# Korean App Store Rankings & App Data (`loopchips/korea-app-rankings`) Actor

Capture Korean App Store charts (top free, paid, grossing, new) by category, enriched with ratings, review counts, versions, publisher details and descriptions. Timestamped for tracking rank movement.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/loopchips/korea-app-rankings.md
- **Developed by:** [Loopchips](https://apify.com/loopchips) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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

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# README

## Korean App Store Rankings & App Data

**Who is winning the Korean app market, ranked and enriched.** Korea is one of the highest-revenue mobile markets in the world, and this actor captures its App Store charts with the metadata you need to act on them.

Top free, top paid, **top grossing**, and new apps - overall or by category - each row carrying ratings, review volume, version, publisher and description.

***

### What you get per app

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| chart / category / rank | topGrossing / games / 3 |
| appName | 쿠키런: 킹덤 |
| publisher / sellerName | Devsisters Corporation |
| appStoreCategory | 게임 |
| price / priceAmount | 무료 / 0 |
| **rating / ratingCount** | 4.38 / 128,540 |
| currentVersion / lastUpdatedAt | 6.4.1 / 2026-08-03 |
| releasedAt | first release date |
| description | full store description |
| sellerUrl | publisher website |
| minimumOsVersion / contentRating | 15.0 / 4+ |
| hasInAppPurchases / appSizeBytes | true / 412000000 |
| supportedLanguages | KO, EN, JA |
| iconUrl / appUrl | icon and store link |
| scrapedAt | snapshot timestamp |

Export as **JSON, CSV or Excel**, or pull from the API.

### What people use it for

**Market entry and competitive research** - See exactly which apps dominate Korea in your category, who publishes them, and how users rate them before you localise.

**Rank tracking** - Every row is timestamped. Schedule daily runs and you build a rank history: who is climbing, who is falling, who just launched.

**Monetisation benchmarking** - The top grossing chart shows what actually earns in Korea, not just what gets downloaded. Compare it against top free to spot high-download, low-revenue categories.

**Publisher lead lists** - Publisher name plus website for every ranked app, which is a clean prospect list for tooling, SDK and UA vendors.

**ASO research** - Full descriptions and rating counts per ranked app, so you can study how winning apps position themselves in Korean.

### How to use it

1. Pick **charts**: top free, top paid, top grossing, new apps
2. Pick **categories**: overall, or games, social, shopping, finance, entertainment, education, health, photo & video, productivity, travel, food
3. Set how deep to go (Apple publishes up to 100 per chart)
4. Leave **include app details** on for ratings and metadata, or turn it off for a fast ranking-only run
5. Run it, or schedule it daily to track movement

Every chart is captured for every selected category, so 2 charts x 3 categories is 6 ranked lists in one run.

### Notes

- Covers the **Apple App Store** in Korea. Google Play is not included
- Ratings and review counts are the Korean storefront figures, not global
- Rank position is the chart order Apple publishes at run time

### Pairs with

**Korean Search & Shopping Trends** (what Koreans are searching and buying), **Korean Company Filings & Financials** (the financials behind the publishers), **Korean Tech Job Postings** (which app companies are hiring). The same Korea data toolkit.

### FAQ

**Do I need an API key?** No. This uses public Apple endpoints - nothing to register.

**How often do rankings change?** Apple refreshes charts through the day. Daily snapshots are the usual cadence for trend work.

**Can I track one app over time?** Yes - schedule the run and filter your dataset by app name or app ID.

**Is this legal?** The actor reads publicly published App Store chart and product information at a polite request rate. You are responsible for complying with applicable laws and Apple's terms in your use of the data.

### Support

Need another category, chart or field? Open an issue on the actor page - issues are answered within 3 business days.

# Actor input Schema

## `charts` (type: `array`):

Which Korean App Store charts to capture.

## `genres` (type: `array`):

Overall chart or a specific App Store category. Every chart is captured for every selected category.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

How deep to go in each chart (Apple publishes up to 100).

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

Adds rating, review count, version, last update, description, publisher website, size, languages and content rating. Turn off for a faster, ranking-only run.

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

Politeness delay between requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "charts": [
    "topFree",
    "topGrossing"
  ],
  "genres": [
    "all"
  ],
  "limit": 100,
  "includeAppDetails": true,
  "requestDelayMs": 400
}
```

# 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("loopchips/korea-app-rankings").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("loopchips/korea-app-rankings").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 loopchips/korea-app-rankings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,loopchips/korea-app-rankings"
        }
    }
}

```

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/2T59RF5G3Ne3zriQc/builds/8PDYECUd5IJ3ZrsyB/openapi.json