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Mucinex

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $8.8M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Mucinex is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 32% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$8.8M/yr2.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-35.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 107 sellers

Flapen Score

Mucinex against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Mucinex is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mucinex market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Mucinex 2.8M times last year and spent an estimated $8.8M. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 16.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 16.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -35.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $8.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-35.8%
Conversion, latest week
16.8%
Market size, estimated
$8.8Ma year
Peak month
January2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
mucinex2.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.50.

Listings sell for $18.50 on average, from $7.01 to $33.52. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 15,000 to 20,000 of them. At $18.50 that is $278K to $370K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.50inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.01–$33.52
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
15,000–20,000
Revenue per listing a year
$278K–$370K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #192 within Cough & Cold. It carries 6,106 reviews at 4.71 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#192in Cough & Cold
Average rating
4.71 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,106per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 96 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
96 months

Products

Top Mucinex 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

107

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 169%
  • Brand 227%
  • Brand 32%
  • Brand 42%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Mucinex search demand

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

100K60KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Mucinex search terms shoppers use

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

  • mucinex2.4M/yr
  • mucinex d124K/yr
  • musinex78K/yr
  • chest congestion relief for adults49K/yr
  • mucinex 600 mg24K/yr
  • chest congestion relief16K/yr
  • mucinex expectorant24K/yr
  • mucinex 12 hour16K/yr
  • mucinex 600 mg guaifenesin7K/yr
  • mucinex maximum strength15K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mucinex

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

15%of positive reviews mention “Efficiency”
28%of negative reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
0.1%of orders come back
“Not user friendly”
A buyer, on “Ease Of Use”28% 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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Mucinex questions

Answered from the same tracked data.