
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 1,000,000 or moreAmazon's top range
- Units per listing a year
- 50,000–60,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $535K–$641K
- Returns
- 0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #24 within Eyes. It carries 68,070 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 90%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #24in Eyes
- Average rating
- 4.40 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 68,070per listing
- Listings tracked
- 48
04 · Newcomers
2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 2
- Successful launches
- 2Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 54 months
Products
Top Mascara 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 14, 2026. The live listing can differ.
Top sellers
by estimated 90-day click share
essence | Lash Princess False Lash Effect Mascara | Volumizing & Lengthening | Cruelty Free & Paraben Free
- Price
- $4.67
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 415,492
- Age
- 10y ago

Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High Washable Mascara Makeup Volumizing Lengthening Defining Curling Multiplying Buildable Formula Blackest Black 1 Count
- Price
- $9.62
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 185,759
- Age
- 5y ago

Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High Washable Mascara Makeup Volumizing Lengthening Defining Curling Multiplying Buildable Formula Very Black 1 Count
- Price
- $9.40
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 185,759
- Age
- 5y ago

essence | Lash Princess False Lash Waterproof Mascara | Vegan & Cruelty Free | For Length & Volume (Pack of 1)
- Price
- $4.72
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 82,156
- Age
- 7y ago

Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High Waterproof Mascara Makeup Volumizing Lengthening Defining Curling Multiplying Buildable Formula Very Black 1 Count
- Price
- $8.36
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 185,759
- Age
- 22y ago
Trending
estimated 90-day click momentum
Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky Tubes Tubing Mascara Extension-Like Lengthening Mascara 24HR Eye Makeup with Shea Butter & Castor Oil Very Black 1 Count
- Price
- $10.85
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 636
- Age
- 3mo ago

LOreal Paris Original Voluminous Mascara Building Mascara Volume and Length Formula Washable Black Brown 0.28 Fl Oz. 1 Count
- Price
- $9.07
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 24,155
- Age
- 22y ago

LOreal Paris Voluminous Panorama Mascara Volumizing and Lengthening Mascara Washable Longwear and Smudge Resistant Make Up Blackest Black 0.33 Fl Oz
- Price
- $12.15
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 22,283
- Age
- 2y ago

Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High Waterproof Mascara Makeup Volumizing Lengthening Defining Curling Multiplying Buildable Formula Very Black 1 Count
- Price
- $8.36
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 185,759
- Age
- 22y ago

Maybelline Lash Sensational Waterproof Mascara Lengthening and Volumizing for a Full Fan Effect Brownish Black 1 Count
- Price
- $9.75
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 21,351
- Age
- 11y ago
Newest
by launch date
Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky Tubes Tubing Mascara Extension-Like Lengthening Mascara 24HR Eye Makeup with Shea Butter & Castor Oil Very Black 1 Count
- Price
- $10.85
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 636
- Age
- 3mo ago

Maybelline The Colossal Bubble Washable Mascara Buildable Mascara Volume and Length Formula for Bold Separated Lashes Blackest Black 1 Count
- Price
- $9.57
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 8,900
- Age
- 1y ago

essence | Lash Without Limits Tubing Extreme Lengthening & Volume Mascara | Waterproof & Tubing| Vegan Cruelty Free & Paraben Free
- Price
- $4.69
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 10,064
- Age
- 1y ago

tarte tartelette XL tubing mascara Lash Extensions in a Tube with Peptide Extra-Bold Buildable Length & Volume Smudge-Proof Longwear Easy-to-Remove Vegan & Cruelty-Free full size black
- Price
- $20.19
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 3,957
- Age
- 2y ago

essence | Lash Princess False Lash Effect Mascara Brown (1 Pack) | Intense Volume Length & Definition | Vegan Cruelty Free & Paraben Free
- Price
- $4.69
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 415,492
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take an estimated 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
13 rising
Sellers
195
Est. top-5 brand share
92%
Top 20: 100%
Est. top-5 click share
43%
Top 20: 74%
Open market
6%
- MAYBELLINE41%
- Essence Cosmetics31%
- L'Oreal Paris13%
- tarte5%
- Lancôme2%
- COVERGIRL2%
- Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 6%)
Demand
Mascara search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Search terms
Top Mascara search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with estimated yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- mascara10.0M/yr
- maybelline mascara1.8M/yr
- mascara volume and length2.2M/yr
- waterproof mascara1.4M/yr
- maybelline1.7M/yr
- tubing mascara1.1M/yr
- mascara waterproof1.1M/yr
- essence mascara871K/yr
- essence778K/yr
- mascara for older women 60 plus715K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mascara
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Looks like false lashes”
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
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FAQ
Common Mascara 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









