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Social Activists (Children's Books › Biographies, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Social Activists (Children's Books › Biographies, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.35, median 424 reviews, average rating 4.8 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).

23Opportunity / 100
$9.35Median price
424Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$6.22 – $11.32
Average rating4.8
New releases (90 days)2%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Its median reviews are 29% of the parent category Biographies (1,456), one of the easier corners under it.
  • At $9.35 its median price is below 93% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.

Top 10 Social Activists best sellers

  1. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edit book cover by Malala Yousafzai

    I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)

    by Malala Yousafzai

    • List rank#1
    • Price$6.29
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews9,639

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  2. The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans book cover by Barbara E. Walsh

    The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans

    by Barbara E. Walsh

    • List rank#2
    • Price$10.60
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews509

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  3. Bibi's Light: A story about a love that never goes away book cover by Suzy Berschback

    Bibi's Light: A story about a love that never goes away

    by Suzy Berschback

    • List rank#3
    • Price$9.99
    • Reviews-

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  4. Black History Little Legends Alphabet book cover by Beck Feiner

    Black History Little Legends Alphabet

    by Beck Feiner

    • List rank#4
    • Price$6
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews59

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  5. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: Baby's First Book of Extraordinary Women book cover by Rebel Girls

    Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: Baby's First Book of Extraordinary Women

    by Rebel Girls

    • List rank#5
    • Price$9.31
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews767

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  6. Who Was Rosa Parks? book cover by Yona Zeldis McDonough

    Who Was Rosa Parks?

    by Yona Zeldis McDonough

    • List rank#6
    • Price$4.49
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews2,517

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  7. Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women ― A Book on Women Inve book cover by Catherine Thimmesh

    Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women ― A Book on Women Inventors, for Kids (Ages 8-12)

    by Catherine Thimmesh

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.10
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,267

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  8. Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? book cover by Bonnie Bader

    Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

    by Bonnie Bader

    • List rank#8
    • Price$4.19
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews2,210

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  9. Who Was Helen Keller? book cover by Gare Thompson

    Who Was Helen Keller?

    by Gare Thompson

    • List rank#9
    • Price$6.51
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews2,100

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  10. I Am Ruby Bridges book cover by Ruby Bridges

    I Am Ruby Bridges

    by Ruby Bridges

    • List rank#10
    • Price$8.59
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews363

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FAQ

Is Social Activists a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 424 reviews and sells for $9.35.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Social Activists?

The median best seller has 424 reviews, and 27% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Social Activists best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.35; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.22 and $11.32.

Can new books break into Social Activists?

2% 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.