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trivial pursuit cards

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A small market ($70K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 17Growth 37Conversion 51Competition 19Returns 77Price range 84Avg price 95Brand share 20Review moat 25Quality gap 35

Avg price

Incredible$25.84

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$7.96–$58.21

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Returns

Great1.9%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Conversion

Good4.1%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Growth

Okay+9.3%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Review moat

Bad4,671.83

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Brand share

Bad92%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

Bad77%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Market size

Bad$70K

$70K/yr · 66K searches

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, trivial pursuit cards is a $70K/yr Amazon United States market (66K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Data updated Jul 31, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

trivial pursuit cards market data

Units sold / yr
3K–3K
avg 250–500/product
Revenue / yr
$65K–$78K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
4.1%
Avg BSR
#3,899
Page quality
0%
Prime
100%
Sponsored
50%
Out of stock
0.0%
Avg brand age
69 months
Avg seller age
154 days

Competition & brand share

The top 5 products capture 77% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

64

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Hasbro Gaming49%
  • JOY FOR ALL24%
  • Hasbro10%
  • Trivial Pursuit Genus6%
  • The World Game4%
  • Hygge Games3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 45 weeks — +9.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
3K2KBlack Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26Sep '25Nov '25Dec '25Feb '26Apr '26May '26

Top trivial pursuit cards search terms

  • trivial pursuit cards only27K/yr
  • trivial pursuit cards22K/yr
  • trivial pursuit expansion pack6K/yr
  • trivial pursuit cards expansion3K/yr
  • trivial pursuit mini packs4K/yr
  • trivial pursuit expansion pack cards4K/yr
All search terms

Top trivial pursuit cards products on Amazon

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%15%$10K30%$21K45%$31K60%$42K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 12 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

What buyers say about trivial pursuit cards

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Fun/Entertainment Experience50%

“Fun for children and adults”

Trivia Games20%

“Fun, adaptable family trivia game”

Ease Of Use5%

“easy to use”

Quality-Overall5%

“Great quality”

Educational-Overall4%

“Very educational”

Gifting Purpose3%

“Gift to grandchild”

Portability3%

“make it more portable as well to take to gatherings”

Size-Overall1%

“Great size and was really good quality”

Value For Money1%

“Highly recommend this as a good value for the family”

Developmental Needs1%

“Just right for our neurodiverse adults Game Night”

What buyers complain about

Trivia Games15%

“Very difficult trivia”

Quality-Overall9%

“The cards arent quite the quality of the box, though”

Fun/Entertainment Experience9%

“some of them were very dumb”

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting7%

“The directions were so poorly thought out that we just ended up reading the cards back-and-forth”

Value For Money5%

“wish there were more cards for the price”

Natural Resource Wastage4%

“Waste”

Color4%

“No color categories”

Compatibility-Overall4%

“Not exactly compatible”

Thickness4%

“Not as thick as the older games”

Size-Overall3%

“Dice extremely small and worthless”

Top return reasons

Trivia Games24%
Advertised Vs Actual Product15%
Value For Money10%
Product Condition8%
Fun/Entertainment Experience7%
Size-Overall6%
Print Quality5%
Defective Material/Parts4%
Gifting Purpose4%
Functionality-Overall2%

Common questions

Is trivial pursuit cards profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
The niche generates $70K/yr across 12 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +9.3%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (39/100).
How competitive is the trivial pursuit cards niche?
8 brands and 64 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 77% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 92% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in trivial pursuit cards?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Trivia Games, Quality-Overall, Fun/Entertainment Experience. The return rate is 1.9%.
What does it cost to enter the trivial pursuit cards niche?
Listings span $7.96–$58.21; the average listing price is $25.84 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 4,672 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.