KDP categories · Top KDP authors
Political & Protest (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Political & Protest (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.99, median 6 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 18% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Subjects & Themes (484), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 36, 12 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 87% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 6 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Political & Protest best sellers
-
Animal Farm & 1984
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews10,553
-
Welcome Darkness: Poetry (Life's Tree Spins On. . .)
by Aubrey E Drummond
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews4
-
The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things—A Powerful Collection from Nikki Giovanni, America's Celebrated Poet and Indispensable Radical Orator
by Nikki Giovanni
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews50
-
Party Line: Poems
by Kyle Carrero Lopez
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
-
-
A Rebellion of Care: Poems and Essays
by David Gate
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews104
-
Asked What Has Changed
by Ed Roberson
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews15
-
Sensorium Ex: An Opera in Verse
by Brenda Shaughnessy
- List rank#8
- Price$13.99
- Reviews-
-
We
by Layli Long Soldier
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
-
Same niche in Books: Political & Protest
FAQ
Is Political & Protest a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 6 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Political & Protest?
The median best seller has 6 reviews, and 85% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Political & Protest best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.24.
Can new books break into Political & Protest?
18% 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.