The esk8 Price Index
The esk8 Price Index for October 2026: the median in-stock price, in US dollars, is US$899 for electric skateboards (173 machines), US$699 for electric scooters (342 machines), US$1,599 for electric bikes (1,313 machines), US$2,275 for electric unicycles (96 machines). Real Discount Rate: 29.8% — of the 915 machines advertised on sale, that share is genuinely 30% or more below the crossed-out price with no other shop charging less.
The index for October 2026
| Machine | Median in-stock price | Middle half | Machines in stock | Advertised on sale | Real Discount Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electric skateboards | US$899 | US$599 – US$1,300 | 173 | 118 | 38.1% |
| Electric scooters | US$699 | US$449 – US$1,101 | 342 | 222 | 34.2% |
| Electric bikes | US$1,599 | US$1,159 – US$2,128 | 1,313 | 542 | 27.3% |
| Electric unicycles | US$2,275 | US$1,299 – US$3,099 | 96 | 33 | 12.1% |
Read on 13 October 2026, from the catalogues of the 486 shops we read twice a day. US dollars only: a machine listed in Canadian, Australian or euro prices is left out, never converted — a median that mixes currencies through an exchange rate describes no market anyone shops in.
Month by month
Each finished month is re-read from our own log of every price change: the price each shop was asking, and whether it declared stock, on the last reading before the month ended. The current month is today's reading.
US$899US$899
US$699US$699
US$1,599US$1,599
US$2,300US$2,275
| Month | Electric skateboards | Electric scooters | Electric bikes | Electric unicycles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | US$899 (170) | US$699 (325) | US$1,599 (1,157) | US$2,300 (80) |
| September 2026 | US$899 (172) | US$699 (344) | US$1,599 (1,280) | US$2,299 (94) |
| October 2026, to date | US$899 (173) | US$699 (342) | US$1,599 (1,313) | US$2,275 (96) |
Past months are priced on today's list of machines: a model that has since left every catalogue is missing from them. The Real Discount Rate has no month-by-month column yet, because it compares shops against each other at one instant and our log keeps prices, not verdicts.
What goes into it
- Complete machines only. An electric skateboard, scooter, bike or unicycle you can ride away — not a deck, a battery, a motor or a wheel kit. The same filter decides every price study on this site, and it errs on the side of leaving a real machine out rather than letting a part in.
- In stock. The price is the lowest one a shop is asking while declaring the machine available. A sold-out listing is not a price anyone can pay.
- The median, not the average. One US$9,000 machine moves an average by hundreds of dollars; it moves the median by one place.
- Real Discount Rate. Of the machines where a shop shows a crossed-out price (at least 3% and US$1 off — below that nothing is being claimed), the share that is 30% or more below that crossed-out price and that no other shop sells for less. Today: 273 real, 626 under 30%, 16 undercut by another shop's ordinary price.
What it does not say
- It does not rank anything. No machine is better for sitting near the median.
- It is not a cost of ownership. Shipping, tax and duties are not in any price we read, and we do not estimate them.
- It is not a world price. It is what shops asking in US dollars ask. The other markets are on prices by country, each in its own currency.
The full distributions behind these medians are on what an electric skateboard costs; every discount judged one by one is on how many discounts are real; dated facts ready to quote are on market statistics.
How to cite
Every figure on this page is published under CC BY 4.0: reuse it, quote it, build on it. The attribution is one line — “Price measurements by https://electricskateboard.com, CC BY 4.0” — with a link to https://electricskateboard.com/index. Figures are recomputed at every sweep of the shops, so cite the date shown next to the number.