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Humor (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Humor (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 51 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 17/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 7% of the parent category Subjects & Themes (692), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Humor best sellers
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When Will Jesus Bring the Pork chops?
by George Carlin
- List rank#1
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews635
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In Praise of Idleness: A Timeless Essay
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews156
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What I'd Say to the Martians: And Other Veiled Threats
by Jack Handey
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews426
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Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense
by Elliott Kalan
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews97
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Housebroken: Admissions of an Untidy Life
- List rank#5
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews797
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It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1,037
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The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Plays, novels, essays, and political satire from a Nobel Prize winner
by George Bernard Shaw
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews62
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The Post Office Lady with the Dragon Tattoo: An Essay
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews178
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Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976: 161 witty essays spanning 1927-1976—E. B. White on Thoreau, Khrushchev, Maine, sparrows, and the common cold
by E. B. White
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews135
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The Devil's Dictionary: By Ambrose Bierce - Illustrated
by Ambrose Bierce
- List rank#10
- Price$0.51
- Rating4.2
- Reviews273
FAQ
Is Humor a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 17/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 51 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Humor?
The median best seller has 51 reviews, and 65% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Humor best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Humor?
2% 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.