February KENP rate is out, and it's back up from January's low

R. S. Breed · 2026-03-20T08:27:00+00:00

Written Word Media has February's KENP rate at US$0.004689 per page read: https://writtenwordmedia.com/kdp-global-fund-payouts/ That's a decent bounce from January's US$0.004202, which was the lowest of any month since at least last October. The run from their figures: Oct 2025: $0.005007 Nov: $0.004749 Dec: $0.004800 Jan 2026: $0.004202 Feb: $0.004689 Per 100,000 pages read, February pays about $469 against January's $420. Not nothing if KU is a big part of your income, and still well short of...

R. S. Breed Founder

6 months ago
Written Word Media has February's KENP rate at US$0.004689 per page read:

https://writtenwordmedia.com/kdp-global-fund-payouts/

That's a decent bounce from January's US$0.004202, which was the lowest of any month since at least last October. The run from their figures:
- Oct 2025: $0.005007
- Nov: $0.004749
- Dec: $0.004800
- Jan 2026: $0.004202
- Feb: $0.004689
Per 100,000 pages read, February pays about $469 against January's $420. Not nothing if KU is a big part of your income, and still well short of October.

My usual grumble applies. You can't plan around a number that moves this much, and you only find out what a month paid halfway through the next one. Budget off the bad months, not the good ones.