The KDP Select Global Fund for Kindle Unlimited for June 2022 settled down after a big increase in May to a more usual rise of $100,000 to reach $43.4 million.
That $43.4 million payout represented a 19% rise on an annualised basis from $36.5 million in June 2021.
The first six months of this year show a total of $251.9 million paid out so far by the KDP Select Fund and that means Kindle Unlimited is set to smash through the half-billion-dollar mark for the full year.
The 2022 half-year total of $251.9 million is an 18% rise on the first six months of 2021 which came in at $212.8 million. The full year of 2021 saw a total of $450.1 million paid out.
The US KENP rate for June 2022 showed a slight increase to $0.0046 from $0.0045 in May 2022.
In the UK, the KENP rate for June 2022 was steady at £0.0032, the same rate as in May.
My calculations indicate there could have been around 9.43 billion KENPs read during June 2022, down from 9.62 billion KENPs in May 2022, and on the level of 9.43 billion KENPs in April 2022.
The figures I use for total KENPs read are entirely unofficial and use a calculation of dividing the total KDP Select Global Fund ($43.4 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.
June 2022 continued with the new increased monthly payouts of $1.5 million for the expanded KDP Select All-Stars bonuses awarded to best-selling authors and extended to all KDP markets.
KINDLE UNLIMITED PAYOUTS 2020-2022
The US KENP payout figures for 20120-2022 are:
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
December: $0.0045
2021
January: $0.0042
February: $0.0045
March: $0.0044
April: $0.0045
May: $0.0044
June: $0.0044
July: $0.0043
August: $0.0042
September: $0.0045
October: $0.0045
November: $0.0047
December: $0.0047
2022
January: $0.0043
February: $0.0045
March: $0.0043
April: $0.0044
May: $0.0045
June: $0.0046
The monthly KDP Select Global Fund totals for 2020-2022 are:
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
December: $34 million
Total for 2020: $377 million
Annual increase from 2019 to 2020: 25%
2021
January: $36 million
February: $33.5 million
March: $35.4 million
April: $35.5 million
May: $35.9 million
June: $36.5 million
July: $38.1 million
August: $39.6 million
September: $39.7 million
October: $39.8 million
November: $39.9 million
December: $40.2 million
Total for 2021: $450.1 million
Annual increase from 2020 to 2021: 19%
2022
January: $42.9 million
February: $39.4 million
March: $41.4 million
April: $41.5 million
May: $43.3 million
June: $43.4 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: $377 million
2021: $450.1 million
2022: $251.9 million so far
Grand total overall of $2,194,135,000 ($2.194 billion)