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Kindle Direct Publishing

This is an unofficial subreddit for discussing all things related to Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing). It is not affiliated with Amazon KDP.

38k subscribers384 posts / mo in Sep 2026292 authors / mosince 2014

r/KDP has 38k members (+64% over the last 12 months). It gets about 384 posts a month from 292 people. Top topics: Self-Publishing on Amazon KDP, Self-Publishing & Promotion and Book Reviews.

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Size and growth

How r/KDP has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+64%in 12 months · +11% in 3 months · +2.4% in 1 month
Oct 202637k
Growing37k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+11%vs Sep 2025 · +5.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026384
BusierPeaked at 452 in Aug 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/KDP

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Self-Publishing on Amazon KDP38%
  2. Self-Publishing & Promotion10%
  3. Book Reviews4.2%
  4. Book Marketing3.7%
  5. Published Books2.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Amazon
  2. Amazon
  3. Substack
  4. Amazon
  5. Amazon

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research