The Kindle Unlimited KENP rate for September 2020 rose to $0.0045, up from $0.0043 in August, while the KDP Select Global Fund for September 2020 increased by $100,000 to $32.7 million from $32.6 million in August 2020.
On a year-on-year comparison, the September 2020 KDP fund total of $32.7 million represents a 26% increase on the September 2019 KDP fund of $25.9 million.
The KENP rate for the UK in September 2020 rose to £0.0032 from £0.0030 in August 2020.
The KENP payout rates this year are following largely the usual annual trends of showing small increases in the autumn months.
The fund figures for April 2020, May 2020, June 2020, July 2020, August 2020, and September 2020 have now all topped the $1 million a day mark at $30.3 million, $32.2 million, $32.3 million, £32.4 million, $32.6 million, and $32.7 million respectively. The results for each of the first three months came close to the $1 million a day mark.
The KDP Select Global Fund has paid out a total of $276.9 million so far this year in the first nine months so it’s set to smash through the 2019 total of $301.4 million for the whole year when the October results are announced.
There was a fall in KENPs read during September 2020 to 7.26 billion from 7.58 billion in August 2020.
The figures I use for total KENPs read are entirely unofficial and use a calculation of dividing the total KDP Select Global Fund ($32.7 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.
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
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
Total for 2020 so far: $276.9 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: $276.9 million so far
Grand total overall of $1,392,035,000 ($1.392 billion)
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