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Applied (Mathematics, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Applied (Mathematics, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.99, median 597 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.26 – $24.74 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 46% of the parent category Mathematics (1,295), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 78% of Books categories: the median best seller has 597 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Applied best sellers
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The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data
by David Spiegelhalter
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,165
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The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
by Judea Pearl
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,485
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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
- List rank#3
- Price$15.14
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,048
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
- List rank#5
- Price$15.14
- Rating4.4
- Reviews10,023
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
- List rank#6
- Price$12.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,346
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- List rank#7
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,709
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The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life
by Avinash K. Dixit
- List rank#8
- Price$12.09
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,498
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Factfulness
by Hans Rosling
- List rank#9
- Price$9.85
- Rating4.6
- Reviews28,208
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The Black Swan, Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility": Incerto, Book 2
- List rank#10
- Price$22.50
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,317
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Applied
FAQ
Is Applied a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 597 reviews and sells for $14.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Applied?
The median best seller has 597 reviews, and 14% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Applied best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.26 and $24.74.
Can new books break into Applied?
7% 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.