IMDb Trending — Top Movies & TV Shows Right Now

What does IMDb Trending Movies & TV Shows Scraper do?

IMDb Trending Movies & TV Shows Scraper extracts the most popular movies and TV shows from IMDb's trending and top charts — titles, ratings, release years, genres, rankings, and cover images — in structured JSON.

This Actor runs on the Apify platform. Use it for entertainment analytics, content recommendation datasets, media industry research, or building movie/TV tracking apps.

Why use IMDb Trending Scraper?

• Real IMDb data — official ratings and trending rankings from the world's largest entertainment database
• Movies + TV shows — covers both trending movies and popular TV series
• Rich metadata — genres, year, rating, vote count, duration, and plot summary
• Scheduled monitoring — track what is trending week over week
• Recommendation data — seed a movie/TV recommendation engine with popularity data

How to use IMDb Trending Scraper

1. Open the Actor and click Try for free
2. Select content type: movies, TV shows, or both
3. Set the maximum number of titles to return
4. Click Start — trending titles appear in the Output tab
5. Download as JSON or CSV

Input

{
  "contentTypes": ["movies", "tvShows"],
  "maxResults": 50
}

Field	Type	Description	Default
contentTypes	array	movies, tvShows, or both	["movies","tvShows"]
maxResults	integer	Max titles per content type	50

Output

{
  "rank": 1,
  "type": "movie",
  "title": "Dune: Part Two",
  "year": 2024,
  "imdbId": "tt15239678",
  "rating": 8.5,
  "voteCount": 312000,
  "genres": ["Action", "Adventure", "Drama"],
  "duration": "166 min",
  "plot": "Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen...",
  "posterUrl": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/...",
  "imdbUrl": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15239678/"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
rank	number	Trending rank position
type	string	movie or tvShow
title	string	Title
year	number	Release year
imdbId	string	IMDb title ID
rating	number	IMDb rating (0–10)
voteCount	number	Number of IMDb votes
genres	array	Genre list
duration	string	Runtime
posterUrl	string	Poster image URL

Cost

Volume	Estimated cost
Top 50 movies + TV shows	~$0.01–$0.05
Top 200 titles	~$0.05–$0.20

Tips

• Schedule weekly runs to build a trending history dataset and spot seasonal patterns
• Use rating and voteCount together to distinguish critically acclaimed titles from viral but poorly-rated ones

FAQ

How often does IMDb update trending lists? IMDb's trending charts update daily, reflecting recent viewing and rating activity.

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