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Applications & Software: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Applications & Software, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 46 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 35/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $19.49 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 20% of the parent category Computers & Technology (238), one of the easier corners under it.
- 16% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $19.49, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Applications & Software best sellers
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AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models
by Chip Huyen
- List rank#1
- Price$43.70
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,023
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The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews574
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Claude AI for Business: The 10X Playbook: Master Cowork, Claude Code, Skills, Projects, Artifacts, MCP, Plugins, and AI Agents to Automate Work and Build ... Company (The Operator's Playbook Library)
by Justin Smith
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews38
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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)
by Krug Steve
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,682
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Claude Anthology: The 4-in-1 Path From First Prompt to Recurring Revenue | Prompt Engineering, Claude Code, AI Agents, and Money & Business
by Ryan Lee
- List rank#5
- Price$1
- Rating4.5
- Reviews46
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
- List rank#6
- Price$45.14
- Rating3.8
- Reviews300
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AI Guide for Beginners: How to Use AI Prompts & Master Artificial Intelligence in 4 Practical Days (21 Days To Make Money With AI Book 1)
by Tigran Voskanyan
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews708
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The AI Workshop: The Complete Beginner's Guide to AI: Your A-Z Guide to Mastering Artificial Intelligence for Life, Work, and Business—No Coding Required (THE AI WORKSHOP by Milo Foster Book 1)
by Milo Foster
- List rank#8
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews549
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The AI Prompt Playbook: Master AI Prompt Engineering with 140 Ready-to-Use Templates for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Copilot
by James Caldwell
- List rank#9
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews29
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Invest Smarter with AI: A Practical Guide to Long-Term Investing, Financial Planning, and Building Wealth
by Mark Johnson
- List rank#10
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews110
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Software
FAQ
Is Applications & Software a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 35/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 46 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Applications & Software?
The median best seller has 46 reviews, and 67% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Applications & Software best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $19.49.
Can new books break into Applications & Software?
16% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.