# Google Play Top Charts Scraper (`googleapi/google-play-top-charts-scraper`) Actor

Collect visible public Google Play top-chart rankings by category, ranking type, and locale.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/googleapi/google-play-top-charts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Google API](https://apify.com/googleapi) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### What this Actor does

Google Play Top Charts Scraper collects visible app rankings for a selected category and chart type: **Top free**, **Top paid**, or **Top grossing**. Results include the rank and the chart or listing context where it appeared.

By default, the Actor records the visible chart rows. Set `includeAppDetails` to `true` to add information from selected apps' public listings; `maxAppDetails` caps the number of detail pages.

### Input

Choose a category slug and ranking type, or provide public Google Play category, search, or app URLs. You can also supply app package IDs or search terms. `maxApps` limits rows considered after the selected chart page, and `maxItems` caps total output rows.

```json
{"category":"TRAVEL_AND_LOCAL","rankingType":"top_free","maxApps":30,"country":"US","language":"en"}
```

```json
{"category":"TRAVEL_AND_LOCAL","rankingType":"top_paid","includeAppDetails":true,"maxAppDetails":5}
```

```json
{"searchTerms":["maps"],"maxApps":10,"maxItems":10,"locale":"en-IN"}
```

| Input | Description | Default |
|---|---|---:|
| `category` | Google Play category slug, such as `TRAVEL_AND_LOCAL`. | `TRAVEL_AND_LOCAL` |
| `rankingType` | Chart type: `top_free`, `top_paid`, or `top_grossing`. | `top_free` |
| `startUrls` | Public category, search, or app pages. `sourceUrls` is an alias. | — |
| `appId` / `appIds` | Package IDs for direct app-page records. | — |
| `searchTerm` / `searchTerms` | Search terms used to find app pages. | — |
| `page` | Select a ten-rank chart window; page 1 begins at rank 1 (1–5). | 1 |
| `maxApps` | Maximum chart rows to keep after the selected rank window (1–500). | 50 |
| `maxPages` | Maximum public source pages processed (1–5). | 1 |
| `maxItems` | Maximum records across the run (1–500). | 50 |
| `includeAppDetails` | Add information from selected apps’ public listings. | `false` |
| `maxAppDetails` | Maximum app listing pages to visit when details are enabled (1–50). | 10 |
| `deduplicate` | Keep the first observed row for each app ID. | `true` |
| `locale` / `language` / `country` | Select the Google Play storefront and language. | `en-US` / `en` / `US` |

### Dataset output

Each row includes app identity, visible ranking, chart type, category, and market. Useful fields include `appId`, `title`, `rank`, `rankType`, `rankSource`, `chartCategory`, `categorySlug`, `shelf`, `chartTitle`, `rankingCountry`, `rankingLanguage`, `rating`, `ratingCountText`, `downloadsText`, and `downloadCountMin`.

When app details are enabled, rows may also contain descriptions, screenshots, app version, update and release dates, content rating, price, public developer links, and Google Play Data safety summary fields.

```json
{
  "appId": "com.example.travel",
  "title": "Example Travel",
  "rank": 1,
  "rankType": "top_free",
  "rankSource": "category_chart",
  "chartCategory": "Travel & Local",
  "categorySlug": "TRAVEL_AND_LOCAL",
  "rating": 4.6,
  "downloadsText": "10M+ downloads",
  "rankingCountry": "US",
  "rankingLanguage": "en"
}
```

Download dataset results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or another format supported by Apify. Optional values are included only when they are visible on the selected public pages. Rating totals and download bands may be rounded by Google Play.

### Cost, coverage, and responsible use

Check the Actor's Pricing tab for current Actor and Apify platform charges. App-detail enrichment makes additional requests, so leave it off when chart positions alone are sufficient.

Results reflect the public listing and selected market at run time. The Actor does not access private account data or bypass Google Play access controls. Follow Google Play's terms and applicable laws when using the results.

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Google Play category slug such as TRAVEL_AND_LOCAL.

## `rankingType` (type: `string`):

Ranking label attached to observations from the selected public listing.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Public Google Play category, search, or app pages.

## `sourceUrls` (type: `array`):

Compatibility alias for public source URLs.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Compatibility alias for public source URLs.

## `url` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias for one public source URL.

## `appId` (type: `string`):

Optional Google Play package ID to observe through its public detail page.

## `appIds` (type: `array`):

Optional package IDs converted to public detail URLs.

## `searchTerm` (type: `string`):

Optional term converted to a public Google Play app search URL.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Optional terms converted to public Google Play app search URLs.

## `maxApps` (type: `integer`):

Maximum chart rows to keep after the selected chart page offset.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum public source pages processed in this run.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum normalized records written to the dataset.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for maxItems.

## `locale` (type: `string`):

Language-country locale such as en-US.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter Google Play language code.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter Google Play country code.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Compatibility alias for country.

## `includeAppDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch public detail pages for top-ranked apps to add descriptions, ratings, safety, release, and developer fields. Disabled by default.

## `maxAppDetails` (type: `integer`):

Maximum ranked app detail pages to fetch when enrichment is enabled.

## `deduplicate` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only the first observed row for each app ID.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum seconds per public request.

## `requestTimeoutMs` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility timeout in milliseconds.

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Compatibility alias for requestTimeoutSecs.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Finite retries for transient public request failures.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of public source pages processed concurrently.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Delay before later source requests.

## `maxResponseBytes` (type: `integer`):

Bound each public HTTP response and rendered browser page.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

Optional ordinary browser user agent.

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

Optional Apify Proxy configuration for permitted public requests.

## `page` (type: `integer`):

One-based ten-rank window within the selected Google Play chart. Page 1 starts at rank 1.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "TRAVEL_AND_LOCAL",
  "rankingType": "top_free",
  "maxApps": 50,
  "maxPages": 1,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "locale": "en-US",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "includeAppDetails": false,
  "maxAppDetails": 10,
  "deduplicate": true,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
  "maxRequestRetries": 1,
  "maxConcurrency": 1,
  "requestDelayMs": 0,
  "maxResponseBytes": 5000000,
  "page": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("googleapi/google-play-top-charts-scraper").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("googleapi/google-play-top-charts-scraper").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 '{}' |
apify call googleapi/google-play-top-charts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/7iqh6mugJXyoVHdjK/builds/uzu8zxuCp58W6FJcY/openapi.json