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Winter Running Socks

Fail

Demand is soft, at -46.4% this quarter, so Winter Running Socks is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Top 37% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +3 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$443K/yr1.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-46.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
22%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Winter Running Socks against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Winter Running Socks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Winter Running Socks 1.0M times last year and spent an estimated $443K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -46.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $443K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-46.4%
Conversion, latest week
2.0%
Market size, estimated
$443Ka year
Peak month
December8.8× the quietest month
Top search term
smartwool womens socks410K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $22.26.

Listings sell for $22.26 on average, from $11.91 to $61.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $22.26 that is $6K to $11K a year per listing.

Average price
$22.26inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$11.91–$61.55
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$6K–$11K
Returns
2.6%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. 99% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #3,590 within Athletic Socks. It carries 1,935 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
99%
Out of stock, average day
0.8%
Average rank
#3,590in Athletic Socks
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,935per listing
Listings tracked
107

04 · Newcomers

5 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Winter Running 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

23 rising

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

22%

Top 20: 51%

Open market

9%

  • Brand 167%
  • Brand 210%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 61%
  • Open — no brand owns it (17 brands, 9%)

Demand

Winter Running Socks search demand

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

80K60KPrime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.8×

Search terms

Top Winter Running Socks search terms shoppers use

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

  • smartwool womens socks410K/yr
  • smart wool socks for womens292K/yr
  • smartwool socks women77K/yr
  • merino wool ankle socks for women17K/yr
  • smartwool hiking socks womens10K/yr
  • smartwool ankle socks for women10K/yr
  • smartwool running socks women16K/yr
  • smart wool socks for women23K/yr
  • smart wool hiking socks womens13K/yr
  • wool running socks women17K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Winter Running Socks

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

31%of positive reviews mention “Warmth”
13%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
2.6%of orders come back
“Didnt last”
A buyer, on “Durability”13% 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 Winter Running Socks questions

Answered from the same tracked data.