External Hard Drives: the numbers
Everything below is computed from the 17 curated external hard drives we track - no estimates, no third-party data.
17Curated models
11Brands
★ 4.5Average Amazon rating
729,771Amazon ratings
How Amazon buyers rate them
The average Amazon rating across the category is ★ 4.5. Low-rated products with meaningful rating volume are dropped during curation, so the spread below reflects the survivors.
Brand share of the curated catalog
Most-rated models
| Ratings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seagate 2TB Portable Hard Drive | USB 3.0 | ★ 4.6 | 272,900 |
| WD 2TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive for | ★ 4.7 | 165,200 |
| Western Digital WD 5TB Elements Portable External Hard | ★ 4.6 | 128,000 |
| Maxone 500GB Ultra Slim Portable External Hard Drive | ★ 4.4 | 59,900 |
| WD 2TB My Passport, Portable External Hard Drive, | ★ 4.6 | 31,300 |
Where these numbers come from
Counts, ratings, and rating totals are pulled from the curated external hard drives catalog on every build - the same data behind the External Hard Drives category page. Junk listings and no-name brands are filtered out before anything is counted. Product data: updated 6 days ago.