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Sunscreen

Pass

Sunscreen scores 77 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $40.3M a year here, search demand grew +72.8% this quarter, and returns run at 0.6% of orders.

Flapen Score
77
77 / 100
Top 1% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +29 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$40.3M/yr28.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+72.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
25%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 316 sellers

Flapen Score

Sunscreen against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Sunscreen is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

77Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sunscreen market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Sunscreen 28.7M times last year and spent an estimated $40.3M. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 77 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

8.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 28.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +72.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $40.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
28.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+72.8%
Conversion, latest week
8.8%
Market size, estimated
$40.3Ma year
Peak month
June4.4× the quietest month
Top search term
sunscreen9.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.96.

Listings sell for $15.96 on average, from $4.64 to $55.65. 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 25,000 to 30,000 of them. At $15.96 that is $399K to $479K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.96inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.64–$55.65
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
25,000–30,000
Revenue per listing a year
$399K–$479K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% 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 #67 within Sunscreens & Tanning Products. It carries 10,993 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#67in Sunscreens & Tanning Products
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
10,993per listing
Listings tracked
82

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 11 of last year's 11 launches as successful.

11 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 11 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
11
Successful launches
11Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Sunscreen 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 25% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$807K$1.6M$2.4M$3.2M1K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 rising

Sellers

316

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

25%

Top 20: 59%

Open market

30%

  • Neutrogena38%
  • Banana Boat12%
  • BLUE LIZARD6%
  • Sun Bum5%
  • Coppertone4%
  • Hawaiian Tropic4%

Demand

Sunscreen search demand

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

1.5M1.0MSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Search terms

Top Sunscreen search terms shoppers use

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

  • sunscreen9.1M/yr
  • sunscreen spray2.2M/yr
  • sunscreen for face2.3M/yr
  • mineral sunscreen1.6M/yr
  • face sunscreen1.6M/yr
  • korean sunscreen2.0M/yr
  • neutrogena sunscreen1.3M/yr
  • spray sunscreen721K/yr
  • protector solar para la cara1.2M/yr
  • reef safe sunscreen1.1M/yr

FAQ

Common Sunscreen questions

Answered from the same tracked data.