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Mayan: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Mayan, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $20.34, median 48 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.98 – $25.57 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Ancient Civilizations (1,313), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 17, 15 points lower than here.
Top 10 Mayan best sellers
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Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
- List rank#1
- Price$13.84
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,108
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Civilizations Map by Map: From Ancient Empires to Forgotten Cultures (DK History Map by Map)
by DK
- List rank#2
- Price$32.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews24
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The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya (Unearthing the Past)
by David Stuart
- List rank#3
- Price$26.15
- Rating4.5
- Reviews101
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They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America (Journal of African Civilizations)
by Ivan Van Sertima
- List rank#4
- Price$12.70
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,557
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition
- List rank#5
- Price$10.13
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,776
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Grandeza / Greatness (Spanish Edition)
by Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- List rank#6
- Price$20.63
- Rating4.8
- Reviews563
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Mexico: A 500-Year History
by Paul Gillingham
- List rank#7
- Price$21.48
- Rating4.4
- Reviews171
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An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya
by Mary Ellen Miller
- List rank#8
- Price$16.86
- Rating4.8
- Reviews765
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Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed
- List rank#9
- Price$24.72
- Rating4.5
- Reviews17
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Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of The Mayan Book of The Dawn of Life and The Glories of Gods and Kings
by Dennis Tedlock
- List rank#10
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews821
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Maya
FAQ
Is Mayan a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 48 reviews and sells for $20.34.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Mayan?
The median best seller has 48 reviews, and 66% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Mayan best sellers cost?
The median price is $20.34; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.98 and $25.57.
Can new books break into Mayan?
6% 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.