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28% -- genre market share for KDP bestseller lists (romance) (2026)
Romance holds a 28% market share on Amazon KDP bestseller lists.
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28%
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2026
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50
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60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Amazon KDP
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KDP bestseller lists (romance): 28% genre market share. Source: Amazon KDP (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/kdp-romance-market-share-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/kdp-romance-market-share-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>28%</strong> -- genre market share for KDP bestseller lists (romance)<br><small>Source: Amazon KDP (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/kdp-romance-market-share-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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