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Popular Culture (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Popular Culture (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $6.99, median 160 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).

31Opportunity / 100
$6.99Median price
160Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$4.99 – $11.72
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)28%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Social Sciences (1,597), one of the easier corners under it.
  • 28% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 94% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
  • The same niche in Books scores 42, 11 points higher than here; worth checking both.

Top 10 Popular Culture best sellers

  1. People | October 2026 book cover by People

    People | October 2026

    by People

    • List rank#1
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews7

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  2. People | October 2026 book cover by People

    People | October 2026

    by People

    • List rank#2
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews26

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  3. People | October 2026 book cover by People

    People | October 2026

    by People

    • List rank#3
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews59

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  4. People | October 2026 book cover by People

    People | October 2026

    by People

    • List rank#4
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews95

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  5. Football book cover by Chuck Klosterman

    Football

    by Chuck Klosterman

    • List rank#5
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews690

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  6. People | September 2026 book cover by People

    People | September 2026

    by People

    • List rank#6
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews176

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  7. Us magazine | 02 November 2026 book cover by Us Weekly Magazine

    Us magazine | 02 November 2026

    by Us Weekly Magazine

    • List rank#7
    • Price$5.59
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews16

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  8. People | September 2026 book cover by People

    People | September 2026

    by People

    • List rank#8
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews116

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  9. People | October 2026 book cover by People

    People | October 2026

    by People

    • List rank#9
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews105

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  10. People | September 2026 book cover by People

    People | September 2026

    by People

    • List rank#10
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews95

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Same niche in Books: Popular Culture

FAQ

Is Popular Culture a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 160 reviews and sells for $6.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Popular Culture?

The median best seller has 160 reviews, and 35% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Popular Culture best sellers cost?

The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $11.72.

Can new books break into Popular Culture?

28% 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.