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Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $8.4M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 99% of clicks, so Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 24% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$8.4M/yr3.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+18.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein 3.1M times last year and spent an estimated $8.4M. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +18.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $8.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+18.2%
Conversion, latest week
4.8%
Market size, estimated
$8.4Ma year
Top search term
optimum nutrition whey protein1.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $56.59.

Listings sell for $56.59 on average, from $16.37 to $124.43. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At $56.59 that is $453K to $566K a year per listing.

Average price
$56.59inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$16.37–$124.43
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
$453K–$566K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #10 within Protein. It carries 31,943 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.6%
Average rank
#10in Protein
Average rating
4.61 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
31,943per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 82 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
82 months

Products

Top Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 192%
  • Brand 23%
  • Brand 32%
  • Brand 41%
  • Brand 51%
  • Brand 61%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein search demand

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

100K60KSpike '25Spike '26OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7× · 9 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein search terms shoppers use

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

  • optimum nutrition whey protein1.1M/yr
  • gold standard whey protein481K/yr
  • grass fed whey protein powder281K/yr
  • optimum nutrition274K/yr
  • on protein powder183K/yr
  • optimum nutrition gold standard whey137K/yr
  • on whey protein powder98K/yr
  • grass fed protein powder95K/yr
  • optimum nutrition gold standard66K/yr
  • optimum nutrition gold standard 100% whey43K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein

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

24%of positive reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
20%of negative reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Chalky taste”
A buyer, on “Taste-Overall”20% 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.

13 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein questions

Answered from the same tracked data.