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Sep-2026
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Where to Buy
Vapin Ape is stocked at 243 licensed dispensaries across Michigan and Illinois, 181 of them in Michigan, with the deepest coverage in New Buffalo, Grand Rapids, Monroe, Lansing, and Muskegon. Search by ZIP code or city below to find the closest one, or filter by product type if you are after a specific format.
Market Insights Snapshot
In September 2026, Vapin Ape operated as a single-category brand with Vapor Pens at 100.0% of sales, while category sales declined year over year by 14.8% and month over month by 9.0%. Average price rose 19.9% YoY to $30.20 alongside a 14.8% YoY sales contraction, and the brand held rank 21 in Vapor Pens in Illinois. The pattern implies that a full reliance on Vapor Pens amplified exposure to category-level softness and price elasticity, limiting volume resilience and capping rank mobility.
With all volume concentrated in Vapor Pens at 100.0% share and a rank of 21 in Illinois, the 19.9% YoY pricing increase alongside a 9.0% MoM and 14.8% YoY sales decline signals premiumization without sufficient offsetting mix or pack-size laddering. This combination, together with an 8.5% sales lift over 24 months but a 14.8% YoY drop, implies an over-index to higher-price tiers that inflated revenue per unit yet contracted buyer breadth, suggesting the brand’s positioning is drifting upmarket faster than demand tolerance within Vapor Pens.
Competitive Landscape
Vapin Ape sits at rank #21 in Illinois Vapor Pens in September 2026, a 1-place improvement from #22 year over year and a 3-spot climb from #24 three months prior; however, it remains 3 positions below its peak of #18 from October 2025, indicating recovery without full re-attainment of prior standing. In contrast, &Shine advanced from #2 to #1 with a 38.4% YoY sales increase, while Fernway jumped from #13 to #3 on 308.8% YoY growth, signaling that top-tier movement is accelerating faster than Vapin Ape’s incremental rank gains. The pattern implies Vapin Ape’s gradual rank improvement is being outpaced by faster-advancing leaders, so maintaining momentum will require closing the gap created by competitors’ larger YoY surges.
Notable Products
Maui Mango Plus HTE Full Spectrum Distillate Disposable (1g) posted the steepest decline at -25.49% while sliding to rank 5, paired with Black Cherry Kush Full Spectrum Distillate Disposable (2g) at -25.08% from rank 7, indicating pressure on larger-format or full-spectrum variants. Against that backdrop, Animal Mints HTE Distillate Disposable (1g) rose 13.66% to rank 1 while Pineapple Haze HTE Distillate Disposable (2g) fell -13.03% at rank 2, showing a split where 1g HTE moved up the leaderboard as 2g options lost momentum. With Vapor Pens occupying all top-10 slots and multiple SKUs clustered at rank 7 alongside a -24.76% to -25.60% band of drops, the concentration suggests a tactical pivot toward 1g HTE disposables as the dependable traffic driver over heavier 2g or full-spectrum plays.
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.
