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Butterflies (Animals, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Butterflies (Animals, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.49, median 38 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 6% of the parent category Animals (592), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- The same niche in Books scores 33, 14 points higher than here; worth checking both.
Top 10 Butterflies best sellers
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The Complete Works of Ernst Haeckel
by Ernst Haeckel
- List rank#1
- Price$2
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada
by John Muir Laws
- List rank#2
- Price$13.30
- Rating4.9
- Reviews724
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Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
by Sara Dykman
- List rank#3
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews597
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Fabre's Book of Insects
by Jean-Henri Fabre
- List rank#4
- Price$1.94
- Rating4.4
- Reviews106
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Butterflies of the Colorado Front Range: A Photographic Guide to 100 Species
by Janet R. Chu
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews32
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A Swift Guide to Butterflies of Mexico and Central America: Second Edition
by Jeffrey Glassberg
- List rank#6
- Price$25.64
- Rating4.8
- Reviews148
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Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa: Second Edition (Bloomsbury Naturalist)
by Steve Woodhall
- List rank#7
- Price$28.39
- Rating4.6
- Reviews21
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The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia: Second Edition
by Michael F. Braby
- List rank#8
- Price$28.09
- Rating4.6
- Reviews38
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Southern African Moths & their Caterpillars
by Hermann Staude
- List rank#9
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5
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The Butterfly Season: What 64 Butterflies Taught Me About Nature's Great Mysteries and the Meaning of Life
by Lea Korsgaard
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews14
Same niche in Books: Butterflies
FAQ
Is Butterflies a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 38 reviews and sells for $9.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Butterflies?
The median best seller has 38 reviews, and 73% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Butterflies best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Butterflies?
2% 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.