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Humor (Humor & Entertainment, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Humor (Humor & Entertainment, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 1,494 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).

27Opportunity / 100
$5.99Median price
1,494Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$3.99 – $8.02
Average rating4.3
New releases (90 days)31%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • 31% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 95% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,494 reviews, so new books need time to build up.

Top 10 Humor best sellers

  1. Dungeon Crawler Carl: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 1 book cover by Matt Dinniman

    Dungeon Crawler Carl: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 1

    by Matt Dinniman

    • List rank#1
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews125,761

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  2. The Answer Is No: A Short Story book cover by Fredrik Backman

    The Answer Is No: A Short Story

    by Fredrik Backman

    • List rank#2
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews63,912

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  3. Jingle Belle book cover by Laura Ashley Gallagher

    Jingle Belle

    by Laura Ashley Gallagher

    • List rank#3
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews198

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  4. The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie: A Satirical Novella book cover by Freida McFadden

    The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie: A Satirical Novella

    by Freida McFadden

    • List rank#4
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating3.6
    • Reviews63,941

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  5. Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout Book 1) book cover by Lucy Score

    Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout Book 1)

    by Lucy Score

    • List rank#5
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews241,506

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  6. This Wasn't The Plan (Apparently It's Love) book cover by Laura Ashley Gallagher

    This Wasn't The Plan (Apparently It's Love)

    by Laura Ashley Gallagher

    • List rank#6
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews2,271

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  7. Bluffed by the Offense (Tennessee Thunder Football Book 2) book cover by Savannah Scott

    Bluffed by the Offense (Tennessee Thunder Football Book 2)

    by Savannah Scott

    • List rank#7
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews72

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  8. True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress book cover by Shane Carley

    True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends (Mind-Blowing True Facts)

    by Shane Carley

    • List rank#8
    • Price$10.49
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews9,854

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  9. Fall Fake-Out: A Sweet Romantic Comedy book cover by Kortney Keisel

    Fall Fake-Out: A Sweet Romantic Comedy

    by Kortney Keisel

    • List rank#9
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,204

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  10. The Devil Wears Scrubs: A Short Comedic Novel (Dr. Jane McGill Book 1) book cover by Freida McFadden

    The Devil Wears Scrubs: A Short Comedic Novel (Dr. Jane McGill Book 1)

    by Freida McFadden

    • List rank#10
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews35,020

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Subcategories

Same niche in Books: Humor

FAQ

Is Humor a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,494 reviews and sells for $5.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Humor?

The median best seller has 1,494 reviews, and 18% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Humor best sellers cost?

The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $8.02.

Can new books break into Humor?

31% 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.