In this list of 105+ profitable niches, don’t just settle for profit. Choose a niche business you’re passionate about and can EARN from as well.

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105+ Profitable Niche Ideas for 2021 (List Based On Trending …
- By Allan Borch
- Updated January 30, 2021
Fact: Any niche business is only as good as how it’s understood and leveraged for profit.
That is to say, niche products can range from a diverse number of interests and hobbies. Some don’t even exist yet!
Social media, for example, emerged only recently and has now become one of the top niches.
Here’s what you should remember: Choosing a niche comes down to what interests you; or put frankly: your passion.
You can break it down further into sub-niches or even a micro-niche that works well for you.
Once you’ve identified your passion, focus on building traffic. Before all that, let’s talk about the 105+ options you have.
What is a niche market?
Niche market definition |
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A niche market is a smaller piece of a larger market that carries its own identity, preferences, wants, and needs that make it different from the larger market. |
For example, in the lifestyle market, a niche market would be selling organic ingredients or organic food.
In the pet market, it could be apparel with personalized pet images, jewelry with pet engravings, etc. Below is an example of custom pet pajamas from Patricia’s Couture.
There is an endless list of niche products and niche ideas to explore. Some of the ways you can define a niche is through:
- Demographics (Age, gender, education, religion)
- Quality (Handmade, economical, premium)
- Geographics (residents of a city, country, or continent)
- Psychology (behavior, perception, beliefs, values)
- Price (premium, affordable/budget, moderate)
To get a better overview of building your niche business or taking part in an untapped market, I’ll be sharing with you a profitable niches list to guide you.
105+ Profitable Niche Ideas
The most profitable niches are determined by your passion, traffic, and ability to share your knowledge.
Niche industries, for instance, try different, creative ways to market popular niches in the best way it provides value for their audience.
Hopefully, you’ll be able to find what is the most profitable niche market in the up and coming niches list below.
Health Industry
1. Coffee Niche
Market Value: $102,279.2 Million
Difficulty Level: ★★☆☆☆
Google Trend:

Coffee is linked to various health benefits such as the lower risk of early death, heart disease, stroke, improved antioxidant responses & reduced inflammation, etc.
You can find the full article here (1).
Coffee stands as one of the niche market opportunities with great stability.
How to Succeed in This Niche:
Coffee is one of the most if not the highest profitable niches.
Affiliate programs, coffee reviews e.g equipment, beans, methods, and selling guides are some of the best ways to approach this niche.
Coffee art is even fascinating to watch and makes for great visual attraction on platforms such as Instagram and Pinterest.
Bean Ground is a successful coffee blog with brewing tips, gear, beans, and coffee knowledge.
Coffee In My Veins covers similar categories as Bean Ground including a coffee and health category.
There are diverse niche website ideas to include in your coffee blog.
What it takes to succeed in this niche is your coffee knowledge to guide users on how they can enjoy their coffee along with its health benefits.
How To Monetize the Site:
- Affiliate Marketing/Blogging
- Online Video Tutorials
- Sell guidebooks, tips, and hacks
- Sell your own coffee products
- Create a paid membership community for premium coffee content
2. Weight loss



- Blogging
- Affiliate program
- Online video tutorials
- Online coaching for weight loss
- Sponsored content
- Creating meal plans targeted specifically for weight loss
- Selling motivational content + weight loss products or content material
3. Structural Health (Yoga, Physical therapy, Massage therapy)
Market Value: $80 billion alone for Yoga
Google Trend:
Everyone is seeking a way to live longer and fitter, to lose weight, and feel stronger and healthier.
Not only is this broad for you to find your place in, but also one of the top-paying niches to date.
Difficulty Level: ★★★☆☆
How to Succeed in This Niche:
For physical therapy, affiliate programs and blogging work best.
Your job in blogging about content related to physical therapy is not to sell, but to guide your audience in the right direction.
There are a variety of physiotherapy products available on Amazon and a site called Ireliev, which offers 15% on affiliate commissions.
For yoga, your options to make money are boundless.
Workshops, live events, online yoga classes, and selling physical products are just some of the ways to succeed in this niche.
Druyoga, a yoga site, does this well:
It’s no surprise after all yoga is not only on the list but even as part of trending niches 2019 and one of the top niches 2019 as well.
How To Monetize the Site:
- Affiliate Program
- Selling physical products (apparel, yoga mats, etc)
- Online courses
- Create a membership community
- Online classes, workshops, and retreats
If you’ve been wondering how to find hot niches to start with, the health industry is constantly growing with new niche market ideas, so don’t let competition hold you back.
After all, the health industry is one of the most profitable niches. Speaking of, here are health-related website niches that make money:
- Home Remedies
- Supplements/Vitamins/Shakes (Vitamins, dietary supplements, Fiber, Protein)
- Home Exercise
- Alcohol
- Coffee
- Cooking & Recipes
- Cannabis
- Body-building
- Crossfit
- Nutritional Health
Lifestyle/Wellness
14. Camping Niche



- Sell physical products related to your site (clothing, makeup, gear, etc)
- Affiliate program
- Write e-books e.g. Camping Guide for Families
- Run events, contests
- Product reviews (written and video), Camping recipes, etc.

15. Beauty




- DIY crafts (essential oils, nail polish, makeup, etc.)
- Affiliate Marketing
- YouTube beauty channel
- Install your own e-commerce store on the site
- Video tutorials
- Offer freelancing services for makeup, hair treatment, eyelash lifting, etc.
16. Travel
Market Value: $629 billion (2017)
Google Trend:
The downward trend then starts to rise again. However, travel is a niche currently rising due to online opportunities and the freelance market.
Difficulty Level: ★★★☆☆
How to Succeed in this niche:
The first step is to decide what to focus on with your travel blog.
A blog site, Ann Everywhere, focuses on traveling with a purpose.
She talks about what you can learn along the way by interacting with locals, studying abroad, or learning a new language.
Affiliate marketing, blogging, and online courses are a great approach to succeeding here. Give an example of a great travel blog with great testimonial reviews.
Matt Kepnes, the owner of the Nomadic Matt, has one of the biggest travel sites around the world and is an NYT bestseller. He also sells courses on his site:
How To Monetize the Site:
- Online Courses
- Blogging
- Affiliate Marketing
- YouTube Channel (video blogs about budget, moderate, or luxury living)
- Create a membership community or private forum
- Sell guidebooks, travel tips e-books, travel hacks, etc.
Other niches to dive into under the Lifestyle category:
- Fashion
- Pets
- Personal Development
- Home & Life Hacks
- Parenting
- Mommy Blog
- Daddy Blog
- DIY
- Home Décor
- Spirituality
- Religion
- Dating & Relationships
- Wedding
- Prepping
- Divorce
- Tiny homes
- Home Soundproof
- Digital nomad
Wealth
35. Social Media Marketing




- Offer coaching services
- Create a membership program
- Sell online courses
- Sell digital products e.g. ebooks, guidebooks, podcasts, templates
- Start your own Youtube Channel
- Offer consulting and public speaking services

36. E-commerce



- Start weekly podcast sessions
- Sell digital products e.g. templates, guides
- Offer a membership program
- Offer consulting/mentorship services
- Affiliate Marketing + sponsored content
37. SEO
Market Value: $80 billion
Google Trend: Rising trend suggest great stability with high competition
Difficulty Level: ★★★☆☆
How to Succeed in this niche:
How you frame your videos and posts to keep your audience engaged is critical.
The skill to learn is simplifying technical knowledge on SEO and presenting it in a way your audience understands.
Brian Dean’s blog, Backlinko, does this well:
He also includes exclusive content that you can only access through a paid program, which is one way to profit from your site:
Neil Patel also creates SEO videos well by keeping it simple, elegant, and informative at the same time. The number of views he receives is proof of how well-made his videos are.
How To Monetize the Site:
- Affiliate programs
- Consulting for Businesses
- Selling online courses e.g. how to build traffic, content marketing tips, etc
- Online videos sharing tips and strategies for SEO
- Offering SEO services for websites
- Blogging
Here are other great niches under the Wealth category:
- Investments
- Cryptocurrency
- Real Estate
- Budgeting
- Blogging/Affiliate Marketing
- Personal Finance
- Credit Cards
- Insurance
- Freelancing
Entertainment
47. Gaming Niche





- Videos showing game walkthroughs, defeating bosses in hardest difficulties, etc.
- Sponsored posts or videos on YouTube or Twitch
- Affiliate Marketing
- Ad revenue
- Blog posts sharing game guides and toolkits
- Creating a paid forum for exclusive gaming content

48. Music Niche




- Affiliate Program
- Sell merchandise
- Streaming royalties
- Selling Ad space
- Online courses, coaching sessions, and online tutorials
- Create an exclusive members community

49. Content Curation Niche
Market Value: Expected to be $412.88 billion by 2021
Google Trend:This is one of the most highly competitive and profitable niches to be in.
Good stability, and it’s only in its baby steps.
Difficulty Level: ★★★★☆
How to Succeed in this niche:
Listen to what your audience wants and hand it to them.
Don’t just throw value anywhere, however. You have to provide it to the right people, and your content has to be sourced from valuable pieces too.
Great content delivers great value so focus on value first then content.
BrainPickings does a great job of curating content. The idea behind it is to put together interesting articles that contain assorted quotes and theories of other people.
Adding value by giving it good visual appeal and taking the time to curate content is part of the steps to succeeding in this niche.
How To Monetize the Site:
- Advertising & Selling Ad space
- Subscription packages
- Sponsored posts and content
- Offer mentoring or coaching services
- Online courses on how to curate content, tools you need, etc.
- Hosting events and workshops
- Hosting free webinars and offering a paid product, upsell, or service
Here are other niches to try under the Entertainment category:
- Magic
- News
- Movies and TV shows
- K-Pop
- Theater
- Celebrity
Technology
56. Gadgets/Electronics Niche




- Sponsored posts & content
- Guest posting and writing for other tech websites
- Affiliate Marketing (has great reach & diversity)
- Product reviews (both video and writing formats)

57. Software Niche

- How to make videos on iPhone
- How to grow businesses with video
- How to edit videos faster

- Live video (YouTube or webinar)
- Consulting for businesses/companies
- Affiliate program
- Sponsored posts and content
- Sell digital products e.g. guidebooks, online courses, instructional tools, etc

58. Coding



- Google AdSense
- Ads & selling ad space
- Sponsored content & paid reviews
- Affiliate program
- Sell a video guided tour on how to code or program
- Online courses and tutorials
- Sell your own source code

- Home Security
- Drones
- 3D printing
- Home Automation
- Virtual Reality
- Cybersecurity
- Computers
Hobbies
66. Gardening Niche



- Google AdSense + direct advertising or either
- Affiliate Marketing
- Sell e-books, gardening guide, gardening tips and tricks, gardening hacks, etc.
- Online courses and gardening tutorials

67. Photography Niche

- Nature
- Lifestyle
- Food
- Art
- Sport
- Landscapes



- Google AdSense
- Sponsored posts or content
- Sell a guidebook on photography or your own photo collection
- Affiliate Marketing
- Online courses and tutorials
- Mentorship program

68. Writing Niche

- Copywriting
- Ghostwriting
- Fiction writing
- Content writing

- Affiliate Marketing
- Selling e-books, writing tips, etc.
- Offering Online courses and mentorship programs
- Sponsored content
- Freelance services
- Online videos e.g. writing hacks
- Sell your own writeups


- Woodworking
- Knitting & Sewing
- Drawing
- Rock Climbing
- Videography
- Calligraphy
- Watercolor/Painting
- Scrapbooking
- Hunting
- Sound mixing
Product Reviews
79. Books Niche




- Affiliate Marketing
- Sponsored content (book reviews)
- YouTube vlogs
- Google Adsense
- Sell digital products (your own ebook, tips to writing a book, etc.)
80. Clothing/Apparel Niche
Market Value: $758.4 billion (2018)
Google Trend: Truth be told, the apparel scene is a bank full of many ways to earn a profit.
Here’s what you need to know before diving into this niche.
Difficulty Level: ★★★★☆
How to Succeed in this niche:
The Affiliate program in the Clothing niche doesn’t limit you to just Amazon.
There are fashion sites that offer affiliate opportunities such as rewardStyle (3) and ShopStyle collective (4).
With the huge number of fashion sites and companies all over the world, sponsored content is a great avenue to try.
Surprisingly, sponsored Instagram posts can generate handsome profit the more you keep at it and it doesn’t take much to create a good post when you already have a stable number of followers.
A simple post by Jean Wang can generate a thousand dollars just to post. As your following grows and larger companies approach you, so does your profit.
The DIY market is a trending market a lot of audiences love so creating a DIY line could really boost profits.
This can include Clothing cheat sheets, online courses, accessories, subscription boxes, etc.
How To Monetize the Site:
- Affiliate Marketing
- Sponsored posts (Blog or Instagram)
- Ads
- Online courses and video tutorials eg. how to start your own clothing line
- Sell DIY and digital products
- Offer wardrobe or stylish consulting services
- Brand Ambassadorship
81. Cars Niche
Market Value: $400 billion
Google Trend:
Good stability.
This niche would be the perfect choice if you were in the automobile business or even in buy and sell.
Difficulty Level: ★★★☆☆
How to Succeed in this niche:
Writing reviews shouldn’t be difficult if you have your own car garage business.
Car reviews carry a lot of value in informing your readers how to make sound decisions choosing a car.
Niche down your reviews to either of these options: SUV’s, sedans, trucks, or luxury cars.
You could do both SUVs and sedans or purely luxury cars and relate it to an Alpha male kind of content.
Unfortunately, affiliate marketing is out of the list.
Your best option would be ads, sponsored content, and video blogging on YouTube.
For the car niche, it’s better to post videos on your site + blogging content and a paid membership section.
The blog, The Truth About Cars does reviews, videos, and a tips & advice section:
Car reviews earn a lot of views on Youtube as well:
How To Monetize the Site:
- Ads
- Create a paid membership forum
- Video reviews on YouTube
- Sell your own guidebook or list of tips ebook
Other niches under the Product Reviews category include even a few low competition niches worth looking into:
- Sneakers
- Watches
- Kids Toys
- Home Appliances
- Kitchen Equipment
Miscellaneous
87. Subscription Boxes Niche




- Affiliate Marketing
- Direct advertising (Banner & button)
- Sell your own subscription box
- Offer gift services
- Create a membership community for premium items

88. Quotes Niche




- Sell your own frame quotes
- Sell quotes to design or furniture companies who make frame quotes
- Create a book or ebook about a collection of quotes

89. Renewable energy


- Affiliate Marketing
- Online videos e.g. product reviews & benefits
- Sell merchandise e..g shirts, mugs, chargers, etc.
- Sell digital products
- Offer consulting services
- Biodegradable Consumables
- Crowdfunding

E-Learning
92. Mathematics Niche




- Affiliate Marketing
- Create a membership program
- Offer a free webinar followed by a paid product or upsell
- Sell digital products (cheat sheets, templates, etc.)
- Online video tutorials, vlogs, and courses
93. Home Improvement Niche



- Selling ebooks, online courses, guides, etc.
- Affiliate Marketing
- Sponsorships & Guest posting
- Install an e-commerce store (DIY/digital products)
94. Graphic Design Niche




- Sell your logos in freelancing sites (BrandCrowd, Teespring, etc)
- Offer freelance services
- Install an e-commerce store in your site
- Online courses, video tutorials
- Sell a guidebook
- Affiliate Marketing
- Host webinars and offer a membership program
- Life coaching/Counseling
- Video Editing
- Teaching Musical Instruments
- Decluttering
- Career Development and Opportunities
- Language Lessons
- Feng Shui
Sports
102. Golf Niche



- Ads
- Affiliate Marketing
- Create a membership program
- Sell an e-book
- Online tutorials and courses
- Offer coaching/mentorship services

103. Soccer Niche


- Selling merchandise, DIY or digital products
- Affiliate Marketing
- Selling online courses and tutorial lessons
- Selling a webinar package
- Offer consulting services to non-pro leagues

104. Football Niche
Market Value: $15 billion (2018)
Google Trend: Constantly stable over the years, but the seasonal trends can be a challenge when creating content.
Difficulty Level: ★★★★☆
How to Succeed in this niche:
Like soccer, it’s best to choose a sub-niche you can work with fully.
It is possible to go for both pro leagues and non-pro leagues as your sub-niches. However, you can set different approaches for the two.
For pro leagues, you can focus on video vlogs specifically commentating or compiling the best highlights of the game and posting it on YouTube. Selling merchandise would also be feasible.
This is what Lucas Rafael does, except he mixes music with his videos.
It even garnered 1.2 million views!
For non-pro leagues, online classes, mentorship programs, and even a membership package work great for this sub-niche.
Something like this:
Offering coaching techniques & tips while integrating YouTube videos into your site along with Affiliate marketing and ads can truly garner success on your end.
How To Monetize the Site:
- Selling Ad Space
- Affiliate Marketing
- YouTube vlogs (commentating, compilation videos)
- Offer coaching services along with football tips
- Sell online courses and digital products including merchandise
- Sell membership program
Other niches to go for under the Sports category:
- Boxing
- Paintball
- Tennis
- Basketball
- Archery
- Water Sports
- Snow Sports
- Baseball
- Dirt bike
8 Steps to Find a Profitable Niche Business










Conclusion
Finding the most profitable niches starts with your passion.
Even the best keywords usage, research, and tools can only help you create value far enough you’ll feel burnt out in the end.
No matter what anyone says, profit and passion can go together, but it also takes tremendous work.
Nothing worthwhile ever happens overnight. Not even in a couple of months. Not even a year.
With 105+ profitable niches to explore through, let your passion help you turn what you love into the kind of work you can earn from.
FAQs
There is no definite timeline when you’ll start making money.
It could take 3 months. 6 months. One year.
What really matters is how hard you work and how committed you are to your niche. There are no guarantees so focus on creating as much value as you can instead of making sales.
Keyword research is only one part of finding a profitable keyword and building a site around.
Do comprehensive market research. This includes your competition, what your audience looks for, how to build traffic, google trends, etc.
To create content people want to read, identify the problem in your niche. Understand the problem and create solutions you can share value with your audience.
Every niche and business has a problem that needs to be solved. Find that problem and dive in.