[OC] I tracked 86,000+ Everyday Carry (EDC) product drops across 1,100 brands. Here’s what the market looks like.

I run a platform called Drop Beacon that tracks product drops in the EDC (everyday carry) space, consisting of folding knives, fidgets, flashlights, pens, multi-tools, etc. After collecting data on 86,000+ drops across 1,100 brands, I built an interactive visualization to explore the data.

The visualization: https://edc4me.com/data

A few things that jumped out:

– Items over $1,000 sell out at 87.8% — compared to 35.6% for items under $50. The more expensive it is, the faster it sells.

– Titanium is the most popular material across both knives and fidgets. 85.9% sell-out rate at $233 average

– Exotic materials like Damascus ($342 avg) and Mokuti ($304 avg) have the lowest sell-out rates despite being the most expensive

– Pens have the highest category sell-out rate at 85.8%, higher than knives (73.5%) and fidgets (73.4%)

– The brand treemap shows clear category clusters. Knife brands (red) dominate by volume, but fidget brands (purple) match them in sell-out intensity

-Tools: PostgreSQL, Next.js, Recharts. Source: https://edc4me.com real-time tracking data.