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Comedy (Type, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Comedy (Type, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 50 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.24 – $6.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 21% of the parent category Type (237), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- The same niche in Books scores 31, 10 points higher than here; worth checking both.
Top 10 Comedy best sellers
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Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- List rank#1
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews191
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- List rank#3
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews219
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Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- List rank#4
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews148
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The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- List rank#5
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,701
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King Lear (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- List rank#6
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,035
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Henry IV, Part 1 (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- List rank#7
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews306
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The Complete Talking Heads
by Alan Bennett
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews138
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Julius Caesar (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- List rank#9
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,877
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Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- List rank#10
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,659
Same niche in Books: Comedy
FAQ
Is Comedy a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 50 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Comedy?
The median best seller has 50 reviews, and 59% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Comedy best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.24 and $6.99.
Can new books break into Comedy?
3% 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.