# Google Play Regional Top Charts — South Asia & MENA (`ghostlabpk/google-play-regional-charts`) Actor

Daily Google Play top-chart snapshots for Pakistan, India & UAE — rank, rating, price and category per app. Built for ASO, competitor benchmarking, and regional market research that US-only chart trackers miss entirely.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ghostlabpk/google-play-regional-charts.md
- **Developed by:** [Behram Khan](https://apify.com/ghostlabpk) (community)
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.35 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google Play Regional Top Charts — South Asia & MENA

Daily Google Play top-chart snapshots for Pakistan, India, UAE and 16 other
under-covered markets — rank, rating, price and category for every app on
the chart.

### Why regional charts, not another generic scraper

Regional Play charts diverge sharply from the US chart most scrapers are
built around. A live comparison found:

| Market | Apps not on the US chart |
|---|---|
| Pakistan | 60% |
| India | 76% |
| UAE | 79% |

For ASO research, competitor benchmarking, or market analysis focused on
South Asia or MENA, a US-anchored chart tracker is missing most of what
you need to see.

### What you get

One row per app per chart, per run:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `country` | ISO country code |
| `rank` | Position on the chart |
| `title` | App name |
| `package_id` | Google Play package ID |
| `rating` | Current star rating |
| `price_usd` | Price in USD (`null` if free) |
| `is_free` | Whether the app is free |
| `chart` | Chart label |
| `category` | Play category, when requested |
| `collected_at` | Collection timestamp (UTC) |

### Input options

- Countries — pick from 19 verified markets: PK, IN, AE, BD, EG, SA, NG,
  ID, PH, VN, TR, MY, LK, NP, KE, ZA, MA, IQ, US.
- Categories — the overall top chart by default, or any combination of
  14 Play categories (GAME, SOCIAL, FINANCE, and more). Results are billed
  per country x category, so pulling several categories across several
  countries multiplies row count accordingly.
- Contact email (optional) — included in outbound requests so Google
  can reach you if there is ever an issue, rather than blocking silently.
  Leave blank to omit it.
- Delay between countries — a politeness delay between requests, 1
  second minimum.

### Reliability

Every run is checked before anything is written: each country must return
at least 20 apps with valid ratings, or the run fails outright rather than
handing you a silently incomplete dataset. If one country in a
multi-country run fails, nothing is written for any of them — you get a
complete dataset or a clear error, never a partial one you would have to
discover for yourself.

### Notes

- Only the top free chart is currently supported. Paid and grossing
  charts are not available through the public Google Play web interface
  and are not offered by this Actor.
- Runs on datacenter proxies for speed and reliability; the page requires
  no browser and presents no CAPTCHA.

# Actor input Schema

## `countries` (type: `array`):

ISO country codes to collect top charts for. Regional markets diverge 60-79% from the US chart, which is the coverage gap this Actor targets. Verified working: PK, IN, AE, BD, EG, SA, NG, ID, PH, VN, TR, MY, LK, NP, KE, ZA, MA, IQ, US.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Which Play categories to collect per country. Leave empty for the overall top chart only. Use the single value ALL to collect the overall chart plus every supported category. Supported: GAME, SOCIAL, FINANCE, COMMUNICATION, TOOLS, SHOPPING, ENTERTAINMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, HEALTH\_AND\_FITNESS, EDUCATION, BUSINESS, MUSIC\_AND\_AUDIO, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL\_AND\_LOCAL. Note: results = countries x categories, so both axes multiply the number of billed results.

## `chart` (type: `string`):

Label written into every output record. Useful when scheduling several runs into one dataset.

## `contactEmail` (type: `string`):

Embedded in the User-Agent so the target site can reach you rather than silently blocking. Honest identification is deliberate.

## `delaySeconds` (type: `integer`):

Politeness delay. Minimum enforced is 1s; the default is deliberately conservative to stay well below nuisance load.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

DATACENTER is strongly recommended. The chart page is ~2.33MB; on residential proxies bandwidth consumes roughly 76% of net revenue per run, versus effectively zero on datacenter. The page needs no browser and presents no CAPTCHA, so datacenter is sufficient.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "PK",
    "IN",
    "AE"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "OVERALL"
  ],
  "chart": "topselling_free",
  "contactEmail": "",
  "delaySeconds": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "DATACENTER"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `regionalCharts` (type: `string`):

Top-chart rows with rank, app metadata, rating and price per country/chart/category/date.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "countries": [
        "PK",
        "IN",
        "AE"
    ],
    "categories": [
        "OVERALL"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "DATACENTER"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ghostlabpk/google-play-regional-charts").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "countries": [
        "PK",
        "IN",
        "AE",
    ],
    "categories": ["OVERALL"],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["DATACENTER"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ghostlabpk/google-play-regional-charts").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "countries": [
    "PK",
    "IN",
    "AE"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "OVERALL"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "DATACENTER"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call ghostlabpk/google-play-regional-charts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ghostlabpk/google-play-regional-charts"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/vrlac7utdieQhU4Tf/builds/Oa65sgATWbbKGjSyi/openapi.json