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Mealworms

Pass

Mealworms scores 73 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $7.0M a year here, search demand grew +29.2% this quarter, and an estimated 0.0% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
73
73 / 100
Top 3% of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · +17 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$7.0M/yr1.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+29.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 24 brands · 58 sellers

Flapen Score

Mealworms against its category

The dotted line is the Patio, Lawn & Garden average. Past it, Mealworms is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

73Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mealworms market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Mealworms 1.6M times last year and spent an estimated $7.0M. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 73 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 14.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 14.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +29.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $7.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+29.2%
Conversion, latest week
14.6%
Market size, estimated
$7.0Ma year
Peak month
May2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
mealworms398K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $30.25.

Listings sell for $30.25 on average, from $3.98 to $59.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At $30.25 that is $91K to $121K a year per listing.

Average price
$30.25inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.98–$59.81
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
$91K–$121K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #25 within Backyard Birding & Wildlife. It carries 3,136 reviews at 4.71 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
0.7%
Average rank
#25in Backyard Birding & Wildlife
Average rating
4.71 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,136per listing
Listings tracked
42

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 64 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
64 months

Products

Top Mealworms 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

24 rising

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

39%

  • Brand 126%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Mealworms search demand

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

50K30KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Mealworms search terms shoppers use

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

  • mealworms398K/yr
  • mealworms for wild birds130K/yr
  • meal worms207K/yr
  • mealworms for chickens194K/yr
  • worms134K/yr
  • dried mealworms85K/yr
  • meal worms for wild birds58K/yr
  • worms for chickens63K/yr
  • mealworms for bluebirds26K/yr
  • meal worms dried for chickens57K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mealworms

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

32%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
18%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Got too expensive”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”18% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Mealworms questions

Answered from the same tracked data.