French — Kindle Category Opportunity
Competition snapshot for the Foreign Languages best-seller list, ease-of-entry score 11.0/100.
Category metrics
Score
11.0
Median reviews
951
Weak share (top 20)
20%
Median price
$4.60
Median star rating
4.5
Books scanned
50
Worth writing in?
French is between the extremes: 20% of the top 20 is under 100 reviews against a median of 951, so entry depends on the specific sub-genre and your launch strength. Read the breakout books below before judging. Ease-of-entry score 11.0/100.
Breakout books — top 15, under 100 reviews, $0.99–4.99
Best-seller list on Amazon| # | Title | Star | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur en français facile: French Graded Reader (Level A2-B1) – Learn French Through Storytelling (French Edition) | 4.7 | 14 | $4.99 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| learn french | 6 | 181 |
| french short | 5 | 164 |
| short stories for beginners | 3 | 128 |
| fran aise | 3 | 76 |
| la peste | 2 | 65 |
| ars ne lupin | 2 | 59 |
| ais facile french graded | 3 | 57 |
| en fran ais facile | 3 | 57 |
| facile french graded reader | 3 | 57 |
| fran ais facile french | 3 | 57 |
| french vocabulary | 2 | 52 |
| learn french through | 2 | 46 |
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30 subcategories under this category
| Subcategory | Score | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|
| █████ | 82.5 | 11.5 |
| █████ | 82.0 | 5.5 |
| █████ | 82.0 | 15.5 |
| █████ | 79.0 | 0 |
| █████ | 78.0 | 32 |
| █████ | 77.0 | 2 |
| █████ | 75.5 | 17 |
| █████ | 72.5 | 21 |
| █████ | 70.5 | 14.5 |
| █████ | 69.5 | 22 |
| █████ | 69.0 | 11 |
| █████ | 64.5 | 13 |
| █████ | 64.5 | 16.5 |
| █████ | 64.0 | 27 |
| █████ | 62.0 | 37.5 |
| █████ | 61.0 | 17 |
| █████ | 59.5 | 27 |
| █████ | 57.5 | 11.5 |
| █████ | 55.0 | 34.5 |
| █████ | 50.0 | 93 |
| █████ | 49.5 | 592 |
| █████ | 48.5 | 93.5 |
| █████ | 48.0 | 405.5 |
| █████ | 48.0 | 64.5 |
| █████ | 46.5 | 156 |
| █████ | 46.5 | 590 |
| █████ | 43.0 | 861 |
| █████ | 39.5 | 1530 |
| █████ | 38.5 | 589.5 |
| █████ | 35.0 | 181 |
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Research snapshot scanned on Oct 19, 2026. Refreshed periodically — not live tracking.