Media

Media

Nielsen BookData provides weekly bestseller charts to the international press as well as ad-hoc data and insights to support commentary on the global book market.

Media

Our bestseller charts are based on our BookScan data which is gathered in 12 territories: Australia, Brazil, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland. South Africa, Spain, Colombia and the UK. We are also able to provide information about book production figures.

For press enquiries email: mediabookresearch@nielseniq.com

Our book charts

Australia #1

RecipeTin Eats: Tonight by Nagi Maehashi
Australian BookScan data is regularly used by The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Sun Herald and Books + Publishing.

Brazil #1

Café Com Deus Pai 2025

In Brazil our data is regularly featured in Publishnews.

Colombia #1

En agosto nos vemos by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

BookScan Colombia went live in February 23 with historical data available from 1 January 2023 onwards.

India #1

The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

In India our book data is featured in Himalayan Writing Retreat.

Ireland #1

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney

Irish data is used by The Irish Times, The Sunday Times Ireland, Sunday Independent, Irish Examiner, writing.ie and Books Ireland.

Italy #1

Tatà by Valérie Perrin

Italian data is featured in il Giornale, La Stampa, Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica and Il Sole 24 Ore.

Mexico #1

Hábitos Atómicos by James Clear

New Zealand #1

In Too Deep by Lee Child & Andrew Child

​In New Zealand our data is featured in the Newsroom (Reading Room), Kete Books and Aotearoa NZ.

Poland #1

Rozdroże kruków. Wiedźmin: Wiedźmin by Andrzej Sapkowski

Our Polish data is featured in Newsweek Polska, Biblioteka Analiz, Wirtualny Wydawca and Rynek Ksiazki among other places.

South Africa #1

How Did We Get Here? by Mpoomy Ledwaba

BookScan data in South Africa is featured in News24 (Arts24).

Spain #1

La Isla de la Mujer Dormida by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Our Spanish data is featured in Publishnews and quoted on national radio and RTVE.

UK #1

Guinness World Records 2025

Our BookScan data is featured in The Sunday Times and The Bookseller.

UK Library #1

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

Nielsen LibScan collects and measures public library print book borrowing data from over 70 public library authorities.