Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Book Series) Statistics

Diary of a Wimpy Kid sales statistics

• The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has sold over 275 million copies worldwide
• That makes Diary of a Wimpy Kid the 6th best-selling book series of all time
• The books collectively have spent over 650 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list
• The series is thought to have generated over $500 million in revenue
• The first book in the series was instantly a bestseller, immediately selling over 100,000 copies in the USA alone
• In 2010, only Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy sold more copies than Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• That year alone, more than 11 million copies of Diary of a Wimpy Kid were sold
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School sold 1 million copies around the globe in the first week after it was published in 2015

When were the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books published in order?

#	Name	Publish Date
1	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	April 1, 2007
2	Rodrick Rules	February 1, 2008
3	The Last Straw	January 13, 2009
4	Dog Days	October 12, 2009
5	The Ugly Truth	November 9, 2010
6	Cabin Fever	November 15, 2011
7	The Third Wheel	November 13, 2012
8	Hard Luck	November 5, 2013
9	The Long Haul	November 4, 2014
10	Old School	November 3, 2015
11	Double Down	November 1, 2016
12	The Getaway	November 7, 2017
13	The Meltdown	October 30, 2018
14	Wrecking Ball	November 5, 2019
15	The Deep End	October 27, 2020
16	Big Shot	October 26, 2021
17	Diper Överlöde	October 25, 2022

How long are the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books?

#	Name	Page Count	Audiobook Length
1	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	221	2 hrs and 19 mins
2	Rodrick Rules	217	2 hrs and 28 mins
3	The Last Straw	217	2 hrs and 37 mins
4	Dog Days	217	2 hrs and 28 mins
5	The Ugly Truth	219	2 hrs and 29 mins
6	Cabin Fever	224	2 hrs and 34 mins
7	The Third Wheel	217	2 hrs and 10 mins
8	Hard Luck	217	2 hrs and 10 mins
9	The Long Haul	217	2 hrs and 6 mins
10	Old School	224	2 hrs and 9 mins
11	Double Down	224	2 hrs and 25 mins
12	The Getaway	224	2 hrs and 6 mins
13	The Meltdown	217	2 hrs and 29 mins
14	Wrecking Ball	224	2 hrs and 8 mins
15	The Deep End	224	2 hrs and 3 mins
16	Big Shot	224	2 hrs and 15 mins
17	Diper Överlöde	217	–

How many awards has Diary of a Wimpy Kid won?

• From 2008 – 2016, Diary of a Wimpy Kid was nominated for Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards every year.
• The books won a Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016

How much have the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies made?

There are 6 movies in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise.

#	Name	Released	Box Office
1	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	2010	$75.7 million
2	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	2011	$72.4 million
3	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	2012	$77.1 million
4	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul	2017	$40 million
5	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	2021	–
6	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	2022	–

Writing of Diary of a Wimpy Kid

• Jeff Kinney spent almost eight years working on the first book before submitting it to any publishers
• Initially, Diary of a Wimpy Kid was an online version with daily entries
• Readers started to request paper versions and this led to Kinney signing a multi-book publishing deal in 2006
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid was first published in 2007
• The books have been translated into 56 languages including Latin and Scots.

Jeff Kinney stats

• Kinney was born in Maryland in 1971
• In 2009, Jeff Kinney was named in Time magazine’s 100 most influential people list
• In 2016, Forbes named Kinney as the 2nd highest-paid author behind James Patterson
• It was estimated that Kinney made $19.5 million that year
• Although this was 2nd most, it was way behind Patterson who made $95 million that year
• Kinney’s net worth is estimated at well over $100 million