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Arts & Photography (Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Arts & Photography (Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.99, median 1,058 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $19.07 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 26% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- 26% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 95% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 86% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,058 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Arts & Photography best sellers
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
- List rank#1
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews63,334
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How To Draw Everything: 300 Drawings of Cute Stuff, Animals, Food, Gifts, and other Amazing Things | Book For Kids
by Emma Greene
- List rank#2
- Price$10.90
- Rating4.7
- Reviews9,687
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One Helluva Ride
- List rank#3
- Price$36.84
- Rating4.6
- Reviews933
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A Dictionary Of Color Combinations Vol 1 (Japanese Edition)
by Various
- List rank#4
- Price$18
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,357
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True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends (1) (Mind-Blowing True Facts)
by Shane Carley
- List rank#5
- Price$7.45
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,854
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: A Hunger Games Novel
- List rank#6
- Price$22.07
- Rating4.5
- Reviews111,003
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Art, Annotated: The World's 500 Greatest Paintings Explained
by DK
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews137
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How to Draw Anything for kids: 300 Cute Step-by-Step Drawing Stuff: Amazing Food, Animals, Kawaii, Gifts and Other (How to draw books for kids)
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,814
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The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
- List rank#10
- Price$12.26
- Rating4.7
- Reviews14,549
Subcategories
- Individual Artists54
- Photography & Video47
- Themes45
- Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions38
- History & Criticism38
- Decorative Arts & Design37
- Sculpture37
- Painting36
- Other Media36
- Architecture36
- Man-Made Objects35
- Fashion35
- European Art34
- Religious33
- Business of Art32
- Graphic Design31
- Drawing31
- Art Movements30
- Music26
- Study & Teaching24
- Disability22
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FAQ
Is Arts & Photography a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,058 reviews and sells for $12.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Arts & Photography?
The median best seller has 1,058 reviews, and 26% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Arts & Photography best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $19.07.
Can new books break into Arts & Photography?
26% 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.