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LGBTQ+ Young Adult KDP Category Guide

Amazon KDP Category Guide — BSR benchmarks, competition data, and how to rank

Category Overview

Kindle Store › Kindle eBooks › LGBTQ+ Books › Teen & Young Adult

Competition Level

Low Competition
4/10

BSR Benchmarks

Metric Benchmark
BSR to reach Top 10 < 2,500
BSR to reach Top 100 < 18,000
Average Price $3.99–$4.99

LGBTQ+ YA has a passionate and advocacy-minded readership. BookTok drives the majority of discovery. Coming of age, first love, and identity exploration are the dominant themes. Very low competition for a category with genuine demand.

How to List Your Book in This Category

  1. 1 Open your KDP Bookshelf and go to your book's details page.
  2. 2 Under "Categories", click Browse Categories.
  3. 3 Follow the path: Kindle Store › Kindle eBooks › LGBTQ+ Books › Teen & Young Adult
  4. 4 If the subcategory is not selectable directly, contact KDP support for assistance.
  5. 5 You can hold up to 3 categories per book — use all three.

Tips for This Category

  • BookTok is the primary discovery channel — design covers for social media shareability
  • Identity exploration alongside plot (not instead of plot) is the expectation
  • Sensitivity readers strongly recommended and noted in acknowledgements

Related KDP Categories

YA Contemporary LGBTQ+ Fiction