As of July 2026 · 57 listings tracked across Amazon, Walmart & eBay
Right now the best value is 0.2¢ per count — Q-tips Cotton Swabs For Hygiene and Beauty Care Original Cotton Swab… (625 ct, $1.08) on Amazon. See it on Amazon →(paid link)
Prices change fast and stock disappears faster — YMMV.
The pack-size trapThe biggest pack we tracked (2,000 ct) looks like the bulk play, but it runs 0.5¢ per count — the 625 ct pick wins at 0.2¢ per count. Bigger isn't automatically cheaper.
Median across all 57 tracked listings: 1.1¢ per count. The worst deal we saw ran 5.9¢ per count — same product category, 34.9× the price per unit.
The 12-month picture
This is our first month of tracked history for Cotton Swabs — the trend line starts here.
Lowest we've ever tracked: 0.2¢ per count (July 2026).
How we figure this out
Once a month we pull live Cotton Swabs listings from Amazon, Walmart and eBay, read the honest quantity out of each one (cts, in this case — the unit that actually matters), and divide the real price by it. Coupons that change what you'd pay today are applied; "subscribe & save" teasers are not. Then everything gets ranked by cost per count, because a big box with a small number inside is still a small number.