The Top 10 Best-Selling Flower Strains in California in 2024

Blue Dream is the back-to-back champion as the most popular cannabis cultivar in California.

With Northern California roots, this cross between Blueberry and Haze is a sativa-dominant hybrid known for producing a balanced high of cerebral stimulation and full-body relaxation that 37% of people say helps relieve stress, according to Leafly.

As the No. 1 best-selling flower strain in California in 2024, Blue Dream commanded $25.9 million in sales between January and November, besting the likes of fellow consumer favorites OG #18 ($16.9 million), Gelato ($16 million) and Wedding Cake ($15.7 million), according to cannabis data-driven tech company Headset.

Blue Dream also took the best-selling flower crown in 2023 after coming in the No. 4 spot in 2022.

Here’s how the rest of the top 10 flower list played out this year:

As this year’s runner-up, OG #18 is a newcomer to California’s best-selling flower strains. Also known as “Private Reserve” or “Reserve OG,” this hybrid is a phenotype of OG Kush and a two-time High Times Cannabis Cup winner in 2009 and 2010, according to Leafly.

Meanwhile, Gelato, Wedding Cake and Biscotti are back in the top 10 for the third straight year.

As champion, however, Blue Dream wasn’t just California’s best seller for flower; it also took the top spots with $27.4 million in pre-roll sales and $44.5 million in vapor pens sales this year, according to Headset.

Here’s how the top 10 list for California’s best-selling pre-roll cultivars played out in 2024: 

And here’s how the top 10 list for California’s best-selling vapor pen cultivars played out in 2024:

Blue Dream and Gelato were the only two cannabis cultivars in the top 10 best-selling lists for the flower, pre-roll and vapor pen categories, and they were also among the top 10 best-selling concentrate strains.

However, according to Headset, D Cure was the No. 1 best-selling concentrate strain overall in California, with $3.8 million in sales this year.

D Cure is a cross between Chemdog and Gage Green Group’s Grape Stomper that creates a strain “with a loud and delicious terpene profile,” including myrcene, limonene and caryophyllene, for a relaxing effect that is widely said to help with inflammation, pain and arthritis, according to Leafly.

Here’s how the top 10 list for California’s best-selling concentrate cultivars played out in 2024: