These T-Shirt Trends on Etsy Will Explode in 2026 (Don’t Miss Out!)

About this video

RJ Martinez walks through Etsy niche research he describes as data-backed: he says he researches shops with over 5,000 reviews and uses the Everbee tool to check add-to-carts, recent purchases, views, conversion rates and listing age, looking for patterns rather than guessing. Niches covered, mainly seasonal and evergreen couples/family themes: couples Valentine’s shirts (‘I’m a sucker for you,’ personalized designs, goose ‘you make my heart go honk’), with sales expected to pick up after the new year, plus evergreen variants like pickleball partners that sell at Christmas, Valentine’s and in July; anti-Valentine’s (‘coffee is my Valentine,’ ’not today Cupid,’ skeletons, heartbreak); Easter — a simple rabbit design selling as an evergreen/cute sweater, floral and religious designs, and ‘hip hop’ with a carrot; St. Patrick’s Day — lucky duck/goose, shamrocks, dogs in Irish pubs, gnomes, and occupations including teachers, dentists and students; 100th day of school — for teachers, students, moms, principals and different grades, with ducks and a ‘67 plus 33 days’ concept getting views; spring break family shirts — groups buy multiples from one listing, destinations and cruises matter, and he shows an example with 73 monthly sales in five months and 20 add-to-carts; Mother’s Day — first-time moms, grandmas and great-grandmas, ‘girl mama’ with a claimed 300 sales in a month, chest-plus-sleeve prints, extending to birthdays and sweatshirts/hoodies/tanks; graduation, including designs labelled class of 2026 applying patterns that worked the prior year and a personalized childhood-photo senior idea; mushroom shirts — goblincore/educational charts of mushroom types, frogs and skeletons with mushrooms, and simple text; and pickleball — mixing pickleball with other trends. He warns to stay away from Disney and other IP without rights, keep designs generic and original, and check trademarks and copyrights. He states his own credentials as eight-plus years in print on demand with over $400K in royalties and over 125,000 products sold.

Key takeaways

• Use Everbee-style signals — add-to-carts, views, conversion rate and listing age — to judge demand: a new listing with conversion and steady views is already selling
• Design couples shirts for the buyer and relationship (partner, husband/wife, baby daddy, etc.), add personalization and sports variants, and favour evergreen versions that sell beyond Valentine’s
• Seasonal windows covered: plan ahead for Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, 100th day of school, spring break, Mother’s Day and graduation, targeting teachers, students, families and occupations within each
• Group-buy niches like spring break / family vacation shirts are powerful because one listing can generate four to seven orders at once
• Avoid show titles, logos, team names, character look-alikes and Disney-style IP; keep designs generic and original and check trademarks

Episode details: published December 23, 2025 · 20:06 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are RJ Martinez’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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