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Tampons

Pass

Tampons scores 68 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $66.1M a year here, search demand grew +23.2% this quarter, and an estimated 0.2% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
68
68 / 100
Top 2% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +19 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$66.1M/yr24.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
+23.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
24%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 204 sellers

Flapen Score

Tampons against its category

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

68Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tampons market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Tampons 24.8M times last year and spent an estimated $66.1M. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Dec. Flapen scores it 68 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 19.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 24.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 19.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +23.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $66.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
24.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+23.2%
Conversion, latest week
19.4%
Market size, estimated
$66.1Ma year
Peak month
December2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
tampons3.6M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.74.

Listings sell for $13.74 on average, from $4.64 to $29.32. 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 40,000 to 50,000 of them. At $13.74 that is $550K to $687K a year per listing.

Average price
$13.74under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.64–$29.32
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
40,000–50,000
Revenue per listing a year
$550K–$687K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% 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 #60 within Feminine Care. It carries 11,333 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#60in Feminine Care
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
11,333per listing
Listings tracked
77

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 59 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
59 months

Products

Top Tampons 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 24% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

204

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

24%

Top 20: 58%

Open market

6%

  • Brand 140%
  • Brand 230%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 6%)

Demand

Tampons search demand

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

400K300KPrime Day '24Prime Day '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Tampons search terms shoppers use

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

  • tampons3.6M/yr
  • pads3.1M/yr
  • pads for women2.1M/yr
  • always pads1.9M/yr
  • feminine care2.4M/yr
  • tampons for women1.0M/yr
  • pad750K/yr
  • always547K/yr
  • sanitary pads for women482K/yr
  • toallas sanitarias para mujer395K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tampons

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
9%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.2%of orders come back
“No adhesion”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”9% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Tampons questions

Answered from the same tracked data.