Kiss the Hippo – D2C Ranking & Growth Metrics
Specialty coffee roasted in London
Last updated · September 2026 edition · data to end of August 2026 · method v1.3
Kiss the Hippo ranks #316 of 418 D2C brands in the September 2026 edition and #31 of 37 in Food & Drink, down 7 places on last month. We estimate Kiss the Hippo's revenue is flat year on year (low confidence). Branded search is declining over the past year. In Food & Drink, its closest competitor is Sightglass Coffee (#212).
revenue (est.) Whether we estimate the brand's revenue is growing, flat or shrinking compared with a year earlier, from the online signals most tied to sales: branded search and site traffic, weighted towards the last three months.
It is a direction of travel, not a figure. We can't see prices, conversion, or sales through retailers and Amazon, so confidence is lower for brands that sell mostly through stockists, or when the signals disagree; with low confidence we only call growth or decline on a big move.
Scale is size, Momentum is direction: a small brand can grow fast, and a big one can be shrinking.
How scoring works →Year on year, low confidence. Why
scale A 0–100 score built from branded search (35%), site traffic (35%) and social following (30%).
It uses a log scale, so a brand 10 times bigger scores roughly 30 points higher. Higher means bigger.
Scale is size, Momentum is direction: a small brand can grow fast, and a big one can be shrinking.
How scoring works →How big Kiss the Hippo is today: #316 of 418 by size.
momentum Year-on-year growth in branded search, site traffic and social, over the last 12 months and the last 3 months.
50 means flat. Above 50 is growing (a brand that doubled scores about 88); below 50 is shrinking (halved scores about 12).
Scale is size, Momentum is direction: a small brand can grow fast, and a big one can be shrinking.
How scoring works →How fast it's growing: roughly flat (50 = flat).
what drives the score Is Kiss the Hippo's revenue growing?
We estimate Kiss the Hippo's revenue is flat year on year (low confidence). Branded search is declining sharply but site traffic is growing, so the two signals don't back each other up and confidence is low.
Estimated from year-on-year changes in branded search and site traffic. A direction of travel, not a revenue figure: we can't see prices, conversion, or retail and Amazon sales. How we estimate it.
How fast is Kiss the Hippo growing?
Kiss the Hippo's Momentum score is 47.8, which means it is roughly flat (50 means flat; a brand that doubled would score about 88). Branded search is declining over the past 12 months, and declining sharply over the last three months compared with the same months a year earlier. Site traffic is growing over the same 12 months. Its size score is driven most by social audience, with site traffic relatively weakest.
About Kiss the Hippo
Kiss the Hippo Coffee is a specialty coffee roastery based in London. The brand roasts and sells coffee beans and related coffee products, positioning itself within the specialty coffee segment that emphasises quality and sourcing over mass-market blends.
Kiss the Hippo competitors
The food & drink brands closest to Kiss the Hippo: same kind of product first, then the nearest in size. See every brand in Food & Drink or the full D2C brand rankings.
Specialty coffee roaster offering single-origin and blended coffees
Specialty coffee roaster selling coffee, tea and brewing goods online and in cafés
Automatic pour-over style coffee machines for home brewing.
Coffee concentrate, protein coffee and instant coffee for making drinks at home
London roaster of speciality whole bean coffee and brewing equipment
Kiss the Hippo vs Sightglass Coffee
Sightglass Coffee leads on both size and growth: Scale 44.1 against 34.1, and Momentum 51 against 48. See Sightglass Coffee's page.
| September 2026 | Kiss the Hippo | Sightglass Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rank | #316 | #212 |
| Food & Drink rank | #31 | #16 |
| Scale (size) | 34.1 | 44.1 |
| Momentum (growth) | 47.8 | 50.6 |
| Branded search | 32 | 65 |
| Site traffic | 28 | 20 |
| Social audience | 44 | 48 |
Scores run 0 to 100. Signal scores show what drives each brand's Scale. The higher value in each row is in bold.
Kiss the Hippo branded search volume
How often people search for Kiss the Hippo by name, month by month, indexed so the peak month = 100 (we publish the trend, not raw vendor figures). Over the past year, demand is declining; the last three months, compared with the same months a year earlier, are declining sharply. Demand is fairly steady through the year.
Kiss the Hippo's audience, products and channels
Social audience
- Instagram kissthehippo 54,982
- YouTube KisstheHippoCoffee 49
Also on Pinterest and Facebook.
Followers as shown on each platform, collected for the September 2026 edition.
Products
- Products in store367
- New in the last 90 days16
- Typical price76
- Price range9 – 7,089
From Kiss the Hippo's own online store.
Where it sells
- Own online storeyes
- Retailers / stockistsyes
- Amazonnot found
Its site is most visited in the UK.
Kiss the Hippo: common questions
What does Kiss the Hippo sell?
Specialty coffee roasted in London. Known for: Specialty coffee beans and Coffee roasting.
Where is Kiss the Hippo from?
Kiss the Hippo is based in London, United Kingdom.
Where can you buy Kiss the Hippo?
Kiss the Hippo sells through its own online store and selected retailers. Its online store is at kissthehippo.com.
Is Kiss the Hippo's revenue growing?
We estimate Kiss the Hippo's revenue is flat year on year (low confidence). Branded search is declining sharply but site traffic is growing, so the two signals don't back each other up and confidence is low. Estimated from year-on-year changes in branded search and site traffic. A direction of travel, not a revenue figure: we can't see prices, conversion, or retail and Amazon sales.
Who are Kiss the Hippo's competitors?
Kiss the Hippo's closest competitors in the Food & Drink category are Sightglass Coffee, Onyx Coffee Lab, Ratio and Jot.
Scale and signal scores run from 0 to 100 on a fixed log scale; Momentum is 50 when flat. September 2026, method v1.3. See the methodology, or report a correction.