Kindle Unlimited first quarter of 2022 shows strong rate of increase in KDP Select Fund is continuing

Kindle Unlimited’s payouts to authors are still being backed by a strong rising trend in the KDP Select Global Fund which increased to $41.4 million in March 2022 from $39.4 million in February 2022.

On an annualised basis, the $41.4 million KDP Fund for March 2022 was 17% higher than the $35.4 million in March 2021, which reveals the fund still showing substantial continued monthly growth.

Comparing the first quarters of 2021 and 2022 sees the first three months of 2021 paying out $104.9 million while 2022 has brought $123.7 million — an increase of 18%.

The KENP rate for March 2022 was $0.0043, down from February’s $0.0045.

The KENP rate for the UK for March 2022 was £0.0030, down from £0.0031 in February.

My calculations indicate there could have been a huge total of around 9.62 billion KENPs read during March 2022, up from 8.75 billion KENPs during February 2022, and back close to the levels of 9.76 billion KENPs in January 2022.

The figures I use for total KENPs read are entirely unofficial and use a calculation of dividing the total KDP Select Global Fund ($41.4 million) by the US KENP rate ($0.0043). These estimates are based entirely on the amount paid out under the KDP Select Global fund and are only an indication of possible trends.


KINDLE UNLIMITED PAYOUTS 2019-2022

The US KENP payout figures for 2019-2022 are:

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
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


The monthly KDP Select Global Fund totals for 2019-2022 are:

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
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


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: $123.7 million so far

Grand total overall of $2,065,935,000 ($2.065 billion)


Kindle Vella March 2022 bonus up by $50K again


The March 2022 Kindle Vella bonus for serial authors increased by $50,000 again from $775,000 in February 2022 to $825,000.

If you have earned a bonus for March, you will receive an email and will see the bonus amount posted in your Kindle Vella Dashboard. Your bonus and Kindle Vella royalty earnings will be paid out with your total KDP payments in May.

Authors can find out more about Kindle Vella on the Amazon website. Vella is presently only available in the US marketplace.