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Black Friday 2025, 2024 and 2023: What Shoppers Wanted at Amazon, Walmart & Target

What did people shop for during the last three Black Fridays? We ranked the most-visited product pages at Amazon, Walmart and Target each November. Here’s each year, store by store, and what changed.

Updated November 7, 2026

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Jump to: At a glance · Black Friday 2025 · Black Friday 2024 · Black Friday 2023 · What changed · Thanksgiving food · How we ranked · FAQ

Three Black Fridays at a glance

202520242023
Amazon’s top gift itemCanon PowerShot G7 X Mark III cameraApple iPhone 11Fire TV Stick
Walmart’s top gift itemLabubu Big Into Energy blind boxApple AirPods (2nd gen)PlayStation 5
Target’s top gift itemNintendo Switch 2Taylor Swift Eras Tour BookWordle: The Party Game
The year in one lineCameras, Switch 2 and PokémonOlder iPhones and Taylor SwiftGame consoles and Amazon devices

Black Friday 2025

The Switch 2 had its first holiday season, a compact camera first released in 2019 topped Amazon, and Labubu topped Walmart. At Amazon, five of the top 10 product pages were iPhones, four of them at least two years old. Pokémon cards broke into Target’s top 10 twice.

Amazon

RankItemShop
#1Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III cameraCheck price on Amazon
#2Apple AirPods Pro 2Check price on Amazon
#3Apple iPhone 15 Pro MaxCheck price on Amazon
#4Apple iPhone 16 Pro MaxCheck price on Amazon
#5Apple iPhone 13Check price on Amazon
#6Apple iPhone 14 Pro MaxCheck price on Amazon
#7Apple Watch Series 10Check price on Amazon
#9Apple iPhone 13 Pro MaxCheck price on Amazon
#13Kindle PaperwhiteCheck price on Amazon
#20Upstreman mini fridgeCheck price on Amazon

Walmart

RankItemShop
#1Labubu Big Into Energy blind boxSee it at Walmart
#3Nintendo Switch 2See it at Walmart
#5Apple AirPods Pro 2See it at Walmart
#6Beats Solo3 headphonesSee it at Walmart
#8Ninja SLUSHi frozen drink makerSee it at Walmart
#12Straight Talk iPhone 13 (prepaid)See it at Walmart
#16onn Google TV 4K streaming boxSee it at Walmart
#27onn 98″ Roku TVSee it at Walmart
#30Xbox Series XSee it at Walmart
#32Labubu Have a Seat blind boxSee it at Walmart

Target

RankItemShop
#1Nintendo Switch 2See it at Target
#2Onyx Storm (Target exclusive edition)See it at Target
#3Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III cameraSee it at Target
#4Pokémon Blooming Waters Premium CollectionSee it at Target
#5Taylor Swift Eras Tour Book
#7Barbie Dreamhouse Pool Party
#10Pokémon Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box
#11Magic 8 BallSee it at Target
#13Ms. Rachel Toniebox 2 starter setSee it at Target
#15Apple AirPods Pro 2See it at Target

Ranks count every product page on the store’s list that month. Gaps in the numbers are groceries, health and beauty items, school supplies and other everyday items we left out. Walmart’s #2 was the TI-84 graphing calculator, and Post Malone’s limited-edition Oreos were #7.

Black Friday 2024

Older iPhones swept Amazon, with the iPhone 11 at #1 and the 15 Pro Max at #2. Taylor Swift topped Target with the Eras Tour Book, and her Tortured Poets Department anthology vinyl was #5. Skibidi Toilet toys made the top five at both Target and Walmart.

Amazon

RankItemShop
#1Apple iPhone 11Check price on Amazon
#2Apple iPhone 15 Pro MaxCheck price on Amazon
#3PlayStation 5Check price on Amazon
#4Amazon Echo (4th gen)Check price on Amazon
#5Kindle ScribeCheck price on Amazon
#6Apple iPhone 12 Pro MaxCheck price on Amazon
#8Kids’ digital vlogging cameraCheck price on Amazon
#9Apple iPhone XRCheck price on Amazon
#13Apple iPhone 13Check price on Amazon
#15Beats Solo3 headphonesCheck price on Amazon

Walmart

RankItemShop
#2Apple AirPods (2nd gen)See it at Walmart
#3Skibidi mystery set
#4onn Google TV 4K Pro streaming deviceSee it at Walmart
#6onn Google TV 4K streaming boxSee it at Walmart
#1075″ white nutcracker
#11Meta Quest 2See it at Walmart
#13Snoop on the Stoop
#16LOL Surprise 707 Diva dollSee it at Walmart
#17Stanley x Olivia Rodrigo QuencherSee it at Walmart
#18Xbox Series XSee it at Walmart

Target

RankItemShop
#1Taylor Swift Eras Tour Book
#4Skibidi Toilet mystery toilet
#5Taylor Swift TTPD Anthology vinylSee it at Target
#6Barbie Dreamhouse Pool Party
#8Stanley 40 oz Quencher, Wicked edition
#9Target Toy Shopping CartSee it at Target
#10Apple AirPods Pro 2See it at Target
#11Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III cameraSee it at Target
#12Apple AirTagSee it at Target
#14PlayStation PortalSee it at Target

Walmart’s #1 product page that month was Texas Roadhouse frozen mini rolls, a Thanksgiving item.

Black Friday 2023

It was a game-console year. The PlayStation 5 was Walmart’s #1 product page, and the Xbox Series X was #3 at Target. Amazon’s own Fire TV Sticks held Amazon’s top two spots, and Wordle: The Party Game topped Target.

Amazon

RankItemShop
#1Fire TV StickCheck price on Amazon
#2Fire TV Stick 4KCheck price on Amazon
#4Shark FlexStyle air stylerCheck price on Amazon
#5Amazon Echo (4th gen)Check price on Amazon
#6Embark dog DNA testCheck price on Amazon
#7PS5 DualSense controller
#8Echo DotCheck price on Amazon
#9Portable space heaterCheck price on Amazon
#10Sony WH-1000XM4 headphonesCheck price on Amazon
#14Kindle PaperwhiteCheck price on Amazon

Walmart

RankItemShop
#1PlayStation 5See it at Walmart
#3Snoop on the Stoop
#4Apple AirPods (2nd gen)See it at Walmart
#7Apple AirPods Pro (2nd gen)See it at Walmart
#9Xbox Series XSee it at Walmart
#15PS5 DualSense controllerSee it at Walmart
#17Xbox Series SSee it at Walmart
#25Monster Jam Grave Digger 24V ride-onSee it at Walmart
#33Meta Quest 2See it at Walmart
#35LOL Surprise dollSee it at Walmart

Target

RankItemShop
#1Wordle: The Party Game
#2Target Toy Shopping CartSee it at Target
#3Xbox Series XSee it at Target
#4Apple AirPods (2nd gen)
#8Meta Quest 2
#11Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
#12Pillowfort weighted dinosaur plushSee it at Target
#13Xbox Series S
#15PlayStation 5
#19Apple AirTagSee it at Target

Walmart’s #2 product page that month was Great Value heavy whipping cream, for Thanksgiving.

What changed from 2023 to 2025

Faded:

  • Amazon’s Fire TV Stick went from #1 in 2023 to outside Amazon’s top 300 by 2025, and the 4K model fell from #2 to #48.
  • The PlayStation 5 went from #1 at Walmart in 2023 to outside Walmart’s top 300 in 2025. It stayed in Amazon’s top 50.
  • The Xbox Series X fell from #3 at Target in 2023 to #36 in 2025.
  • Meta Quest 2 was top 10 at Target in 2023 and gone from Target’s list by 2025.

Rose:

  • Digital cameras went from outside Amazon’s top 100 in 2023 to #1 in 2025, led by the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III.
  • Older iPhones went from #86 at Amazon in 2023 to #1 in 2024, and they’ve stayed near the top since.
  • Pokémon cards went from #285 at Target in 2023 to #4 in 2025.
  • The Nintendo Switch 2 launched in June 2025 and was Target’s #1 product page that November.

Stayed:
AirPods, Beats headphones, the Barbie Dreamhouse at Target, the Monster Jam Grave Digger ride-on at Walmart, Walmart’s onn streaming boxes, and a new Stanley cup edition every year.

Next up: In October 2026, squishy toys and LEGO sets are climbing fast. See Most Popular Black Friday Items 2026 for this year’s list.

Thanksgiving food tops Walmart’s November

Black Friday month is also Thanksgiving month, and Walmart’s list shows it. Heavy whipping cream was #2 in 2023. In 2024, Texas Roadhouse frozen mini rolls were #1 and the honey cinnamon butter was #5. We leave groceries off the gift lists above.

How we ranked these

  • Source: Semrush Top Pages estimates for amazon.com, walmart.com and target.com product pages, about 500 pages per store per month, for November 2023, 2024 and 2025.
  • Rank: an item’s spot among that store’s product pages by estimated Google search visits that month. It measures shopping interest, not sales.
  • Left out: gift cards, alcohol, adult items, prescription and medical products, store credit cards, and pages that rank for an unrelated search. Groceries and everyday items are left out of the gift lists, but they still count toward the rank numbers.

FAQ

What was the most popular item on Black Friday 2025?
It depends on the store. At Amazon it was the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III camera, at Walmart the Labubu Big Into Energy blind box, and at Target the Nintendo Switch 2.

What was popular on Black Friday 2024?
The iPhone 11 at Amazon, the 2nd-generation AirPods at Walmart and Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Book at Target. Texas Roadhouse frozen mini rolls were Walmart’s #1 page overall.

What was popular on Black Friday 2023?
The Fire TV Stick at Amazon, the PlayStation 5 at Walmart and Wordle: The Party Game at Target.

Do the same items come back every year?
Some do. AirPods, Beats headphones, the PlayStation 5, older iPhones, Xbox consoles and Meta Quest headsets charted in most of the nine store-Novembers we tracked. See Most Popular Black Friday Items 2026.

Are these sales numbers?
No. Stores don’t publish unit sales. These ranks come from estimated Google search visits to each product page, which shows what shoppers were looking up during Black Friday month.