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Comedy (Humor & Entertainment › Television › Genres, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Comedy (Humor & Entertainment › Television › Genres, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.49, median 252 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).

19Opportunity / 100
$11.49Median price
252Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$6.99 – $14.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)13%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • The same niche in Books scores 33, 15 points higher than here; worth checking both.
  • At $11.49 its median price beats 92% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
  • Its median reviews are 40% of the parent category Genres (636), one of the easier corners under it.

Top 10 Comedy best sellers

  1. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir book cover by Matthew  Perry

    Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

    by Matthew Perry

    • List rank#1
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews63,333

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  2. Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David – The Definitive Authorized Biography of Sei book cover by Blake J. Harris

    Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David – The Definitive Authorized Biography of Seinfeld's Legendary Co-Creator

    by Blake J. Harris

    • List rank#2
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews21

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  3. The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series book cover by Jessica Radloff

    The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series

    by Jessica Radloff

    • List rank#3
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews2,404

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  4. Bossypants book cover by Tina Fey

    Bossypants

    by Tina Fey

    • List rank#4
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews21,029

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  5. Young Sheldon: The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw's-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy book cover by Jessica Radloff

    Young Sheldon: The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw's-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy

    by Jessica Radloff

    • List rank#5
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews17

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  6. Daphne & Me: My Life on Frasier (And a Bit More) book cover by Jane Leeves

    Daphne & Me: My Life on Frasier (And a Bit More)

    by Jane Leeves

    • List rank#6
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews28

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  7. Here's Johnny!: My Memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 Years of Friendship book cover by Ed McMahon

    Here's Johnny!: My Memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 Years of Friendship

    by Ed McMahon

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews1,731

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  8. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond book cover by Henry Winkler

    Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

    by Henry Winkler

    • List rank#8
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews4,958

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  9. Robin book cover by Dave Itzkoff

    Robin

    by Dave Itzkoff

    • List rank#9
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews5,416

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  10. Fry & Laurie: Every Funny Thing They’ve Ever Written book cover by Stephen Fry

    Fry & Laurie: Every Funny Thing They’ve Ever Written

    by Stephen Fry

    • List rank#10
    • Price$14.99
    • Reviews-

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Same niche in Books: Comedy

FAQ

Is Comedy a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 252 reviews and sells for $11.49.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Comedy?

The median best seller has 252 reviews, and 31% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Comedy best sellers cost?

The median price is $11.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.99 and $14.99.

Can new books break into Comedy?

13% 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.