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Hiking Socks

Maybe

Search demand grew +145.6% this quarter. But the average product has 9,123 reviews to catch up to, so Hiking Socks is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 3% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +18 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$114K/yr218K searches / yr
90-day growth
+145.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
22%top-5 click share · 41 brands · 57 sellers

Flapen Score

Hiking Socks against its category

The dotted line is the Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry average. Past it, Hiking Socks is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hiking Socks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hiking Socks 218K times last year and spent an estimated $114K. The top 5 brands take 52% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 218K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +145.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $114K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
218K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+145.6%
Conversion, latest week
2.8%
Market size, estimated
$114Ka year
Peak month
December4.7× the quietest month
Top search term
hiking socks women summer53K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.54.

Listings sell for $18.54 on average, from $6.99 to $33.61. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $18.54 that is $2K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.54inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.99–$33.61
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$5K
Returns
2.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #775 within Athletic Socks. It carries 9,123 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.4%
Average rank
#775in Athletic Socks
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
9,123per listing
Listings tracked
89

04 · Newcomers

14 of last year's 23 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

23 products launched here in the last 12 months. 14 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
23
Successful launches
14Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Hiking Socks products & what they sell for

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

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 22% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

41 rising

Sellers

57

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 88%

Top-5 click share

22%

Top 20: 55%

Open market

44%

  • Brand 118%
  • Brand 212%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Hiking Socks search demand

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

100K60KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.7×

Search terms

Top Hiking Socks search terms shoppers use

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

  • hiking socks women summer53K/yr
  • summer hiking socks19K/yr
  • hiking socks summer18K/yr
  • summer hiking socks women17K/yr
  • womens hiking socks summer13K/yr
  • hiking socks men summer12K/yr
  • lightweight hiking socks11K/yr
  • mens hiking socks size 10-1311K/yr
  • summer hiking socks men6K/yr
  • lightweight hiking socks women7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hiking Socks

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Comfort-Overall”
11%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
2.2%of orders come back
“they are short”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”11% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Hiking Socks questions

Answered from the same tracked data.