The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for February 2018 showed its customary seasonal rise for the month to reach $0.0046 from $0.0044 in January.
February is a short month, of course, so the KDP Select Global fund usually shows a fall and this year it dropped by nearly $1 million to $20 million from $20.9 million in January. That’s not bad really as it’s a 4.3% fall in the fund while February is 9.6% shorter than January.
The KENP rate in the UK rose to £0.0035 from £0.0034 in January.
For February 2018, using the calculation of dividing the total KDP Select fund ($20 million) by the US KENP rate ($0.0046) to get an idea of the total number of KENPs read results in around 4.54 billion KENPs read during the month, down from the Christmas-boosted 4.75 billion KENPs in January, but up from 4.42 billion in December 2017 and 4.3 billion in November.
The US KENP payout figures for 2016, 2017 and 2018 are:
2016
- January: $0.0041
- February: $0.0047 (KENP v2.0 introduced)
- March: $0.0047
- April: $0.0048
- May: $0.0046
- June: $0.0049
- July: $0.0048
- August: $0.0045
- September: $0.0049
- October: $0.0052
- November: $0.0053
- December: $0.0052
2017
- January: $0.0047
- February: $0.0049
- March: $0.0046
- April: $0.0045
- May: $0.0043
- June: $0.0042
- July: $0.0040
- August: $0.0041 (KENP v3.0 introduced)
- September: $0.0044
- October: $0.0045
- November: $0.0046
- December: $0.0050
2018
- January: $0.0044
- February: $0.0046
The monthly KDP Select global fund totals for 2016, 2017 and 2018 are:
2016
- January: $15 million
- February: $14 million (KENP v2.0 introduced)
- March: $14.9 million
- April: $14.9 million
- May: $15.3 million
- June: $15.4 million
- July: $15.5 million
- August: $15.8 million
- September: $15.9 million
- October: $16.2 million
- November: $16.3 million
- December: $16.8 million
Overall total for 2016: $186 million
2017
- January: $17.8 million
- February: $16.8 million
- March: $17.7 million
- April: $17.8 million
- May $17.9 million
- June $18 million
- July: $19 million
- August: $19.4 million (KENP v3.0 introduced)
- September $19.5 million
- October $19.7 million
- November: $19.8 million
- December: $19.9 million
Overall total for 2017: $222.6 million
2018
- January: $20.9 million
- February $20 million
The annual total figures for KU since it started are:
2014: $31.735 million (Jul-Dec)
2015: $131.6 million
2016: $186 million
2017: $222.6 million
2018 (so far): $40.9 million
Grand total of $612.835 million
