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Comedy (Humor & Entertainment › Movies & Video › Genres, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Comedy (Humor & Entertainment › Movies & Video › Genres, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.49, median 76 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $7.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- The same niche in Books scores 30, 13 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Its median reviews are 38% of the parent category Genres (200), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $10.49 its median price beats 89% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Comedy best sellers
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Jungle Red!: The Making of MGM's The Women
- List rank#1
- Price$22.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews52
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Robin
by Dave Itzkoff
- List rank#2
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,416
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Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film
by Mel Brooks
- List rank#3
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews787
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The Film Appreciation Book: The Film Course You Always Wanted to Take
by Jim Piper
- List rank#4
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews67
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Yes Please: The #1 New York Times Bestselling Celebrity Memoir of Comedy, Life Lessons, and Hard-Won Wisdom
by Amy Poehler
- List rank#5
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.2
- Reviews20,967
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Elf Unwrapped: Andy Richter's Oral History of the Making of Elf, the Beloved Holiday Film Starring Will Ferrell
by Andy Richter
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Reviews-
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Funny Man: Mel Brooks
by Patrick McGilligan
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews176
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Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories — A Funny Collection of Real-Life Stories
by Kelly Ripa
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,638
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Giraffes on Horseback Salad: The Strangest Movie Never Made
by Josh Frank
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews177
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A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap
by Rob Reiner
- List rank#10
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews351
Same niche in Books: Comedy
FAQ
Is Comedy a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 76 reviews and sells for $10.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Comedy?
The median best seller has 76 reviews, and 57% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Comedy best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Comedy?
10% 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.