The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for November 2020 rose slightly to $0.0046 from $0.0045 in October 2020, while the KDP Select Global Fund for November 2020 increased by $300,000 to $33.2 million from $32.9 million in October 2020.
On a year-on-year comparison, the November 2020 KDP fund total of $33.2 million represents a 27% increase on the November 2019 KDP fund of $26.1 million.
The KENP rate for the UK in November 2020 stayed the same at £0.0032 as in October 2020.
Since April 2020, the KDP Select Global Fund figures have all topped the $1 million a day mark and the results for each of the first three months of this year came close to the $1 million a day mark.
The KDP Select Global Fund has paid out a total of $343 million so far this year in the first 11 months, so it is already 13% higher than the 2019 total of $301.4 million for the whole year and looks likely to be around 25% higher when the December results are released in mid-January 2021.
The number of KENPs read during November 2020 was down slightly to 7.21 billion from 7.31 billion in October 2020.
The figures I use for total KENPs read are entirely unofficial and use a calculation of dividing the total KDP Select Global Fund ($33.2 million) by the US KENP rate ($0.0046). These estimates are based entirely on the amount paid out under the KDP Select Global fund and are only an indication of possible trends.
The US KENP payout figures for 2018, 2019 and 2020 are:
2018
January: $0.0044
February: $0.0046
March: $0.0045
April: $0.0045
May: $0.0045
June: $0.0046
July: $0.0045
August: $0.0045
September: $0.0048
October: $0.0048
November: $0.0052
December: $0.0048
2019
January: $0.0044
February: $0.0047
March: $0.0045
April: $0.0046
May: $0.0046
June: $0.0046
July: $0.0044
August: $0.0044
September: $0.0046
October: $0.0046
November: $0.0049
December: $0.0046
2020
January: $0.0044
February: $0.0045
March: $0.0046
April: $0.0042
May: $0.0042
June: $0.0045
July: $0.0043
August: $0.0043
September: $0.0045
October: $0.0045
November: $0.0046
The monthly KDP Select Global Fund totals for 2018, 2019 and 2020 are:
2018
January: $20.9 million
February: $20 million
March: $21 million
April: $21.2 million
May: $22.5 million
June: $22.6 million
July: £23.1 million
August: $23.3 million
September: $23.4 million
October: $23.5 million
November: $23.6 million
December: $23.7 million
Total for 2018: $267.8 million
Annual increase from 2017-2018: 20.35%
2019
January: $24.7 million
February: $23.5 million
March: $24 million
April: $24.1 million
May: $24.6 million
June: $24.9 million
July: $25.6 million
August: $25.8 million
September: $25.9 million
October: $26 million
November: $26.1 million
December: $26.2 million
Total for 2019: $301.4 million
Annual increase from 2018-2019: 12.5%
2020
January: $28.2 million
February: $27.2 million
March: $29 million
April: $30.3 million
May: $32.2 million
June: $32.3 million
July: $32.4 million
August: $32.6 million
September: $32.7 million
October: $32.9 million
November: $33.2 million
Total for 2020 so far: $343 million
The annual total figures for Kindle Unlimited since it started are:
2014: $31.735 million (Jul-Dec)
2015: $131.6 million
2016: $186 million
2017: $222.6 million
2018: $267.8 million
2019: $301.4 million
2020: $343 million so far
Grand total overall of $1,458,135,000 ($1.458 billion)
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