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Budgeting (Finance, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Budgeting (Finance, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $4.99, median 27 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).

27Opportunity / 100
$4.99Median price
27Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $9.99
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)9%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Finance (1,218), one of the easier corners under it.
  • At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $9.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Budgeting best sellers

  1. Retire Today: Create Your Retirement Master Plan in 5 Simple Steps book cover by Jeremy Keil

    Retire Today: Create Your Retirement Master Plan in 5 Simple Steps

    by Jeremy Keil

    • List rank#1
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews228

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  2. Living Off Your Acorns: Your Guide To The Four Phases of Retirement book cover by Dana  Anspach

    Living Off Your Acorns: Your Guide To The Four Phases of Retirement

    by Dana Anspach

    • List rank#2
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews119

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  3. How to Get Rich in American History: 300 Years of Financial Advice That Worked (& Didn’t) book cover by Joseph S. Moore  PhD

    How to Get Rich in American History: 300 Years of Financial Advice That Worked (& Didn’t)

    by Joseph S. Moore PhD

    • List rank#3
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews119

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  4. The Total Money Makeover Updated and Expanded: A Proven Plan for Financial Peace book cover by Dave Ramsey

    The Total Money Makeover Updated and Expanded: A Proven Plan for Financial Peace

    by Dave Ramsey

    • List rank#4
    • Price$20.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews22,500

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  5. Money for Couples: No More Stress. No More Fights. Just a 10-Step Plan to Create Your Rich book cover by Ramit Sethi

    Money for Couples: No More Stress. No More Fights. Just a 10-Step Plan to Create Your Rich Life Together.

    by Ramit Sethi

    • List rank#5
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews720

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  6. The Wealth of Nations book cover by Adam Smith

    The Wealth of Nations

    by Adam Smith

    • List rank#6
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews148

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  7. Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: The Proven Path to Break Free from Debt, Build Real Weal book cover by Anthony O'Neal

    Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: The Proven Path to Break Free from Debt, Build Real Wealth, and Live Free on Any Income

    by Anthony O'Neal

    • List rank#7
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews66

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  8. Living On Almost Nothing book cover by Amber Storck

    Living On Almost Nothing

    by Amber Storck

    • List rank#8
    • Price$6
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,723

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  9. Don't Be That Girl: The Modern Guide to Financial Etiquette book cover by Jessica Perrone

    Don't Be That Girl: The Modern Guide to Financial Etiquette

    by Jessica Perrone

    • List rank#9
    • Price$0.99
    • Reviews-

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  10. Live Simple, Rich, and Free: Character, Money, and Independence: A Personal Finance Story book cover by J Hopkin

    Live Simple, Rich, and Free: Character, Money, and Independence: A Personal Finance Story

    by J Hopkin

    • List rank#10
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews53

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FAQ

Is Budgeting a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 27 reviews and sells for $4.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Budgeting?

The median best seller has 27 reviews, and 65% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Budgeting best sellers cost?

The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $9.99.

Can new books break into Budgeting?

9% 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.