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Wired Earbuds

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $5.4M a year here. But the average product has 15,714 reviews to catch up to, so Wired Earbuds is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 2% of 8,347 Electronics niches · +21 vs the category median of 43
Market size
$5.4M/yr6.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 70 sellers

Flapen Score

Wired Earbuds against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, Wired Earbuds is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wired Earbuds market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Wired Earbuds 6.7M times last year and spent an estimated $5.4M. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 6.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $5.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.9%
Conversion, latest week
6.8%
Market size, estimated
$5.4Ma year
Peak month
July2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
wired earbuds3.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.02.

Listings sell for $12.02 on average, from $8.02 to $19.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At $12.02 that is $120K to $150K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.02under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.02–$19.86
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
$120K–$150K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% 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 #95 within Headphones & Earbuds. It carries 15,714 reviews at 4.24 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#95in Headphones & Earbuds
Average rating
4.24 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
15,714per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Wired Earbuds 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

70

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

29%

  • Brand 132%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Wired Earbuds search demand

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

400K300KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Wired Earbuds search terms shoppers use

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

  • wired earbuds3.0M/yr
  • earbuds wired915K/yr
  • ear buds wired633K/yr
  • earphones wired389K/yr
  • wired earphones192K/yr
  • wired ear buds187K/yr
  • ear phones with cord157K/yr
  • corded earbuds136K/yr
  • wired earbuds with microphone152K/yr
  • plug in headphones145K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wired Earbuds

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

26%of positive reviews mention “Audio Quality”
21%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
1.4%of orders come back
“Break easily”
A buyer, on “Durability”21% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Wired Earbuds questions

Answered from the same tracked data.