Fishing
MaybeShoppers spend an estimated $16.6M a year here. But buyers convert on only 1.3% of searches, so Fishing is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 62 / 100Top 8% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +15 vs the category median of 4762
- Market size
- $16.6M/yr29.9M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +74.8%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 53%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 69 sellers
Flapen Score
Fishing against its category
The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Fishing is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Fishing market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Fishing 29.9M times last year and spent an estimated $16.6M. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Dec. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 1.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 29.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +74.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $16.6M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 29.9M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +74.8%
- Conversion, latest week
- 1.3%
- Market size, estimated
- $16.6Ma year
- Peak month
- June3.1× the quietest month
- Top search term
- fishing gear4.4M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $42.64.
Listings sell for $42.64 on average, from $7.29 to $149.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At $42.64 that is $213K to $256K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $42.64inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $7.29–$149.62
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 300K–400K
- Units per listing a year
- 5,000–6,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $213K–$256K
- Returns
- 1.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads and reviews.
100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #121 within Rods & Accessories. It carries 2,204 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 100%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 1.3%
- Average rank
- #121in Rods & Accessories
- Average rating
- 4.53 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 2,204per listing
- Listings tracked
- 31
04 · Newcomers
5 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 7
- Successful launches
- 5Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 46 months
Products
Top Fishing 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
15 falling
Sellers
69
Top-5 brand share
86%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
53%
Top 20: 86%
Open market
12%
- Brand 159%
- Brand 216%
- Brand 35%
- Brand 44%
- Brand 52%
- Brand 62%
- Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 12%)
Demand
Fishing search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jun, Jul, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×
Search terms
Top Fishing search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- fishing gear4.4M/yr
- fishing6.4M/yr
- fishing lures3.3M/yr
- tackle box3.0M/yr
- fishing rod2.7M/yr
- fishing pole1.9M/yr
- fishing accessories1.2M/yr
- fishing tackle box965K/yr
- fishing rods709K/yr
- fishing rod and reel combo555K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fishing
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Bad quality”
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.
18 topics
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FAQ
Common Fishing questions
Answered from the same tracked data.









