Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in September 2018 While the Per-Page Rate Rose
Amazon announced on Monday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $23.4 million in September (plus bonuses), up from $23.3 million in August 2018. At the same time the per-page rate royalty rose dipped slightly, falling to $0.0048848, compared to $0.004491 the prior month.
- US: $0.0049 (USD)
- UK: £0.0037 (GBP)
- Canada: $0.0046 (CAD)
- Germany: €0.0030 (EUR)
- Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy: €0.0045 (EUR)
- Brazil: R$ 0.0109 (BRL)
- Japan: 0.5567 (JPY )
- Mexico: 0.81296 (MXP)
- India, Australia: unknown
Here’s a list of the monthly funding pools. It does not include the bonuses paid out each month.
- July 2014: $2.5 million (Kindle Unlimited launches early in the month)
- August 2014: $4.7 million
- September 2014: $5 million
- October 2014: $5.5 million
- November 2014: $6.5 million
- December 2014: $7.25 million
- January 2015 – $8.5 million
- February 2015: $8 million
- March 2015: $9.3 million
- April 2015: $9.8 million
- May 2015: $10.8 million
- June 2015: $11.3 million
- July 2015: $11.5 million
- August 2015: $11.8 million
- September 2015: $12 million
- October 2015: $12.4 million
- November 2015: $12.7 million
- December 2015: $13.5 million
- January 2016: $15 million
- February 2016: $14 million
- March 2016: $14.9 million
- April 2016: $14.9 million
- May 2016: $15.3 million
- June 2016: $15.4 million
- July 2016: $15.5 million
- August 2016: $15.8 million
- September 2016: $15.9 million
- October 2016: $16.2 million
- November 2016: $16.3 million
- December 2016: $16.8 million
- January 2017: : $17.8 million
- February 2017: : $16.8 million
- March 2017: $17.7 million
- April 2017: $17.8 million
- May 2017 :$17.9 million
- June 2017: $18 million
- July 2017: $19 million
- August 2017: $19.4 million
- September 2017: $19.5 million
- October 2017: $19.7 million
- November 2017: $19.8 million
- December 2017: $19.9 million
- January 2018: $20.9 million
- February 2018: $20 million
- March 2018: $21 million
- April 2018: $21.2 million
- May 2018: $22.5 million
- June 2018: $22.6 million
- July 2018: $23.1 million
- August 2018: $23.3 million
- September 2018: $23.4 million
Comments
Miss M October 16, 2018 um 3:04 pm
The $23.4M pool is for September 2018, not August. And I think you missed the lede – the September payout is 0.004885, the highest so far this year (per Kboards posters.)
Nate Hoffelder October 16, 2018 um 3:13 pm
thank you – I could have sworn I changed those details but clearly I missed them.
Phoenix November 8, 2018 um 10:08 am
Nate: The US rate for Sept still hasn’t been updated in your post, and others are picking up the incorrect figures from here. Can you update, please? (I’ll also notify Written Word.) Here are the amounts I have for Sept 2018.
US – .004885
GBP – .00375
DE – .0030
FR – .0046
CA – .0046
ES – .00485
INR – .095
AU – .0040
MX – .081
Thanks!
Nate Hoffelder November 8, 2018 um 10:15 am
Thanks for pointing this out!
In case anyone is wondering, the reason i got the US rate wrong was that I misread my source. They show both the rate in dollars and in euros, and due to their poor formatting I copied the wrong one.