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Statistics (Applied, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Statistics (Applied, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $18.95, median 318 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.00 – $36.88 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 75% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 70% of Books categories: the median best seller has 318 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $14.00 to $36.88, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Statistics best sellers
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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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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
- List rank#2
- Price$15.14
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,048
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
- List rank#3
- Price$15.14
- Rating4.4
- Reviews10,023
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- List rank#4
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,709
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
- List rank#5
- Price$12.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,346
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Factfulness
by Hans Rosling
- List rank#6
- Price$9.85
- Rating4.6
- Reviews28,208
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The Black Swan, Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility": Incerto, Book 2
- List rank#7
- Price$22.50
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,317
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How to Lie with Statistics
by Darrell Huff
- List rank#8
- Price$7.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,540
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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely
- List rank#9
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews11,466
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The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews574
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Probability & Statistics
FAQ
Is Statistics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 318 reviews and sells for $18.95.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Statistics?
The median best seller has 318 reviews, and 35% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Statistics best sellers cost?
The median price is $18.95; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.00 and $36.88.
Can new books break into Statistics?
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.