Exploding Topics - ET: March 15th 2022

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Here’s this week’s list of rapidly trending topics, insights and analysis.

Topic #1

Decodable Readers

Decodable readers are books designed to help children practice letter-sound patterns.

For example, First Little Readers is a popular series of decodable readers.

First Little Readers’ most popular books package generates an estimated $11K/month on Amazon (AMZscout).

What's next:
Decodable readers are part of the digital phonics instruction meta trend.

Examples of trending digital phonics programs include:

MultiLit is a program developed by Macquarie University that aims to help children with reading difficulties.

Sounds-Write is a synthetics phonics program aimed at children of ages 4 to 10.

Little Learners Love Literacy provides various products (decodable readers, games, apps, etc.) dedicated to teaching phonics to young children.

Topic #2

Userlytics

Userlytics is a remote user testing platform.

Specifically, it’s designed to help companies run user experience studies such as usability tests, diary studies, tree testing, and card sorting.

The startup has hit $3M in annual revenue from over 1,000 customers, including Google, Microsoft and Philips.

What's next:
Userlytics is part of the UX research platforms meta trend.

The software testing services industry is worth $6 billion.

There are approximately 1,900 businesses in this space.

Over the next 5 years the industry is expected to experience an annual growth rate of 5.2%, taking the industry to $7.8 billion.

Respondent, Appquality and ObservePoint are examples of growing UX research platforms.

Topic #3

Ashwagandha Gummies

Searches for “ashwagandha gummies” have increased by 5500% over the past two years.

Ashwagandha gummies are a type of dietary supplement designed to reduce stress and improve sleep.

The current leader in the space (Goli Nutrition) is estimated to bring in $148K in monthly sales from their ashwagandha gummies on Amazon alone.

61% of US consumers report being very open to using products that include ashwagandha (right behind probiotics at 62%).

What's next:
Ashwagandha gummies are part of the Gummified Health meta trend.

Examples of fast-growing brands across this space include:

Highline Wellness: DTC CBD brand with 9 different types of gummies, including night gummies and energy gummies.

HUM Nutrition: Beauty supplement brand with gummies for hair growth and skin health. Their ashwagandha gummies are formulated with L-Theanine. The LA-based startup has raised $20M in funding.

Havasu Nutrition: The company is estimated to sell 20,700 units on Amazon per month of their best-selling supplement (elderberry gummies).

Topic #4

Cambivo

Cambivo is a DTC fitness gear startup.

The startup sells 38 products including exercise (resistance bands and yoga mats) and rehab (knee braces, compression socks, etc.) SKUs.

Cambivo’s flagship product, a knee brace, generates an estimated $166K/month on Amazon (AMZscout).

Another popular Cambivo product, a wide yoga mat, generates around $29K/month on Amazon.

What's next:
Cambivo is part of the DTC sporting goods meta trend.

The DTC segment of the sport and outdoor industry is projected to increase by more than 20% in the next 5 years.

And the number of people that use ecommerce for their sporting goods purchases is forecast to increase to $1.3B by 2025.

China will account for the largest share of this segment (approximately 53% of the global market share).

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