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Skateboarding (Individual Sports, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Skateboarding (Individual Sports, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $17.11, median 29 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.88 – $26.34 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Individual Sports (1,036), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $11.88 to $26.34, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Skateboarding best sellers
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Ninja Life Hacks Emotions and Feelings 8 Book Box Set (Books 1-8: Angry, Inventor, Positive, Lazy, Helpful, Earth, Grumpy, Kind)
by Mary Nhin
- List rank#1
- Price$59.72
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,193
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Skateboard Tricks: Step By Step Instructions & Videos To Help You Land Your Next Trick!
by Jack Boyd
- List rank#2
- Price$10.97
- Rating4.4
- Reviews694
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Skateboard Culture: Skateboarding from the 1970s to Today
by Morgan Bouvant
- List rank#3
- Price$25.37
- Rating4.7
- Reviews26
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'93 til: A Photographic Journey Through Skateboarding in the 1990s
by Pete Thompson
- List rank#4
- Price$35.42
- Rating4.8
- Reviews237
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A Race Like No Other: 26.2 Miles Through the Streets of New York – Professional and Amateur Runners in the Premier Marathon
by Liz Robbins
- List rank#5
- Price$12.47
- Rating4.4
- Reviews230
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The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself – The Youngest World-Champion's Story of 35 Titles, Family Struggle, and Street Revolution
by Rodney Mullen
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews705
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Locals Only
by Hugh Holland
- List rank#7
- Price$21.61
- Rating4.6
- Reviews454
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Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder
by Tony Hawk
- List rank#8
- Price$9.67
- Rating4.6
- Reviews470
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Ed Templeton: Wires Crossed
by Brian Anderson
- List rank#9
- Price$40.94
- Rating5.0
- Reviews68
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Skate the World: Photographing One World of Skateboarding
by Jonathan Mehring
- List rank#10
- Price$30
- Rating4.8
- Reviews405
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FAQ
Is Skateboarding a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 29 reviews and sells for $17.11.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Skateboarding?
The median best seller has 29 reviews, and 72% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Skateboarding best sellers cost?
The median price is $17.11; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.88 and $26.34.
Can new books break into Skateboarding?
7% 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.