# Apple Podcasts Top Shows charts for the US and UK

**Use case:** 

Returns Apple’s current Top Shows chart for the US, UK, Germany and Australia, 50 ranks each, one row per position with rank, show title, author, genres, artwork and the Apple link. The cheapest data here — one request buys a whole chart — and the way to watch a podcast market rather than a single show. Chart rows are $0.50 per 1,000.

## Input

```json
{
  "podcasts": [],
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 50,
  "episodeSource": "rss",
  "includeDescriptionHtml": false,
  "includeRating": false,
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 25,
  "genreId": "",
  "includeEpisodesForSearchHits": false,
  "charts": [
    "us",
    "gb",
    "de",
    "au"
  ],
  "chartSize": 50,
  "includeChartDetails": false,
  "country": "us",
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "maxRunSecs": 240,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "rank": {
    "label": "Chart rank",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "podcastTitle": {
    "label": "Podcast",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "genres": {
    "label": "Genres",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "appleId": {
    "label": "Apple ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Apple Podcasts URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Podcast Search, Episodes & Charts API](https://apify.com/insight.solutions/podcast-api.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/insight.solutions/podcast-api.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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