# Circle Chart Scraper β€” Korea's Official K-pop Music Charts (`kdatafactory/circlechart-scraper`) Actor Scrape Circle Chart (circlechart.kr, ex-Gaon) β€” Korea's official music industry charts. Get weekly & monthly Album, Digital and Global K-pop rankings as clean JSON: rank, song/album title, artist, distributor, production company, album sales, rank change. For K-pop analytics and AI agents. - **URL**: https://apify.com/kdatafactory/circlechart-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Seok June Park](https://apify.com/kdatafactory) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Circle Chart (Gaon) Scraper 🎡 Scrape **Circle Chart** ([circlechart.kr](https://circlechart.kr)) β€” **Korea's official music industry chart** (formerly the Gaon Chart), published by the Korea Music Content Association. Get the weekly & monthly **Album**, **Digital** and **Global K-pop** charts as clean, structured JSON, CSV, or Excel: rank, song/album title, artist, production & distribution company, physical album sales, and week-over-week rank movement. Circle Chart is the chart the K-pop industry itself runs on β€” album sales certifications, year-end awards, and label reporting all trace back to it. This actor turns it into a machine-readable feed. > **Try it free.** Apify's free plan includes $5 of monthly platform credit β€” roughly **1,600 results** from this actor, no credit card required. Set your input, click Start, and export JSON/CSV/Excel. --- ### πŸš€ What it does Pick a **chart** and a **period** and it returns one full chart edition: | Chart | What you get | Entries | Example input | |-------|--------------|---------|---------------| | `album` | Physical **album sales** ranking β€” with per-period and cumulative sales counts | 100 | `{ "chart": "album" }` | | `digital` | The **Digital Chart** (streaming + downloads + BGM, the site's integrated "onoff" chart) | 200 | `{ "chart": "digital" }` | | `global` | The **Global K-pop Chart** β€” K-pop consumption outside Korea | 200 | `{ "chart": "global" }` | Choose `week` or `month` as the period, and optionally pin a specific edition with `date` (leave it empty for the latest published edition). --- ### πŸ“₯ Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `chart` | string | `album` | `album`, `digital`, or `global`. | | `period` | string | `week` | `week` or `month`. | | `date` | string | *(latest)* | Weekly: any date inside the chart week as `YYYYMMDD` (weeks run Sunday–Saturday). Monthly: `YYYYMM` or `YYYYMMDD`. Empty = latest published edition. | | `maxItems` | integer | `100` | Max chart entries to return (one edition has up to 100/200 entries). | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | off | Optional Apify proxy. Not required β€” enable for IP diversity at scale. | **Input example β€” this week's Digital Chart, full 200 entries:** ```json { "chart": "digital", "period": "week", "maxItems": 200 } ```` *** ### πŸ“€ Output Each chart entry is one dataset record in this shape (real samples from live runs): ```json { "source": "circlechart", "chart_type": "album", "period": "week", "chart_period": "2026-W27", "rank": 1, "title": "V8", "artist": "V8 (SEVENTEEN)", "album": "V8", "production": null, "distributor": "YG PLUS", "album_sales": 558725, "album_sales_total": 558725, "rank_status": "new", "rank_change": null, "image_url": "https://circlechart.kr/uploadDir/aoaAlbumImg/thumb/20260629_FE1D1113E2AECB8778A8850670B3E769.jpg", "scraped_at": "2026-07-10T15:26:26.613+09:00" } ``` ```json { "source": "circlechart", "chart_type": "digital", "period": "week", "chart_period": "2026-W27", "rank": 1, "title": "REDRED", "artist": "CORTIS (μ½”λ₯΄ν‹°μŠ€)", "album": "REDRED", "production": "BIGHIT MUSIC", "distributor": "YG PLUS", "album_sales": null, "album_sales_total": null, "rank_status": "same", "rank_change": 0, "image_url": "https://circlechart.kr/uploadDir/albumImg/thumb/20260423_E3EC3E2BF99B063A9FE9DF57CD2A4F31.jpg", "scraped_at": "2026-07-10T15:26:52.776+09:00" } ``` **Field notes** - `chart_period` β€” the chart edition: `2026-W27` (weekly, chart weeks run Sunday–Saturday) or `2026-06` (monthly). - `title` β€” the charted song; on the **album chart** the charted work is the album itself, so `title` equals `album` there. - `production` / `distributor` β€” the production company (label) and distribution company as published by the chart. The **album chart publishes only the distributor**, so `production` is `null` on album-chart rows (see Known limitations). - `album_sales` / `album_sales_total` β€” **album chart only**: physical copies sold in the chart period, and cumulative. `null` on digital/global rows. - `rank_status` / `rank_change` β€” movement vs the previous edition: `up`/`down`/`same`/ `new`/`hot`, with `rank_change` as a signed step count (`+3` = climbed three spots; `null` for new entries). - A 30-record real sample (10 per chart) lives in [`samples/sample-output.json`](samples/sample-output.json). *** ### πŸ’‘ Use cases - **K-pop market research** β€” track which artists, albums, and labels dominate Korea's official charts, week by week, with real physical sales numbers. - **Trend & breakout detection** β€” `new`/`hot` entries and big `rank_change` jumps on the official industry chart are the strongest early signal in Korean music. - **Label / publisher analytics** β€” aggregate by `production` and `distributor` to measure label market share over time (HYBE vs SM vs JYP vs YG, distributor consolidation, etc.). - **K-pop merch & commerce intelligence** β€” pair chart momentum with album/goods availability and photocard resale prices (see the companion actors below) to time inventory and pricing. - **AI agents & LLM pipelines** β€” a clean, official, weekly-refreshing K-pop dataset for RAG, dashboards, or automated newsletters. *** ### 🌐 Data source This actor reads Circle Chart's **public** chart API on `circlechart.kr` β€” the same POST JSON endpoints the chart pages themselves call to render their tables (`/data/api/chart/album`, `/data/api/chart/onoff`, `/data/api/chart/global`). No login, no private API. The endpoints are datacenter-friendly, so **no proxy is required**; you can enable an Apify proxy for IP diversity when running at scale. Charts publish with a few days' lag (weekly editions typically go up mid-week for the previous Sunday–Saturday week). When you leave `date` empty, the actor automatically finds the **latest published edition**, stepping back past editions the site has not posted yet. *** ### ⚠️ Known limitations (honest notes) - **`production` is `null` on the album chart.** The album chart publishes only the distribution company (`distributor`); production companies are published on the digital and global charts. This is how the source works, not a bug. - **No play/stream counts.** The digital and global chart APIs return ranks and rank movement but no absolute play counts (the site displays none either). Only the album chart carries quantities (`album_sales`). - **Week & month only.** The site also has day/half-year/year views for some charts; v0.1 covers the two editions that exist consistently across all three charts. - **One edition per run.** A run returns one chart edition (up to 100/200 entries). For time series, schedule the actor or loop over `date` values. - **Historical depth varies.** Recent years are verified; the global chart's own date list starts in late 2021. Very old editions may not resolve for every chart. *** ### βš–οΈ Rate & legality note - Only **public, aggregated industry data** is collected β€” the official chart tables anyone can see without logging in. **No personal data exists in this source**: artist, album, and production/distribution company names are public commercial attribution (like an author or publisher credit). No user comments, nicknames, or profiles are collected. - Requests are **rate-limited** (a run makes a handful of requests at most, β‰₯500 ms apart) to stay light on the site. - You are responsible for complying with circlechart.kr's Terms of Service and applicable law in your jurisdiction. Use the data for research, monitoring, and analytics β€” not to replicate the platform. *** ### ❓ FAQ **Is it legal to scrape this data?** This actor collects only public, aggregated industry chart data β€” the same tables any visitor sees on circlechart.kr. There is no personal data in this source; artist and company names are public commercial attribution. You are responsible for how you use the data; see the rate & legality note above. **What does it cost in practice?** $3.00 per 1,000 results (launch pricing) + a few cents of platform usage. Example: pulling the full 200-entry Digital Chart weekly costs about $0.60/week. Apify's free $5 monthly credit covers ~1,600 results. **Do I need to configure proxies?** No β€” the default settings work out of the box. Optionally, enable an Apify proxy for IP diversity when running at scale. **How fresh is the data?** Every run reads the live chart API at run time. Weekly editions publish a few days after the chart week ends; with `date` left empty you always get the latest published edition. Schedule the actor weekly for a continuous chart history. **What is NOT included?** Play/stream counts (the source publishes ranks, not volumes, outside album sales), production companies on the album chart (distributor only), the site's day/half/year views, and the niche retail/social charts. No personal data of any kind. *** ### πŸ€– Use with AI agents (MCP) Call this Actor as a tool from Claude or any MCP-compatible AI agent β€” no glue code. Point your MCP client at Apify's server, scoped to this Actor: ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=kdatafactory/circlechart-scraper", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer " } } } } ``` Your agent can then pull Korea's official Circle Chart music rankings on demand β€” no scraping code in your app. Grab a free token from [Apify β†’ Integrations](https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ### πŸ‡°πŸ‡· More Korean data actors This actor is part of a suite of Korean-platform scrapers by the same maintainer β€” together they form a **K-pop data suite** (official charts + albums & goods + photocard resale market): - [ktown4u-scraper](https://apify.com/kdatafactory/ktown4u-scraper) β€” K-pop albums & goods store, product & price data. - [pocamarket-scraper](https://apify.com/kdatafactory/pocamarket-scraper) β€” K-pop photocard marketplace listings & prices. - [kpop-photocard-index](https://apify.com/kdatafactory/kpop-photocard-index) β€” aggregated photocard price index by artist & member. Browse all: [apify.com/kdatafactory](https://apify.com/kdatafactory) *** ### πŸƒ Run it On Apify: set your input and click **Start**. Locally: ```bash npm install ## put your input in storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json npm start ``` Results land in the default dataset (Apify) or `./storage/datasets/default` (local). *** *If this actor saves you time, a rating on the [Store page](https://apify.com/kdatafactory/circlechart-scraper) helps a solo maintainer a lot. Found an issue? Open it in the Issues tab β€” I respond fast.* # Actor input Schema ## `chart` (type: `string`): 'album' = physical album sales chart (with per-period sales counts). 'digital' = the Digital Chart (streaming + downloads + BGM, the site's onoff chart). 'global' = the Global K-pop Chart. ## `period` (type: `string`): Chart aggregation period: weekly or monthly. ## `date` (type: `string`): Which edition to pull. Weekly: any date inside the chart week as YYYYMMDD (weeks run Sunday-Saturday). Monthly: YYYYMM or YYYYMMDD. Leave empty for the latest published edition (recommended). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of chart entries to return. One edition has up to 100 (album) or 200 (digital, global) entries. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional Apify proxy. The chart JSON API is not IP-blocked, so a proxy is not required; enable one for IP diversity at scale. ## Actor input object example ```json { "chart": "album", "period": "week", "maxItems": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "chart": "album" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("kdatafactory/circlechart-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ 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); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ 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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "chart": "album" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("kdatafactory/circlechart-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "chart": "album" }' | apify call kdatafactory/circlechart-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=kdatafactory/circlechart-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Circle Chart Scraper β€” Korea's Official K-pop Music Charts", "description": "Scrape Circle Chart (circlechart.kr, ex-Gaon) β€” Korea's official music industry charts. Get weekly & monthly Album, Digital and Global K-pop rankings as clean JSON: rank, song/album title, artist, distributor, production company, album sales, rank change. For K-pop analytics and AI agents.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "DzCvXoGUNxv1fanEi" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/kdatafactory~circlechart-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-kdatafactory-circlechart-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/kdatafactory~circlechart-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-kdatafactory-circlechart-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/kdatafactory~circlechart-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-kdatafactory-circlechart-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "chart" ], "properties": { "chart": { "title": "Chart", "enum": [ "album", "digital", "global" ], "type": "string", "description": "'album' = physical album sales chart (with per-period sales counts). 'digital' = the Digital Chart (streaming + downloads + BGM, the site's onoff chart). 'global' = the Global K-pop Chart.", "default": "album" }, "period": { "title": "Period", "enum": [ "week", "month" ], "type": "string", "description": "Chart aggregation period: weekly or monthly.", "default": "week" }, "date": { "title": "Chart date (optional)", "pattern": "^[0-9]{6}([0-9]{2})?$", "type": "string", "description": "Which edition to pull. Weekly: any date inside the chart week as YYYYMMDD (weeks run Sunday-Saturday). Monthly: YYYYMM or YYYYMMDD. Leave empty for the latest published edition (recommended)." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of chart entries to return. One edition has up to 100 (album) or 200 (digital, global) entries.", "default": 100 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional Apify proxy. The chart JSON API is not IP-blocked, so a proxy is not required; enable one for IP diversity at scale.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```