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Documentary: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Documentary, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $12.99, median 4 reviews, average rating 4.2 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $6.99 – $21.38 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.2 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Genres (200), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $12.99 its median price beats 96% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 90% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 4 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Documentary best sellers
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You Can Read Everything: The Unofficial Companion to Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Documentary: Theranos, Billy Evans, Amanda Seyfried and the Making of You Can See Everything
by Rory Pettibon
- List rank#1
- Price$6.99
- Reviews-
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1144 Random, Interesting & Fun Facts You Need To Know - The Knowledge Encyclopedia To Win Trivia (Amazing World Facts Book Book 1)
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,315
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You Can See Everything (2026) Movie Review: An Unofficial Critical Companion, True Crime Fact-Check, and Film Analysis of the 2026 Documentary
by Bramwell J. Norwick
- List rank#3
- Price$5.99
- Reviews-
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Outrageous: The True Story of the Mitford Sisters and Their Scandalous Lives
by Sherwood Dobson
- List rank#4
- Price$5.99
- Rating3.3
- Reviews108
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Tell Me Who I Am: The extraordinary story behind the Netflix documentary
by Alex Lewis
- List rank#5
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,206
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The Art of Street Photography: Express the Moment
by Joshua K Jackson
- List rank#6
- Price-
- Rating4.5
- Reviews104
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Introduction to Documentary
by Bill Nichols
- List rank#7
- Price$23.75
- Rating4.1
- Reviews11
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Documentary Storytelling: Creative Nonfiction on Screen
by Sheila Curran Bernard
- List rank#8
- Price$48.79
- Rating4.3
- Reviews24
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One Night in Idaho: The Bryan Kohberger Case and the Hunt for Justice
by Sherwood Dobson
- List rank#9
- Price$5.99
- Rating3.7
- Reviews19
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Earnhardt: Inside the Life and Legacy of The Intimidator
by Dustin Rutledge
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating1.0
- Reviews1
FAQ
Is Documentary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 4 reviews and sells for $12.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Documentary?
The median best seller has 4 reviews, and 80% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Documentary best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.99 and $21.38.
Can new books break into Documentary?
7% 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.