Amazon Best Sellers Scraper: Top 100 Rank & Price

What is Amazon Best Sellers Scraper?

Amazon Best Sellers Scraper extracts the Amazon Best Sellers top 100 — and the Hot New Releases top 100 — for any category or subcategory on amazon.com. For every ranked product you get the rank, ASIN, title, price, rating, number of ratings and image. It can also crawl all direct subcategories in one run, and show prices for a US delivery ZIP code at no extra cost.

Use it for product research, trend spotting, Best Sellers Rank tracking, category analysis and competitor monitoring. Run it in Apify Console, on a schedule, or from Python, JavaScript, Make, Zapier, n8n or an AI agent (MCP).

Why this Amazon Best Sellers scraper

• 🏆 Full top 100, not just the first 30. Amazon renders 30 products per page and loads the rest later; this Actor loads all 50 per page, so you get every rank from 1 to 100.
• 🌳 Subcategories in one click. Turn on Also scrape subcategories to get the top list of every direct subcategory (for example all 18 Electronics subcategories).
• 🆕 Best Sellers and New Releases from the same input.
• 💸 $1.00 per 1,000 results. Blocked pages are free and retried automatically.
• ⚡ Fast and light: plain HTTP, no browser. A full top 100 takes about 2 page loads.

What Amazon Best Sellers data can you extract?

Group	Fields
List	listType (bestsellers / new-releases), category, categoryUrl, rank
Product	asin, url, productPath, title, image
Price	price, priceText, currency
Reputation	rating, ratingsCount
Run	deliveryLocation, complete, scrapedAt

How to scrape Amazon Best Sellers

1. Click Try for free and open the Actor input.
2. Enter one or more Categories — a category slug such as electronics, kitchen, beauty or toys-and-games, or any Best Sellers / New Releases URL from amazon.com (subcategories work too).
3. Choose List for slugs (Best Sellers or New Releases) and Top N per category (1–100).
4. Optional: turn on Also scrape subcategories, and enter a Delivery ZIP code.
5. Click Start and download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them via the API.

Input example

{
  "categories": ["electronics", "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/kitchen/289913"],
  "listType": "bestsellers",
  "maxItemsPerCategory": 100,
  "includeSubcategories": false
}

Output example

{
  "rank": 2,
  "asin": "B0FQFB8FMG",
  "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQFB8FMG",
  "title": "Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation | Live Translation, Heart Rate Sensing, Hearing Aid Feature, Bluetooth Headphones, Spatial Audio, USB-C Charging",
  "price": 199.0,
  "priceText": "$199.00",
  "currency": "USD",
  "rating": 4.4,
  "ratingsCount": 16280,
  "image": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61solmQSSlL._AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg",
  "productPath": "/Apple-Cancellation-Translation-Headphones-High-Fidelity/dp/B0FQFB8FMG",
  "rankChangePercent": null,
  "listType": "bestsellers",
  "category": "Electronics",
  "deliveryLocation": "New York 10001",
  "complete": true,
  "categoryUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-11T09:00:00+00:00"
}

How much does it cost to scrape Amazon Best Sellers?

$1.00 per 1,000 results on the Free plan. Lower prices apply on higher Apify plans (see the pricing panel). Blocked pages are free. If a product on the list could not be fully loaded, it is saved with its rank and ASIN but not charged.

You scrape	You pay (Free plan)
Top 100 of one category	$0.10
Top 100 of 10 categories	$1.00
Top 10 of every Electronics subcategory (~18)	~$0.20

Amazon Best Sellers by category and subcategory

Every Amazon department has its own Best Sellers list, and each subcategory has another one (for example Electronics → Headphones & Earbuds → Earbud Headphones). Paste any of these URLs, or use the slug for a department. With Also scrape subcategories the Actor follows the subcategory links of each category one level down, and every result keeps the categoryUrl and category name it came from.

Use cases

• Product research — find what sells in a niche and compare prices, ratings and review counts.
• Trend spotting — track Hot New Releases to catch products before they become best sellers.
• Best Sellers Rank tracking — schedule a daily run and chart rank changes over time.
• Category analysis — map the best sellers of every subcategory in one run.
• Enrich the list — pass the ASINs to Amazon ASIN Scraper for full details (Best Sellers Rank in every category, stock, delivery date, specs, variants).

Use the Amazon Best Sellers API

Python (apify-client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("jaaylee/amazon-bestsellers-scraper").call(
    run_input={"categories": ["electronics"], "maxItemsPerCategory": 100}
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["rank"], item["asin"], item["price"], item["title"][:60])

Save a daily rank snapshot to CSV:

import csv, datetime

with open("bestsellers_history.csv", "a", newline="") as f:
    w = csv.writer(f)
    for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
        w.writerow([datetime.date.today(), item["category"], item["rank"], item["asin"], item["price"]])

JavaScript / Node.js (apify-client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('jaaylee/amazon-bestsellers-scraper').call({
    categories: ['electronics'],
    listType: 'new-releases',
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((i) => console.log(i.rank, i.asin, i.title));

cURL (synchronous run that returns the results):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/jaaylee~amazon-bestsellers-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"categories": ["electronics"], "maxItemsPerCategory": 10}'

Integrations: Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n, webhooks and schedules

• Schedules: run daily from Apify Console → Schedules to follow rank changes.
• Google Sheets: export each run to a sheet with the Apify Google Sheets integration.
• Make, Zapier, n8n: start runs and read results with the official Apify apps and nodes.
• Webhooks: get notified when a run finishes and process the results in your system.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

This Actor works with the Apify MCP server. An AI agent can find it with a query like "Amazon best sellers", read its input schema and call it to get the top products of a category.

More Amazon scrapers by the same developer

• Amazon ASIN Scraper — full product details by ASIN: price, BSR, stock, delivery date by ZIP, variants, specs, images.
• Amazon Search Scraper — search results for any keyword with rank, price, "bought in past month" and badges.

Tips for Amazon Best Sellers research

• Go one level deeper. Department lists (like Electronics) are dominated by a few giant brands. Subcategory lists (like Earbud Headphones) show the real competition in a niche — use Also scrape subcategories with a small Top N per category (10–20) to scan a whole department cheaply.
• Compare Best Sellers with New Releases. A product that appears in New Releases and then climbs into Best Sellers is a trend; run both lists for the same category on a schedule.
• Track ranks daily. Ranks move every hour. A daily schedule with the same input gives you a clean rank history; join runs on asin and category.
• Use price and review count together. Many reviews plus a low rank means an established product; few reviews and a high rank means a fast riser worth watching.
• Cap the cost. Set Max results in total or a maximum charge per run; the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached.
• Monitor with failure alerts. For scheduled tasks, turn on Fail run on low data quality so that a run with mostly blocked pages is marked as failed and triggers your Apify notifications.

Limitations

• Amazon.com only for now. Other marketplaces are on the roadmap.
• Best Sellers and New Releases are supported. Movers & Shakers, Most Wished For and Gift Ideas lists are rendered by JavaScript on Amazon and are not supported yet.
• The department overview page (/gp/bestsellers without a category) is not a ranked list — use a department slug.
• CAPTCHAs are never solved; blocked pages are retried on fresh sessions and, if still blocked, skipped for free.

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Amazon Best Sellers?

This Actor only reads publicly visible list pages without logging in and does not collect personal data. You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws and Amazon's terms. If in doubt, consult a lawyer.

How often does Amazon update the Best Sellers list?

Amazon updates Best Sellers lists hourly. Schedule the Actor daily (or hourly) to build a rank history.

Where do I find a category slug or URL?

Open amazon.com → Best Sellers, click a department and subcategories, and copy the URL from the address bar. For departments you can also use the slug from the URL, such as electronics, kitchen or toys-and-games.

Why is a product saved without title or price?

Rarely, Amazon does not return the second half of a page. The rank and ASIN are still saved, but those records are marked complete: false and not charged.

Found a bug or need a field?

Open an issue on the Issues tab with the category URL and what you expected.