Baking — Kindle Category Opportunity
Competition snapshot for the Cookbooks, Food & Wine best-seller list, ease-of-entry score 54.5/100.
Category metrics
Score
54.5
Median reviews
114
Weak share (top 20)
45%
Median price
$1.99
Median star rating
4.6
Books scanned
50
Worth writing in?
The Baking list shows real reader demand with room left for newcomers: the median book carries 114 reviews, yet 45% of the top 20 still sit under 100 reviews. 2 top-15 books hold fewer than 100 reviews at $0.99–4.99 — classic self-publishing breakout books. Ease-of-entry score 54.5/100.
Breakout books — top 15, under 100 reviews, $0.99–4.99
Best-seller list on Amazon| # | Title | Star | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | The Essential Dry Mix Pantry Cookbook for Beginners: Easy & Budget-Smart Recipes from Dry Mixes to Meals with Meal Plans & Shelf-Life Tips | Including Spice Mixtures, Baking Mixes, Soup Bases & More! | 4.8 | 44 | $2.99 |
| 11 | Lazy Baking: Really Easy Sweet and Savoury Bakes | 4.5 | 59 | $0.99 |
High-frequency phrases in this category's titles
Mine all categoriesHigh-frequency phrases mined from the 50 best-seller titles on this category's list. The ease-of-entry score tells you how winnable the category is; these title phrases tell you which words readers search with — use the two layers together. Frequency is a title statistic, not a search-volume estimate.
| Phrase | Titles | Rank-weighted score |
|---|---|---|
| cookbook for beginners | 11 | 263 |
| dry mix | 7 | 171 |
| cookbook for beginners 150 | 7 | 169 |
| dry mix pantry | 6 | 150 |
| dry mix pantry cookbook | 5 | 121 |
| 150 easy from scratch | 5 | 110 |
| beginners 150 easy | 5 | 110 |
| easy from scratch recipes | 5 | 110 |
| budget friendly | 6 | 109 |
| baking mixes soup | 2 | 84 |
| bake from scratch | 2 | 82 |
| pantry cookbook for beginners | 2 | 71 |
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9 subcategories under this category
| Subcategory | Score | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|
| █████ | 80.5 | 5 |
| █████ | 68.5 | 43 |
| █████ | 64.5 | 118.5 |
| █████ | 58.0 | 99 |
| █████ | 57.5 | 106 |
| █████ | 56.0 | 277 |
| █████ | 51.5 | 286.5 |
| █████ | 47.5 | 140.5 |
| █████ | 43.5 | 129.5 |
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Research snapshot scanned on Oct 19, 2026. Refreshed periodically — not live tracking.