Kindle Unlimited Payout Holds Steady as Funding Pool Jumps to $14.9 Million

17.04.2016 Nate Hoffelder 3 Comments

Amazon reported on Friday that Kindle Unlimited funding was up again in March 2016, to $14.9 million. This was up slightly from February, but also less than the $15 million (plus bonuses) paid out in January 2016.

In spite of the increase in funding, the per-page rate held steady at $0.00478 per KENPC page read in March, 2016, ever so slightly down from the rate of $0.00479 paid in February 2016.

That’s the rate for the US market; here are the rates for a few other countries:

• UK: £0.00303 (GBP).
• France Spain, Italy, Netherlands: €o.00474 (EUR)
• Canada: $0.0047 per page (CAD)
• Brazil: R$ 0.01140 (BRL)
• India: 0.1 per page (INR)
• Mexico: $0.7947 (MXP)
• Japan: 0,8178 (JPY)

I do not have data for all KU markets, and there’s also conflicting reports for the rate in Germany (€o.00333, and 0.0047).

P.S. Here’s a list of the monthly funding pools. It does not include the bonuses paid out each month.

• May 2014: $1.2 million
• June 2014: $1.2 million
• 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

ChrisMcMullen, SelfPublisherBibel.de

image by Philip Taylor