Is it worth going after?
2,452,108 listings already target "retro prints". That is a crowded phrase — a new shop is unlikely to reach page 1 on it directly, but the longer variants below are where the same buyers are reachable. Only 0% of the first page is paid, so most of it is won on relevance.
When "retro prints" sells
Monthly average over the last five years, indexed 0–100. April is the high point and September the low. Etsy takes a few weeks to index and rank a new listing, so publish four to six weeks before April rather than during it.
What buyers search alongside it
Scored 0–100 relative to each other within this niche by Google Trends. Not monthly search volumes — nobody has those for Etsy.
| Phrase | Relative demand | Fits a tag |
|---|---|---|
| cvs retro prints | 100/100 | ✓ |
| walgreens retro prints | 93/100 | 22 chars |
Etsy caps tags at 20 characters, which is why the longer phrases are marked.
Phrases growing fastest
Growth over the last five years, from Google Trends. A longer clock than the year-on-year figure above.
Who holds page 1
| # | Listing | Shop | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Custom Luggage Tag Poster, Vintage Airport Tag Wall Art Print, Birthday Anniversary Gift, Travel lover Present, Traveller City Personalized | SubtlyPrints | $31.38 |
| 2 | Tens Across the Board, Ballroom Culture, Photography Prints, Retro Wall Art, Fashion Poster, Black and White Prints, Museum Quality Canvas | HangarooCanvas | $22 |
| 3 | Black Cat DJ Print, Vintage Linocut Art, Music Room Wall Decor, Retro Turntable Poster, Terracotta Mid Century Art, Music Lover Gift | PrItalyDesign | $13.42 |
| 4 | Leapord Mirror Wall Art | Handmade Cocktail Mirror | SolarGood | $30 |
| 5 | Woman Reading in Window Print, Sage Green Reading Nook Wall Art Print, Minimalist Book Lover Decor, Slow Living Gift | VoxFeline | $15.86 |
| 6 | Vintage Hand-embroidered How lucky are we Banner , Custom embroidered Wall Decor, Vintage Wall Art ,Room Decor Pennant , Positive Quote | FiveBucksDesign | $35 |
| 7 | Black Cat Smoking a Cigarette Vintage Poster Art Retro Whimsical Print Funny Animal Wall Decor Poster for Bar Cart Quirky Kitchen Wall Art | PembrokePrints | $18.41 |
| 8 | ENTIRE SHOP SALE, 35,000 Mega Bundle, Printable Wall Art, Gallery Wall Set, Bundle Wall Art, Trendy Maximalist Posters, Digital Download | HarmonyPixels | $8.9 |
| 9 | DJ Cat Vinyl Poster – Retro Turntable Music Wall Art | FemmHaus | $8.99 |
| 10 | Japanese Frog Print, Frog Bathroom Print, Hasui Kawase Art, Hiroaki Takahashi Style, Japanese Wall Art, Funny Bathroom Wall Art | HazeAndJuniper | $27.28 |
Read from Etsy search on August 25, 2026. Positions marked Ad are paid placements.
Where the searches come from
Interest in "retro prints" is strongest in Wyoming, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Delaware, Kansas. Useful for shipping estimates and for timing promotions to the right time zone.
Turn this into a listing
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Questions
How competitive is "retro prints" on Etsy?
2,452,108 listings currently compete for "retro prints", which is high for Etsy. 0% of the first page is paid placement, so most of page 1 is still won organically.
When does "retro prints" sell best?
Demand peaks in April, averaged over the last five years, and bottoms out in September. Etsy needs a few weeks to index and rank a listing, so publishing four to six weeks before April catches the climb rather than the peak itself.
What do "retro prints" listings sell for?
The median price across 12 listings on page 1 is $20.2, with most between $12.31 and $30.35. That is what buyers searching this phrase are already used to seeing.
Where do these numbers come from?
Demand and seasonality are measured with Google Trends for the US. Listing counts, pricing and ad share are read from Etsy's own search results. Nothing here is an estimated monthly search volume — Etsy does not publish search volume, and any figure claiming to be one is a guess.