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Science for Kids (Education, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Science for Kids (Education, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $6.97, median 53 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).

21Opportunity / 100
$6.97Median price
53Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $11.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)5%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Science for Kids best sellers

  1. Scientific American June 2026 book cover by Scientific American

    Scientific American June 2026

    by Scientific American

    • List rank#1
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews42

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  2. Weird But True Science For Curious Girls: Bizarre Facts, Fun Experiments & STEM Surprises  book cover by Sophie Harbor

    Weird But True Science For Curious Girls: Bizarre Facts, Fun Experiments & STEM Surprises to Spark a Love of Learning (Gift Books for Kids)

    by Sophie Harbor

    • List rank#2
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews127

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  3. Science in Seconds: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant (IN MINUTES) book cover by Hazel Muir

    Science in Seconds: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant (IN MINUTES)

    by Hazel Muir

    • List rank#3
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews143

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  4. Scientific American July/August 2026 book cover by Scientific American

    Scientific American July/August 2026

    by Scientific American

    • List rank#4
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews8

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  5. Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read book cover by Stanislas Dehaene

    Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read

    by Stanislas Dehaene

    • List rank#5
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews670

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  6. Scientific American 14th April 2026 book cover by Scientific American

    Scientific American 14th April 2026

    by Scientific American

    • List rank#6
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews11

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  7. Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story book cover by Randy Olson

    Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story

    by Randy Olson

    • List rank#7
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews249

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  8. Simply Chemistry (DK Simply) book cover by DK

    Simply Chemistry (DK Simply)

    by DK

    • List rank#8
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews5

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  9. Back-of-the-Envelope Physics (Johns Hopkins Paperback) book cover by Clifford Swartz

    Back-of-the-Envelope Physics (Johns Hopkins Paperback)

    by Clifford Swartz

    • List rank#9
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews34

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  10. Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum book cover by Leonard Susskind

    Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum

    by Leonard Susskind

    • List rank#10
    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,253

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FAQ

Is Science for Kids a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 53 reviews and sells for $6.97.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Science for Kids?

The median best seller has 53 reviews, and 62% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Science for Kids best sellers cost?

The median price is $6.97; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $11.99.

Can new books break into Science for Kids?

5% 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.