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Privacy & Surveillance (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Privacy & Surveillance (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 28 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Social Sciences (1,597), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 31, 12 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $14.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Privacy & Surveillance best sellers
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The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook
by Frances Haugen
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews155
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The Voyeur's Motel
by Gay Talese
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating3.8
- Reviews1,230
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Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI
by Carissa Véliz
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews115
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
by Shoshana Zuboff
- List rank#4
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,113
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The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence
by Douglas London
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews288
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Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate
by Zoë Quinn
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews509
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Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World
by Katherine Dunn
- List rank#7
- Price$17.29
- Rating4.1
- Reviews89
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The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy (Thom Hartmann Hidden History)
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews103
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The Right to Oblivion: Privacy and the Good Life
by Lowry Pressly
- List rank#9
- Price$14.72
- Rating4.3
- Reviews33
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Unfollow Me: A Terrifying True Story of a Sadistic Stalker (The Unfollow Me Duet Book 1)
by Kathryn Caraway
- List rank#10
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews39
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FAQ
Is Privacy & Surveillance a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 28 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Privacy & Surveillance?
The median best seller has 28 reviews, and 65% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Privacy & Surveillance best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Privacy & Surveillance?
11% 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.