CoinMarketCap Scraper — Crypto Prices, Market Cap & Data Without API Key

Extract live cryptocurrency market data from CoinMarketCap — rank, price, market cap, 24h volume, 1h/24h/7d/30d/60d/90d changes, circulating/total/max supply, ATH/ATL — plus per-coin description, official website, social links, tags and sector categories. No API key required. No browser needed. Pure HTTP speed.

What You Can Do With This Data

• Crypto price monitoring — track live prices, market cap, and volume for any number of coins
• Market research & competitor analysis — compare coin metrics, dominance, and sector categories
• Portfolio tracker data feeds — power dashboards, bots, and alerts with structured CoinMarketCap data
• Coin database creation — build comprehensive crypto databases with descriptions, links, and classifications
• Sector & category analysis — filter and analyze DeFi, Layer 1, memes, AI tokens, and other sectors
• Trading bot feeds — supply real-time market data to automated trading strategies

How It Works (No Browser, No API Key)

This actor never renders a page and never needs an API key. It calls the same internal JSON API that powers the coinmarketcap.com frontend, which returns clean structured data with no authentication, no cookies, and no JavaScript rendering:

1. Listings — GET https://api.coinmarketcap.com/data-api/v3/cryptocurrency/listing — paginated with start/limit (200 per page); returns rank, supplies, ATH/ATL and quotes[] array with price, volume, market cap, and percent changes.
2. Coin detail — GET https://api.coinmarketcap.com/data-api/v3/cryptocurrency/detail — returns description (markdown), official URLs (website, whitepaper, explorers, socials), tags with category classifications, dominance, and launch date.

This API returns HTTP 200 JSON from any network — cheaper, faster, and more reliable than parsing HTML pages.

Extract Cryptocurrency Prices & Market Cap Rankings

Get the top N cryptocurrencies ranked by market cap (or price, or 24h volume), starting from any rank. Each result includes real-time price, market cap, fully diluted market cap, 24h volume, and percent changes across 1h, 24h, 7d, 30d, 60d, and 90d timeframes.

Get Full Coin Profiles With Descriptions & Social Links

Enable Include coin details to fetch each coin's full profile: description (markdown), official website, whitepaper, blockchain explorers, source code links, Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, and community channels. Also includes sector category tags (e.g., "Store Of Value", "Layer 1", "DeFi").

Build Business Databases Without Official API Access

Unlike the official CoinMarketCap Pro API which requires registration, API keys, and paid plans for historical data, this actor uses the same public endpoints the website itself uses — free, no account needed, no rate-limit headaches.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Notes
limit	integer	No	100	Max coins to scrape. Free users capped at 20 per run.
startRank	integer	No	1	Market-cap rank to start from (1 = Bitcoin).
convert	string	No	USD	Quote currency: USD, EUR, BTC, or ETH.
sortBy	string	No	market_cap	Ranking criterion: market_cap, price, or volume_24h.
includeDetails	boolean	No	true	Fetch per-coin description, links, tags, categories (+1 request/coin).
useApifyProxy	boolean	No	true	Route through Apify proxy (recommended).
proxyGroups	array	No	[]	Optional proxy groups. Empty = AUTO.
maxConcurrency	integer	No	4	Parallel requests (1-10). Keep 2-4 for politeness.
maxRequestsPerCrawl	integer	No	5000	Hard safety cap on total HTTP requests.

Output

Each dataset item is one cryptocurrency coin. Fields include:

Field	Description
rank / id / name / symbol / slug / url	Coin identity + canonical CoinMarketCap page URL
price / marketCap / fullyDilutedMarketCap	Quote in selected currency
volume24h / volumeChange24hPct	24h trading volume + change
percentChange1h / 24h / 7d / 30d / 60d / 90d	Price changes across timeframes
circulatingSupply / totalSupply / maxSupply	Supply figures
ath / atl / high24h / low24h	All-time and 24h extremes
description	Full coin description (markdown)
website / whitepaper / explorers / sourceCode	Official links
socials	Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, chat, announcement, message board
categories	Sector categories (tags classified as CATEGORY)
allTags	Every tag with slug, name, and category
dateAdded / dateLaunched / lastUpdated / watchCount / marketDominancePct	Metadata

Example Input

{
  "limit": 10,
  "startRank": 1,
  "convert": "USD",
  "sortBy": "market_cap",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "useApifyProxy": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 4
}

Example Output

{
  "rank": 1,
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Bitcoin",
  "symbol": "BTC",
  "slug": "bitcoin",
  "url": "https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/",
  "price": 113518.59,
  "marketCap": 2262122015204.01,
  "fullyDilutedMarketCap": 2383997224920.21,
  "volume24h": 56116036480.55,
  "volumeChange24hPct": -1.47,
  "percentChange1h": 0.05,
  "percentChange24h": 0.83,
  "percentChange7d": 3.14,
  "circulatingSupply": 19925828,
  "totalSupply": 19925828,
  "maxSupply": 21000000,
  "ath": 126198.06,
  "atl": 0.048,
  "high24h": 114200.00,
  "low24h": 112800.00,
  "description": "## What Is Bitcoin (BTC)? ...",
  "website": "https://bitcoin.org/",
  "socials": { "twitter": null, "reddit": "https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin" },
  "categories": ["Store Of Value", "Layer 1 (L1)"],
  "dateLaunched": "2010-07-13T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Integrations & Automation

Connect your crypto data to the tools you already use:

• API & Webhooks — pull results directly into your backend, Python scripts, or notebooks
• Zapier / Make / n8n — trigger automated workflows on each run, push data to Sheets, Slack, Notion, or Airtable
• Schedule runs — set up hourly or daily schedules to keep price feeds and market snapshots always fresh
• CSV / Excel / JSON export — download datasets in any format directly from the Apify platform

For trading bots and portfolio trackers, schedule daily snapshots to maintain a historical record without manual intervention.

Related Actors

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DexScreener Scraper	DEX trading pairs, liquidity, and token data across 60+ blockchains
CoinMarketCap Trending Scraper	Trending coins and breakout altcoins for momentum strategies
CryptoCompare Market Data Scraper	Historical OHLCV price series and exchange rankings

FAQ

Why use this actor instead of the official CoinMarketCap API?

The official CoinMarketCap Pro API requires registration, API key management, and paid plans ($29-$699/mo) for features like historical data and higher rate limits. This actor uses CoinMarketCap's own public internal endpoints — the same ones that power the website — requiring zero authentication, zero registration, and zero monthly fees. It's faster to start, cheaper at scale, and avoids credit-based billing.

What are alternatives to this data source?

CoinGecko, CoinPaprika, CryptoCompare, and DexScreener all provide cryptocurrency market data through their own APIs. CoinGecko is the most popular free alternative with 13,000+ tracked assets. CoinPaprika offers free endpoints with commercial use restrictions. CryptoCompare provides historical OHLCV data. This actor specifically targets CoinMarketCap's data because it's the industry-standard reference for market cap rankings used by Yahoo Finance and major financial platforms.

Do I need a CoinMarketCap API key?

No. This actor uses the website's own internal data API endpoints, not the commercial Pro API. No account, no key, no registration required.

How many coins can I scrape per run?

Free Apify users can scrape up to 20 coins per run. Paid Apify users can set the limit up to 2,000 coins. The actor automatically paginates (200 per page) within your request cap.

Is this legal?

The actor reads CoinMarketCap's public data API with modest concurrency. Respect CoinMarketCap's Terms of Service and use the data for analysis and research. This actor does not scrape personal data — only public market data.

Can I schedule this for daily price monitoring?

Yes. Use Apify's scheduler to run the actor hourly, daily, or at any custom interval. This is ideal for building historical price records, powering trading bots, or keeping dashboards updated.

How much does it cost to run?

Runs are plain HTTP JSON requests — no browser overhead, minimal compute usage. Roughly a few compute units per 100 coins with details enabled. The per-event cost is $0.0015 per result.

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For AI Agents & LLM Apps

Purpose: Extract structured cryptocurrency market data from CoinMarketCap — price, market cap, volume, percent changes, supply, ATH/ATL, description, website, socials, and sector categories for ranked coins.

Minimal working input:

{
  "limit": 10,
  "startRank": 1,
  "convert": "USD",
  "sortBy": "market_cap",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "useApifyProxy": true
}

Variant — lightweight price feed (no details, faster):

{
  "limit": 200,
  "startRank": 1,
  "convert": "USD",
  "sortBy": "market_cap",
  "includeDetails": false,
  "useApifyProxy": true
}

Output fields: rank, id, name, symbol, slug, url, price, marketCap, fullyDilutedMarketCap, volume24h, volumeChange24hPct, percentChange1h, percentChange24h, percentChange7d, percentChange30d, percentChange60d, percentChange90d, circulatingSupply, totalSupply, maxSupply, ath, atl, athDate, atlDate, high24h, low24h, high7d, low7d, high30d, low30d, description, website, whitepaper, explorers, sourceCode, socials, categories, allTags, dateAdded, dateLaunched, lastUpdated, watchCount, marketDominancePct

Behaviors an agent should know:

• When includeDetails is true, the actor makes one additional HTTP request per coin — set limit accordingly to stay within budget
• maxRequestsPerCrawl (default 5000) is the hard safety cap — if you need more than ~2,000 coins with details, raise this value
• sortBy affects ranking order but startRank is always relative to the original market-cap rank — combine carefully
• Free Apify users are capped at 20 coins per run regardless of the limit value
• Detail endpoints may return some statistics in USD even when another currency is selected for listings

Billing model: Pay-per-event — $0.0015 per result coin + $0.00005 per actor start event.

Legal & Compliance Disclaimer

This actor is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by CoinMarketCap OpCo, LLC. It accesses only publicly available data API endpoints — the same ones that power the coinmarketcap.com website — with no login bypass, no CAPTCHA solving, and no authentication circumvention. Users are responsible for their own compliance with CoinMarketCap's Terms of Service and applicable data-protection laws (including GDPR and CCPA where relevant). The data returned contains no personal information — only publicly listed cryptocurrency market data.