Amazon Best Sellers Scraper

Amazon Best Sellers Scraper

Scrape Amazon Best Sellers from any category, department, or domain, up to a million products per run. Each product row includes its rank, rating, price, review count, and ASIN. No Amazon API key required. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

Amazon's Best Sellers pages show exactly what people are buying right now, but collecting that data across hundreds of categories is slow and manual. This Amazon Best Sellers scraper reads the public bestseller lists directly, follows subcategories to the depth you set, and returns every product in one flat, structured dataset. It works on all Amazon domains, including .com, .co.uk, .de, .fr, .es, and .it.

Who uses it	What they scrape Amazon Best Sellers for
E-commerce sellers	Spot high-demand products to add to their own inventory.
Market researchers	Track which brands and product types dominate a category week over week.
Dropshippers	Find trending items with strong sales velocity and low competition.
Affiliate marketers	Identify top-selling products to feature in content and buying guides.

What it does

This Actor collects Amazon Best Sellers products from category URLs and returns each one as a flat row with its rank, title, price, rating, review count, and ASIN.

• 📊 Rank tracking: captures the current Best Sellers rank for every product on the page.
• 🌐 Multi-domain support: works on Amazon.com, .co.uk, .de, .fr, .es, .it, and more.
• 🔍 Subcategory discovery: set a crawl depth to automatically collect products from nested subcategories.
• 📦 Optional product details: enable to fetch brand, stock status, full feature bullets, gallery images, high-resolution images, variant ASINs, and monthly purchase volume.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with Amazon Best Sellers data

📈 Monitor category trends.

A market researcher scrapes the Electronics Best Sellers daily to see which brands are gaining share and which products are falling.

🛒 Source winning products.

An e-commerce seller scrapes the Home & Kitchen Best Sellers across three domains to find products with high demand and low review counts.

💰 Build affiliate content.

An affiliate marketer scrapes the Toys & Games Best Sellers before the holiday season to decide which products to feature in a gift guide.

📦 Validate inventory decisions.

A dropshipper scrapes the Pet Supplies Best Sellers to confirm which items have consistent sales velocity before committing to stock.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
No API key	Reads public Best Sellers pages directly, no developer registration or API approval needed.
Fixed flat schema	Every product arrives with the same columns, ready for analysis without cleaning.
Multi-domain	One scraper for Amazon.com, .co.uk, .de, .fr, .es, and .it.
Subcategory depth	Collect a single list or expand into every subcategory automatically.

How it compares

This actor focuses specifically on Amazon Best Sellers lists with subcategory depth control, while the competitors below are general-purpose Amazon scrapers that do not target Best Sellers pages directly.

Feature	ParseForge	Amazon Product Scraper	Amazon Scraper	Amazon Reviews Scraper
Scrapes Best Sellers pages directly	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Subcategory crawl depth control	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Best Sellers rank per product	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Multi-domain support (.com, .co.uk, .de, etc.)	Yes	Yes	Not listed	Not listed
Product detail enrichment (brand, stock, bullets, images)	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Reviews extraction	Not listed	Yes	Yes	Yes

Configure the run

Drive the Actor from one or more Amazon Best Sellers category URLs, set a maximum number of products to collect, and optionally expand into subcategories up to three levels deep. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics/zgbs/electronics/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10
}

A larger pull:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics/zgbs/electronics/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 200
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.01599 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$1.60
1,000 results	$15.99
10,000 results	$159.90

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the Amazon Best Sellers Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to Amazon Best Sellers through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/amazon-bestsellers-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

Check that your start URLs are valid Amazon Best Sellers category pages. The URL should contain '/Best-Sellers/' and a category path. Also verify that your maxItems is set high enough to capture products.

Why are some product prices missing?

Amazon sometimes hides prices for certain products or shows a range. The scraper captures whatever price is visible on the Best Sellers page. Enabling product details may fetch more accurate pricing from the product page.

Why is the scraper running slowly?

Enabling product details fetches each product's individual page, which increases run time. If speed is critical, disable this option. Using faster proxies can also help.

Why am I getting blocked or seeing CAPTCHAs?

Amazon actively blocks automated access. Use Apify's residential proxies for large runs, reduce concurrency, and add delays between requests. Running during off-peak hours can also reduce blocks.

Why are my subcategory results incomplete?

Amazon Best Sellers subcategory pages sometimes show only the top 50 or 100 items. If you need deeper coverage, try targeting more specific subcategory URLs directly rather than relying on crawl depth.

FAQ

Question	Answer
Do I need an Amazon API key to use this scraper?	No. This scraper reads the public Amazon Best Sellers pages directly. You do not need to register an app, get an API key, or handle OAuth.
Which Amazon domains does this support?	It supports all major Amazon domains including .com, .co.uk, .de, .fr, .es, and .it. You provide the URL and the scraper handles the rest.
How many products can I scrape in one run?	You can set a maximum of up to 1,000,000 products per run. The actual number collected depends on the categories you target and the depth you set.
What data does each product row include?	Every row includes the product's Best Sellers rank, title, price, star rating, review count, and ASIN. If you enable product details, you also get brand, stock status, feature bullets, gallery images, high-resolution images, variant ASINs, and monthly purchase volume.
Can I scrape multiple categories at once?	Yes. You can provide a list of Best Sellers category URLs and the scraper will collect products from all of them in a single run.
What does the subcategory depth setting do?	A depth of 1 collects only the URLs you provide. A depth of 2 collects those URLs plus all their direct subcategories. A depth of 3 goes two levels deep. Be aware that depth 2 can return over 1,000 products per top-level category.
Does this scraper also collect product reviews?	No. This scraper focuses on Best Sellers rank and product data. If you need reviews, use a dedicated Amazon Reviews Scraper.
Will I get blocked by Amazon?	Amazon may show CAPTCHAs or rate-limit requests. Using Apify proxies and setting a reasonable crawl rate helps avoid blocks. For large runs, residential proxies are recommended.
What output formats are supported?	You can export your dataset as CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML directly from the Apify platform.
Can I schedule this scraper to run automatically?	Yes. Apify supports scheduled runs. You can set this scraper to run daily or weekly to track Best Sellers changes over time.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon.com, Inc. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.