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Market Insights Snapshot
In May 2026, Dope Chemist concentrated 99.87% of sales in Concentrates while Vapor Pens contributed 0.13%, with Concentrates up 716.75% year over year and 59.98% month over month. The brand’s overall sales rose 717.83% year over year alongside a 25.45% decline in average price, and within Concentrates the average price sat at $24.81 versus $30.03 in Vapor Pens. With Concentrates ranked 12th in Massachusetts, the mix and price drop indicate deliberate share capture in a single category rather than balanced expansion across formats.
The 59.98% month-over-month surge in Concentrates combined with a 25.45% year-over-year price decrease and a 99.87% category share points to a value-led acquisition strategy anchored in Concentrates. Holding the 12 rank in Massachusetts for Concentrates while maintaining only 0.13% exposure to Vapor Pens implies near-total positioning as a concentrates specialist, with growth reliant on sustaining volume at lower price points rather than diversifying into adjacent inhalable formats.
Competitive Landscape
Dope Chemist sits at rank #12 in MA Concentrates in May 2026, improving 45 positions year over year from #57, and climbing 6 spots since February 2026 when it was #18; this ties a new peak rank of #12 in May 2026 while narrowing the distance to the top 10 as category leaders consolidate. Against the field, Good Chemistry Nurseries held #1 from last year to May 2026 with 34.99% YoY sales growth, while Harbor House Collective jumped from #17 to #5 on 189.22% YoY growth, indicating that Dope Chemist’s 45-rank YoY ascent is outpaced by at least one fast-rising rival but ahead of flat incumbents like Crispy Commission Concentrates holding at #2 with a -14.87% YoY sales change. The pattern implies Dope Chemist’s trajectory is consistent with a transition from peripheral to contender status, but sustaining share will require maintaining multi-month rank gains in the face of accelerating movers into the top 5.
Notable Products
Sugar Bomb Live Hash Rosin (1g) delivered the standout move in May 2026 with a 321.7% month-over-month surge, vaulted into rank 2, and, alongside Moroccan Peaches Live Hash Rosin (1g) up 155.3% at rank 1, it signals outsized momentum concentrated at the top. In contrast, MAC 1 Live Hash Rosin (1g) fell 21.4% and slid to rank 9 while Marshmallow OG Live Badder (1g) rose 77.9% into rank 6, and eight of the top ten are Concentrates SKUs, concentrating demand in solventless and badder formats. The mix shows a pivot toward premium live hash rosin-led velocity at the expense of lower-ranked variants, implying Dope Chemist is consolidating around a few breakout Concentrates winners.
Top Selling Cannabis Brands
Data for this report comes from real-time sales reporting by participating cannabis retailers via their point-of-sale systems, which are linked up with Headset’s business intelligence software. Headset’s data is very reliable, as it comes digitally direct from our partner retailers. However, the potential does exist for misreporting in the instance of duplicates, incorrectly classified products, inaccurate entry of products into point-of-sale systems, or even simple human error at the point of purchase. Thus, there is a slight margin of error to consider. Brands listed on this page are ranked in the top twenty within the market and product category by total retail sales volume.
