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Privacy & Surveillance (Social Sciences, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Privacy & Surveillance (Social Sciences, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $16.83, median 31 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.71 – $20.00 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Social Sciences (3,820), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 20, 12 points lower than here.
Top 10 Privacy & Surveillance best sellers
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
- List rank#1
- Price$21.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,675
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The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception: Declassified 1950s CIA field manual reveals MK-ULTRA magician John Mulholland's Cold War spycraft and sleight of hand
by H. Keith Melton
- List rank#2
- Price$10.37
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,312
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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#3
- Price$32.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,113
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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#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews155
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Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI
by Carissa Véliz
- List rank#5
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews115
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
by Cathy O'Neil
- List rank#6
- Price$10.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,040
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Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State
by Byron Tau
- List rank#7
- Price$11.97
- Rating4.6
- Reviews174
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Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World
by Katherine Dunn
- List rank#8
- Price$24.23
- Rating4.1
- Reviews89
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Permanent Record
by Edward Snowden
- List rank#9
- Price$17.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews17,294
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The Voyeur's Motel
by Gay Talese
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating3.8
- Reviews1,230
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Privacy & Surveillance
FAQ
Is Privacy & Surveillance a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 31 reviews and sells for $16.83.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Privacy & Surveillance?
The median best seller has 31 reviews, and 60% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Privacy & Surveillance best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.83; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.71 and $20.00.
Can new books break into Privacy & Surveillance?
8% 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.