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Data Mining (Databases & Big Data, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Data Mining (Databases & Big Data, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $39.94, median 52 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $28.73 – $50.08 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 23% of the parent category Databases & Big Data (233), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $39.94 its median price beats 93% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 75% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Data Mining best sellers
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
- List rank#1
- Price$47.52
- Rating3.8
- Reviews300
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The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews574
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Fundamentals of Data Engineering: Plan and Build Robust Data Systems
by Joe Reis
- List rank#3
- Price$42.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews937
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Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with pandas, NumPy, and Jupyter
by Wes McKinney
- List rank#4
- Price$43.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews548
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Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work
by Alex Petrov
- List rank#5
- Price$36.33
- Rating4.6
- Reviews573
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Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are — A Big Data Study
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
- List rank#6
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,245
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Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments
by Ron Kohavi
- List rank#7
- Price$34.51
- Rating4.7
- Reviews583
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SQL QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Managing, Analyzing, and Manipulating Data With SQL (Coding & Programming - QuickStart Guides)
by Walter Shields
- List rank#8
- Price$19.36
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,867
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Practical SQL, 2nd Edition: A Beginner's Guide to Storytelling with Data
by Anthony DeBarros
- List rank#9
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews306
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Becoming a Data Head: How to Think, Speak, and Understand Data Science, Statistics, and Machine Learning
by Alex J. Gutman
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews402
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FAQ
Is Data Mining a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 52 reviews and sells for $39.94.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Data Mining?
The median best seller has 52 reviews, and 64% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Data Mining best sellers cost?
The median price is $39.94; half of the best sellers are priced between $28.73 and $50.08.
Can new books break into Data Mining?
5% 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.