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Statistics (Education & Reference, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Statistics (Education & Reference, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $21.18, median 94 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).

31Opportunity / 100
$21.18Median price
94Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$15.02 – $53.41
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)2%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Education & Reference (2,291), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $15.02 to $53.41, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Statistics best sellers

  1. The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect book cover by Judea Pearl

    The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

    by Judea Pearl

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews2,485

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  2. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets book cover by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

    by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    • List rank#2
    • Price$15.69
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews6,709

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  3. How to Lie with Statistics book cover by Darrell Huff

    How to Lie with Statistics

    by Darrell Huff

    • List rank#3
    • Price$7.95
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews4,540

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  4. The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You book cover by Scott E. Page

    The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You

    by Scott E. Page

    • List rank#4
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews574

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  5. Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of E book cover by Steven D. Levitt

    Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything―A Groundbreaking Exploration of Hidden Incentives, Behavioral Economics, and Unconventional Wisdom

    by Steven D. Levitt

    • List rank#5
    • Price$19.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews6,064

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  6. The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data book cover by David Spiegelhalter

    The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data

    by David Spiegelhalter

    • List rank#6
    • Price$13.50
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews4,165

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  7. Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data book cover by Charles Wheelan

    Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

    by Charles Wheelan

    • List rank#7
    • Price$10.48
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews3,850

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  8. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy book cover by Cathy O'Neil

    Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

    by Cathy O'Neil

    • List rank#8
    • Price$10.49
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews5,040

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  9. Freakonomics Twentieth Anniversary Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of  book cover by Steven D. Levitt

    Freakonomics Twentieth Anniversary Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything―A Groundbreaking Exploration of Hidden Incentives, Behavioral Economics, and Unconventional Wisdom

    by Steven D. Levitt

    • List rank#9
    • Price$16
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews47

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  10. Discrimination and Disparities book cover by Thomas Sowell

    Discrimination and Disparities

    by Thomas Sowell

    • List rank#10
    • Price$20.59
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews4,363

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FAQ

Is Statistics a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 94 reviews and sells for $21.18.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Statistics?

The median best seller has 94 reviews, and 51% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Statistics best sellers cost?

The median price is $21.18; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.02 and $53.41.

Can new books break into Statistics?

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.