Canadian Cannabis Brands by Sentiment for May 2025 - Flower

Each month, we pull sentiment data from six of Canada's most active cannabis communities on Reddit and calculate a trend score based on upvotes, downvotes, and comment activity. This week, we're examining which brands captured the most attention in May 2025—and whether that attention was positive, negative, or neutral.

The chart above shows the top brands ranked by total trend score, broken down by sentiment:
🟩 Positive
🟥 Negative
🟨 Neutral

Let's break it down.

📊 How Many Brands Made the Chart?
The sentiment chart includes 39 distinct brands (plus an "Other" category representing 67 additional brands) that had enough trend score activity in May to be ranked. This represents a slight consolidation from April's 46 brands, suggesting more concentrated discussion around key players.

🏆 Top 5 Brands by Positive Sentiment (by total trend score)

1. Woody Nelson — Leading with overwhelming positivity
2. Simply Bare — Strong positive presence with minimal negative
3. Sixty Seven Sins — Maintaining top-tier status from April
4. 1964 — Impressive showing with near-universal positive sentiment
5. Pistol and Paris — Solid positive performance

Major Shift Alert: Pure Sunfarms, April's positive sentiment leader at 3,093.61, doesn't appear in May's top tier—a dramatic fall from grace.

🚫 Brands with Notable Negative Sentiment

• Hiway — Dominated by negative sentiment (nearly 100% red)
• Weed Me — Entirely negative trend score
• Kronic — Overwhelmingly negative reception
• BLKMKT — Mixed reception but significant negative presence
• Cactus — Substantial negative sentiment alongside positive

Key Finding: Unlike April where negative leaders topped 1,400 in trend score, May's negative sentiment appears more distributed across brands rather than concentrated in a few major failures.

🥇 Who Got the Most Overall Trend Score?
While exact numbers aren't visible in the chart, Woody Nelson appears to have captured the highest overall trend score with almost entirely positive sentiment. This represents a complete changing of the guard from April's Pure Sunfarms dominance.

Other Notable Performers:

• Coast Mountain Cannabis — Near 100% positive sentiment
• Northern Canna — Overwhelmingly positive reception
• Nugz — Strong positive showing
• Potluck — Impressive positive performance

📈 Key Changes from April to May

Winners:

• Woody Nelson — From unlisted to chart leader
• 1964 — Massive positive sentiment surge
• Pistol and Paris — New entrant with strong showing

Losers:

• Pure Sunfarms — From #1 to barely visible
• EastCann — Improved from April's worst negative (1,441.64) but still mixed
• Tribal — Dropped from top 5 positive

Sentiment Shifts:

• More brands showing 90%+ positive sentiment (healthier market)
• Fewer extreme negative outliers
• Greater brand diversity in positive sentiment leaders

🧠 Final Takeaways

1. Craft Dominance: May's results show craft and premium brands (Woody Nelson, Coast Mountain Cannabis) commanding overwhelmingly positive sentiment, suggesting quality is winning over value.
2. Value Brand Struggles: Former value leaders like Pure Sunfarms and Hiway faced significant backlash, indicating possible quality issues or shifting consumer preferences.
3. Cleaner Sentiment: Unlike April's polarized landscape, May shows more brands with clear positive sentiment and fewer mixed bags, suggesting consumers are finding brands that consistently deliver.
4. New Players Rising: Fresh faces like Woody Nelson and renewed interest in brands like 1964 show the market remains dynamic and responsive to quality improvements.

📈 Want to explore the data yourself?
You can filter by subreddit and time period in our Live Brand Sentiment Dashboard here:
🔗 https://budtrendz.com/blog/canadian-cannabis-brands-by-sentiment-bias/

Stay tuned for more insights each week as we track the evolving Canadian cannabis landscape through the lens of Reddit's most engaged consumers.