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Data Processing: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Data Processing, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $40.88, median 96 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $29.95 – $46.41 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- At $40.88 its median price beats 94% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its median reviews are 41% of the parent category Databases & Big Data (233), one of the easier corners under it.
- 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 Processing 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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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
by Charles Petzold
- List rank#2
- Price$32.58
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,085
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Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)
- List rank#3
- Price$47.44
- Rating4.5
- Reviews648
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Build a Reasoning Model (From Scratch)
- List rank#4
- Price$47.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews82
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The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
- List rank#5
- 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#6
- Price$42.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews937
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Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World
- List rank#7
- Price$30
- Reviews-
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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)
by Krug Steve
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,682
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
- List rank#9
- Price$25.39
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,618
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Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with pandas, NumPy, and Jupyter
by Wes McKinney
- List rank#10
- Price$43.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews548
FAQ
Is Data Processing a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 96 reviews and sells for $40.88.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Data Processing?
The median best seller has 96 reviews, and 51% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Data Processing best sellers cost?
The median price is $40.88; half of the best sellers are priced between $29.95 and $46.41.
Can new books break into Data Processing?
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.