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audiobook data.

Real listening times. Finish-date math. Narration speed, genre length stats and narrator data: 519,763 audiobooks catalogued in six languages; 8,559 measured and reviewed in depth. Computed, not copied from blurbs. Reader-supported, and the numbers never know it.

A stat from our dataset

Historical Fiction audiobooks run 132% longer than self-help at the median: 10.5 hrs vs 4.5.

Median store-listed running time on the matching store shelf (n = 13,430 and 26,666), full English catalog, store data read November 3, 2026. Our data: 519,763 audiobooks catalogued in six languages; 8,559 measured and reviewed in depth. · full breakdown · the shape of the catalog

Reference · updated monthlyAudiobook Statistics 202642 citable statistics on genre lengths, listening-time math, narrator data and rating patterns. Our data: 519,763 audiobooks catalogued in six languages; 8,559 measured and reviewed in depth.Explore the numbers →
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Each shelf's full count and median length in the store's English catalog (store data read November 3, 2026); each card opens that shelf's most-rated list.

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Best-of lists computed from listener ratings weighted by rating count. No opinions.

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Stories computed from the dataset: every number measured, nothing copied.

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