Skip to content

Socks

Pass

Socks scores 67 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $36.6M a year here, demand is soft, at -4.7% this quarter, and returns run at 1.4% of orders.

Flapen Score
67
67 / 100
Top 1% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +22 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$36.6M/yr50.9M searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
16%top-5 click share · 61 brands · 199 sellers

Flapen Score

Socks against its category

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

67Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Socks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Socks 50.9M times last year and spent an estimated $36.6M. The top 5 brands take 34% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 67 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

5.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 50.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $36.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
50.9M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.7%
Conversion, latest week
5.0%
Market size, estimated
$36.6Ma year
Peak month
December2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
socks10.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.34.

Listings sell for $14.34 on average, from $5.01 to $30.98. 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 12,500 to 15,000 of them. At $14.34 that is $179K to $215K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.34under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.01–$30.98
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
12,500–15,000
Revenue per listing a year
$179K–$215K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #157 within Socks & Hosiery. It carries 19,084 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.2%
Average rank
#157in Socks & Hosiery
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
19,084per listing
Listings tracked
136

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 17 of last year's 17 launches as successful.

17 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 17 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
17
Successful launches
17Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Socks 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 16% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$733K$1.5M$2.2M$2.9M1001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

61 rising

Sellers

199

Top-5 brand share

34%

Top 20: 74%

Top-5 click share

16%

Top 20: 40%

Open market

62%

  • wernies9%
  • BomKinta7%
  • Niorasen6%
  • BAMBOO COOL6%
  • shnn6%
  • adidas5%

Demand

Socks search demand

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

2.3M1.8MPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Socks search terms shoppers use

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

  • socks10.1M/yr
  • mens socks8.0M/yr
  • socks for men5.3M/yr
  • socks for women5.5M/yr
  • womens socks5.4M/yr
  • ankle socks1.6M/yr
  • mens socks size 10-131.6M/yr
  • ankle socks for women1.4M/yr
  • mens ankle socks1.1M/yr
  • running socks1.1M/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Socks

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

Complain

Size-Overall15%−0.01

Don't fit

Too long

Too big and loose

Thickness13%−0.04

Very thick

Not as thick as I would like

A little thicker than I expected

Quality-Overall9%+0.08

Low quality

VERY low quality

Not well made

Durability6%−0.04

AWFUL durability

Did not last

Did not hold up

Thin6%−0.04

Extremely thin

Fabric is thin

Really thin and the material is a little rough

Love

Comfort-Overall23%+2.70

Comfortable to wear

Comfortable and perfect

Light weight comfortable

Size-Overall14%−0.01

Fits as expected

fit as expected

Amazing fit

Quality-Overall12%+0.08

Decent quality

Great quality shirts

Great quality for affordable price

Value For Money7%+0.55

Great Deal

Decent for the Cost

Money well spent

Soft Feel6%

Soft and smooth

Soft cotton

Comfortable and soft

Return

1.4% Return rate 53% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall26%▇▇████

Don't fit

Too long

Too big and loose

Thin13%██▇▇▆▆

Extremely thin

Fabric is thin

Really thin and the material is a little rough

Feet Fit13%██████
Length11%████▇█
Material Quality7%▇▇█▇▇▇

Cheap Material

Average material

Material tears easily

FAQ

Common Socks questions

Answered from the same tracked data.