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Social Activists (Teens › Biographies, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Social Activists (Teens › Biographies, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $10.71, median 73 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.38 – $15.86 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category Biographies (649), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $10.71 its median price is below 87% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 75% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Social Activists best sellers
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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
- List rank#1
- Price$8.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,044
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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
by Martin Ganda
- List rank#2
- Price$8.25
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,991
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Farewell to Manzanar: A Powerful Memoir of Growing Up in a Japanese Incarceration Camp
by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
- List rank#3
- Price$6.39
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,637
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Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz
by Eva Mozes Kor
- List rank#4
- Price$8.84
- Rating4.6
- Reviews8,429
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Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy ― A Spy Tale Blending Fact and Fiction
by Seymour Reit
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,046
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All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
by George M. Johnson
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,746
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Phillip Hoose
- List rank#7
- Price$9.39
- Rating4.7
- Reviews802
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Three Little Words: A Memoir
by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
- List rank#8
- Price$12.34
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,772
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Beyond the Gender Binary (Pocket Change Collective)
by Alok Vaid-Menon
- List rank#9
- Price$5.66
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,828
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The Pink Marine
by Greg Cope White
- List rank#10
- Price$18.19
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,213
FAQ
Is Social Activists a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 73 reviews and sells for $10.71.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Social Activists?
The median best seller has 73 reviews, and 58% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Social Activists best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.71; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.38 and $15.86.
Can new books break into Social Activists?
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.