Kindle Unlimited payouts followed the usual trend seen in February each year as the KDP Select Global Fund fell back to $39.4 million from the $42.9 million seen in January 2022.
On an annualised basis, the $39.4 million KDP Fund for February 2022 was still nearly 18% higher than the $33.5 million in February 2021.
The KENP rate for February 2022 was $0.0045, up from January’s rate of $0.0043.
The KENP rate for the UK for February 2022 was £0.0031, up from £0.0030 in January 2022.
The overall total paid out by the KDP Select Fund since Kindle Unlimited was introduced in July 2014 went through the $2 billion mark in February to now stand at $2.024 billion.
My calculations indicate there could have been around 8.75 billion KENPs read during February 2022, down from 9.76 billion KENPs read during 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 ($39.4 million) by the US KENP rate ($0.0045). 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 2018-2022
The US KENP payout figures for 2018-2022 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
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
The monthly KDP Select Global Fund totals for 2018-2022 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
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
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: $82.3 million so far
Grand total overall of $2,024,535,000 ($2.024 billion)