Education — Kindle Category Opportunity
Competition snapshot for the Science & Math best-seller list, ease-of-entry score 58.0/100.
Category metrics
Score
58.0
Median reviews
86
Weak share (top 20)
50%
Median price
$6.99
Median star rating
4.5
Books scanned
50
Worth writing in?
Education sits below our demand gate: 50% of the top 20 is under-reviewed, but overall reader activity is thin too. It can be a quiet corner to build in slowly — validate demand with keyword lookups before committing a series. Ease-of-entry score 58.0/100.
Breakout books — top 15, under 100 reviews, $0.99–4.99
Best-seller list on Amazon| # | Title | Star | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change | 4.5 | 32 | $2.99 |
| 14 | Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys | 4.6 | 60 | $2.99 |
| 13 | The Lost Species: Great Expeditions in the Collections of Natural History Museums | 4.6 | 76 | $2.99 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| scientific american | 9 | 227 |
| quantum physics | 2 | 52 |
| theoretical minimum | 2 | 43 |
| april 2026 | 2 | 20 |
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2 subcategories under this category
| Subcategory | Score | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|
| █████ | 61.0 | 78 |
| █████ | 58.0 | 47.5 |
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Research snapshot scanned on Oct 19, 2026. Refreshed periodically — not live tracking.