# Rolling Stone Charts Scraper (`parseforge/rollingstone-charts-scraper`) Actor

Track Rolling Stone music charts with chart name, rank, title, artist, last week position, peak, weeks on chart, units, date, and source URL. Filter by chart and week date. Useful for music industry analytics, label dashboards, and historical chart trend research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/rollingstone-charts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.50 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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# README

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## 🎵 Rolling Stone Charts Scraper

> 🚀 **Export Rolling Stone music charts in seconds. Top 200 Albums, Top 100 Songs, Artists 500 - direct from rollingstone.com.**

> 🕒 **Last updated:** 2026-05-29 · **📊 13 fields** per entry · 9 chart types · Weekly history · Rank, peak, weeks, units

The Rolling Stone Charts Scraper extracts the weekly music charts published by Rolling Stone, covering albums, songs, artists, and genre-specific charts.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| 🎵 Music industry analysts | Track weekly chart movement |
| 📰 Music journalists | Pull rankings for stories |
| 🎤 Artists and managers | Monitor your own performance |
| 🤖 ML engineers | Train music recommendation models |
| 👩‍💻 Developers | Mirror Rolling Stone charts into your app |

### 📋 What the Rolling Stone Charts Scraper does

- Scrapes any of 9 Rolling Stone charts.
- Returns rank, title, artist, last week, peak, weeks-on-chart, units.
- Supports historical weeks via `weekDate`.
- Exports CSV, Excel, JSON, JSONL, XML, RSS, HTML.

> 💡 **Why it matters:** Rolling Stone's charts are an alternative industry benchmark to Billboard. This actor delivers them as a clean structured feed.

### 🎬 Full Demo

_🚧 Coming soon._

### ⚙️ Input

<table>
<tr><th>Field</th><th>Type</th><th>Required</th><th>Description</th></tr>
<tr><td><code>chart</code></td><td>enum</td><td>No</td><td>top-200-albums, top-100-songs, artists-500, etc.</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>weekDate</code></td><td>string</td><td>No</td><td>YYYY-MM-DD for historical week.</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>maxItems</code></td><td>integer</td><td>No</td><td>Free 10, paid up to 1,000,000.</td></tr>
</table>

**Example 1:**
```json
{ "chart": "top-200-albums", "maxItems": 50 }
````

**Example 2:**

```json
{ "chart": "top-100-songs", "weekDate": "2025-01-04", "maxItems": 100 }
```

> ⚠️ **Good to Know:** Charts publish weekly. Free tier returns the top 10.

### 📊 Output

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🖼️ `imageUrl` | string | Cover art. |
| 📋 `chart` | string | Chart slug. |
| 🥇 `rank` | number | Current rank. |
| 🎵 `title` | string | Title. |
| 🎤 `artist` | string | Artist. |
| ⬅️ `lastWeek` | string | Last week rank. |
| ⛰️ `peak` | number | Peak rank. |
| 📅 `weeksOnChart` | number | Weeks on chart. |
| 📈 `units` | number | Units (when published). |
| 📅 `date` | string | Chart week. |
| 🔗 `url` | string | Detail URL. |
| 🕒 `scrapedAt` | string | Fetched at. |
| ❌ `error` | string | Set on error. |

### ✨ Why choose this Actor

| 🎵 | 9 charts, one input field. |
| 📜 | Historical weeks via `weekDate`. |
| 🧹 | Clean flat schema. |
| 💾 | CSV / Excel / JSON / XML export. |

### 📈 How it compares to alternatives

| Approach | Setup | Chart coverage | Historical |
|---|---|---|---|
| HTML scrape | 1 hr | manual | manual |
| **This Actor** | 5 sec | 9 charts | yes |

### 🚀 How to use

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Pick a chart.
3. Click **Start**.

### 💼 Business use cases

**🎵 A\&R.** Monitor breakout artists.
**📰 Newsroom.** Weekly charts coverage.
**🎤 Artist management.** Track your roster.
**🤖 Modelling.** Train chart predictions.

### 🔌 Automating Rolling Stone Charts Scraper

- **Make / Zapier**: weekly digest.
- **Cron**: Sunday night refresh.
- **Webhooks**: instant push.
- **BigQuery**: native pipeline.

### 🌟 Beyond business use cases

**🎓 Education.** Music industry teaching.
**🧪 Personal.** Track your faves' chart runs.
**🤝 Non-profit.** Music journalism workshops.
**🧰 Tinkering.** Discord weekly charts bot.

### 🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Drop this README into ChatGPT or Claude for pipeline ideas.

### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions

**❓ API key?** No.
**❓ Charts covered?** 9.
**❓ Historical?** Yes.
**❓ Units?** Yes when published.
**❓ Format?** CSV, Excel, JSON, JSONL, XML, RSS, HTML.
**❓ Schedule?** Yes.
**❓ Rate-limited?** Reasonable use.
**❓ Free tier?** 10 entries preview.
**❓ Schema stable?** Core fields stable.
**❓ Covers?** Image URL included.

### 🔌 Integrate with any app

Make, Zapier, Slack, Discord, Drive, Sheets, Gmail, Airbyte, Keboola, Telegram, GitHub, REST/webhook.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [ParseForge JustWatch Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/justwatch-streaming-scraper) | Streaming availability. |
| [ParseForge Reelgood Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/reelgood-availability-scraper) | US streaming services. |
| [ParseForge OurAirports Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/ourairports-scraper) | Airport database. |
| [ParseForge Alpha Vantage Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/alpha-vantage-public-scraper) | Markets data. |

> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for 900+ scrapers.

***

**Disclaimer:** This actor scrapes only publicly available data. ParseForge is not affiliated with Rolling Stone or Penske Media. [Create a free account w/ $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).

# Actor input Schema

## `chart` (type: `string`):

Which Rolling Stone chart to scrape.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000

## `weekDate` (type: `string`):

Chart week (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave empty for latest.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "chart": "top-200-albums",
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "chart": "top-200-albums",
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/rollingstone-charts-scraper").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 = {
    "chart": "top-200-albums",
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/rollingstone-charts-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "chart": "top-200-albums",
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/rollingstone-charts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/rollingstone-charts-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Rolling Stone Charts Scraper",
        "description": "Track Rolling Stone music charts with chart name, rank, title, artist, last week position, peak, weeks on chart, units, date, and source URL. Filter by chart and week date. Useful for music industry analytics, label dashboards, and historical chart trend research.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "qtbRV4SeDNb5K44zy"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/parseforge~rollingstone-charts-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-parseforge-rollingstone-charts-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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~rollingstone-charts-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-parseforge-rollingstone-charts-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~rollingstone-charts-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-parseforge-rollingstone-charts-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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",
                "properties": {
                    "chart": {
                        "title": "Chart",
                        "enum": [
                            "top-200-albums",
                            "top-100-songs",
                            "artists-500",
                            "trending-25",
                            "breakthrough-25",
                            "top-100-rb-hip-hop-songs",
                            "top-100-country-songs",
                            "top-100-latin-songs",
                            "top-100-rock-songs"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Which Rolling Stone chart to scrape.",
                        "default": "top-200-albums"
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max Items",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000"
                    },
                    "weekDate": {
                        "title": "Week date",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Chart week (YYYY-MM-DD). Leave empty for latest."
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    },
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                                        "example": 0
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                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```