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Humorous (Poetry, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Humorous (Poetry, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 147 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).

23Opportunity / 100
$11.99Median price
147Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$8.60 – $13.95
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)9%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Poetry (3,655), one of the easier corners under it.
  • At $11.99 its median price is below 82% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.

Top 10 Humorous best sellers

  1. Hop on Pop: The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use book cover by Dr. Seuss

    Hop on Pop: The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use

    by Dr. Seuss

    • List rank#1
    • Price$5.07
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews10,457

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  2. The Gato Taco: A Hilarious, Rhyming, Spanish-Sprinkled Children's Book (Spanglish Bites) book cover by Didi Dragon

    The Gato Taco: A Hilarious, Rhyming, Spanish-Sprinkled Children's Book (Spanglish Bites)

    by Didi Dragon

    • List rank#2
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews331

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  3. Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings book cover by Shel Silverstein

    Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

    by Shel Silverstein

    • List rank#3
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews12,372

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  4. I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats (Gifts for Cat Lovers, Funny Cat Books for Ca book cover by Francesco Marciuliano

    I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats (Gifts for Cat Lovers, Funny Cat Books for Cat Lovers)

    by Francesco Marciuliano

    • List rank#4
    • Price$6.55
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews7,279

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  5. The Snail Who Forgot The mail: Teach your kid patience! Children's Book for Preschool, Tod book cover by Sigal Adler

    The Snail Who Forgot The mail: Teach your kid patience! Children's Book for Preschool, Toddlers, Kindergarten and 1st Graders. early reader story

    by Sigal Adler

    • List rank#5
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews1,582

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  6. The Amazing Planet Earth (StoryBots) (Step into Reading, Step 1) book cover by Storybots

    The Amazing Planet Earth (StoryBots) (Step into Reading, Step 1)

    by Storybots

    • List rank#6
    • Price$4.64
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews3,264

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  7. The Mosquito Burrito: A Hilarious, Rhyming Children's Book (Spanglish Bites) book cover by Didi Dragon

    The Mosquito Burrito: A Hilarious, Rhyming Children's Book (Spanglish Bites)

    by Didi Dragon

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.57
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews303

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  8. Every Thing On It book cover by Shel Silverstein

    Every Thing On It

    by Shel Silverstein

    • List rank#8
    • Price$13.84
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews2,159

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  9. The Lady with the Alligator Purse book cover by Mary Ann Hoberman

    The Lady with the Alligator Purse

    by Mary Ann Hoberman

    • List rank#9
    • Price$7.97
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews644

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  10. When The Sky Roars book cover by Katie Weaver

    When The Sky Roars

    by Katie Weaver

    • List rank#10
    • Price$10.95
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews734

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FAQ

Is Humorous a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 147 reviews and sells for $11.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Humorous?

The median best seller has 147 reviews, and 42% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Humorous best sellers cost?

The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.60 and $13.95.

Can new books break into Humorous?

9% 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.