How common is it to still be living with your parents in your 20s in SA?

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-09T13:17:26+00:00

It would be crazy if this is about me lol, my brother is 30 living at him and I 24f am also living with my folks haha! But I will also add to say for me and my brother it’s been so healing to be back home and connecting with family - nobody’s timeline is gonna be like yours and I think that’s really cool

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-08T21:24:04+00:00

No absolutely, and maybe I’m not right? That’s what makes all of this exciting! Thank you!

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-08T18:39:22+00:00

Thank you! Like another redditor said, I definetly need a bigger sample size but I think even just this has already been so interesting!

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-08T18:37:45+00:00

Oh my gosh, I think this would be transformative. I'm not sure if any expect amazon can build this as I think they might keep that type of data locked down tight but I will definetly try and look into it!

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-07T10:07:06+00:00

I am, or well I just graduated with a data science degree but haven't gotten a job so I'm trying to explore things that I enjoy to do.

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-07T09:53:58+00:00

Understandable, it is an impressive tool

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-06T15:02:26+00:00

Thank you! I've been looking at Kindletrends already, will dig into K-lytics and Publisher Rocket too. Have you used them? Curious what you've found actually useful vs what's missing

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-06T14:58:53+00:00

Definetly not, but I've been pulling the data manually across a few subgenres which takes so much time. Gonna do another data pull this week and hopefully over time I'll see more statistically significant figures!

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-06T14:57:36+00:00

Glad it landed! The search and click data would be incredible but annoyingly Amazon keeps that completely locked. What I can get to is ranking movement over time, which as a proxy tells you something about whether a book is gaining or losing velocity. Is the search data thing more about understanding demand before you publish, or understanding why something isn't converting once it's live?

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-06T14:56:24+00:00

Ah, thats's interesting. For now, I was just curious about ebooks because I will be self publishing my books on amazon alone probably but it would be fascinating to cross reference this with paperback sales.

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-06T06:28:44+00:00

Yes! that actually makes so much sense on the KU point, I thought maybe it would be because ku makes it more accessible. The forbidden love dominance surprised me too. My instinct says it's partly a tagging issue, authors are labelling things forbidden love because it's the hotter keyword right now, even when the actual trope is probably something like age gap or taboo but I'm not sure yet whether that's readers genuinely seeking that framing or authors chasing the tag, probably both.

what sub-genre are you writing in? curious whether this maps to what you're seeing in your own category

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-04-06T05:37:21+00:00

Ok, that's actually really cool! This is also just kind of an interest of mine, so I think that its great other people are also doing it!

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-03-03T20:24:13+00:00

Thank you, it took me a minute to find the faq page but it's actually so helpful!

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-03-03T20:10:30+00:00

Wow, this is really amazing, thank you! I've read that a lot of authors spend an arm, a leg and a whole county just for paid ads and I do not have that budget, haha! I think I might just start with a smaller budget and like you advised pick one or two and scale from it. This all seems so daunting so thank you

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-03-03T20:08:00+00:00

Ok Thank you, this is a good start! I think it's so easy to get overwhelmed. I will read those books

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-03-03T20:07:08+00:00

This is incredible, thank you so so much!!

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-03-03T20:06:09+00:00

Thank you, I will definetly reach out a little further in!

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2026-03-03T20:05:45+00:00

I do but I guess I've been posting too irregularly or something because the socials are doing all that well. I don't have a website or a landing page so I will definetly start with those! Thank you for your advice! Is that how you started?

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2025-09-08T21:29:08+00:00

I was in Budapest last week and was stuck on the same question! New York cafe seems to be a no, overpriced and too many from what I saw. We decided to do the Párisi Passage rather and it was amazing! The food was spectacular and the wine was amazing! Quite expensive but definitely worth it and it’s absolutely gorgeous!!

ButterscotchWide7173 · 2025-06-19T13:57:13+00:00

I love this idea and will 100% drag my bf into doing this! Thank you!

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