Apify Store Analyzer

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🎯 What Does This Actor Do?

Transform the Apify marketplace into actionable intelligence with comprehensive analysis across:

Feature	Description
📊 Market Analysis	Analyze 10,000+ actors across all categories
💰 Pricing Intelligence	Understand pricing strategies (FREE, PAY_PER_EVENT, etc.)
🏆 Success Patterns	Identify what makes actors successful
🎯 Challenge Insights	Track $1M Challenge eligible actors
📈 Growth Tracking	Monitor 7-day, 30-day, and 90-day user trends
🔍 Category Analysis	Find underserved niches and opportunities

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🚀 Quick Start

1️⃣ Choose Your Analysis Mode

{
  "mode": "byCategory",
  "categories": ["AI", "AUTOMATION"],
  "maxActors": 100,
  "includeAnalytics": true
}

2️⃣ Run & Get Results

Within minutes, you'll have:

• ✅ Complete actor metadata
• ✅ Comprehensive analytics report
• ✅ Actionable market insights

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📊 Analysis Modes

🌐 All Actors Mode

Analyze the entire Apify marketplace (10,000+ actors)

{
  "mode": "allActors",
  "includeAnalytics": true
}

Perfect for: Market research, trend analysis, comprehensive reports

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📂 By Category Mode

Focus on specific categories like AI, AUTOMATION, ECOMMERCE

{
  "mode": "byCategory",
  "categories": ["AI", "AUTOMATION", "DEVELOPER_TOOLS"],
  "includeAnalytics": true
}

Perfect for: Category research, competition analysis, niche discovery

Available Categories:

• 🤖 AI
• ⚙️ AUTOMATION
• 🛒 ECOMMERCE
• 📱 SOCIAL_MEDIA
• 🔍 SEO_TOOLS
• 📧 LEAD_GENERATION
• 📰 NEWS
• 💼 JOBS
• 🛠️ DEVELOPER_TOOLS
• 🏠 REAL_ESTATE
• 🌟 OPEN_SOURCE
• 🤝 AGENTS
• 🔌 MCP_SERVERS

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🏆 Challenge Eligible Mode

Find only actors eligible for the Apify $1M Challenge

{
  "mode": "challengeEligible",
  "includeAnalytics": true
}

Perfect for: Challenge research, competitive intelligence, success patterns

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⭐ Top Actors Mode

Get the top 100 performing actors by user count

{
  "mode": "topActors",
  "includeAnalytics": true
}

Perfect for: Benchmarking, best practices, success factors

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🎛️ Advanced Filters

Filter by Performance

{
  "mode": "byCategory",
  "categories": ["AI"],
  "minTotalRuns": 10000,
  "minTotalUsers": 500,
  "includeAnalytics": true
}

Filter by Pricing Model

{
  "mode": "byCategory",
  "categories": ["AUTOMATION"],
  "pricingModels": ["FREE", "PAY_PER_EVENT"],
  "includeAnalytics": true
}

Limit Results for Testing

{
  "mode": "byCategory",
  "categories": ["AI"],
  "maxActors": 50,
  "includeAnalytics": true
}

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📤 Output Data

Individual Actor Records

{
  "title": "Website Content Crawler",
  "name": "website-content-crawler",
  "username": "apify",
  "stats": {
    "totalRuns": 22149737,
    "totalUsers": 88904,
    "totalUsers7Days": 1900,
    "totalUsers30Days": 4630,
    "totalUsers90Days": 10193
  },
  "currentPricingInfo": {
    "pricingModel": "FREE",
    "pricePerUnitUsd": 0
  },
  "categories": ["AI", "DEVELOPER_TOOLS"],
  "actorReviewRating": 4.45,
  "actorReviewCount": 122,
  "bookmarkCount": 2054,
  "isWhiteListedForAgenticPayments": true
}

Analytics Report

{
  "_type": "ANALYTICS_REPORT",
  "generated_at": "2025-11-30T15:30:00.000Z",
  "total_actors_analyzed": 1054,
  "analytics": {
    "summary": {
      "total_actors": 1054,
      "total_runs": 145000000,
      "total_users": 890000,
      "avg_runs_per_actor": 137572.71,
      "avg_users_per_actor": 8443.50,
      "avg_rating": 4.31,
      "challenge_eligible_count": 284,
      "challenge_eligible_percentage": 26.95
    },
    "pricing_analysis": {
      "distribution": {
        "FREE": 412,
        "PAY_PER_EVENT": 338,
        "PRICE_PER_DATASET_ITEM": 214,
        "FLAT_PRICE_PER_MONTH": 90
      },
      "stats_by_model": { ... }
    },
    "category_analysis": { ... },
    "top_actors": {
      "by_total_runs": [ ... ],
      "by_total_users": [ ... ]
    },
    "insights": [
      "FREE actors have 2.3x more users on average than PAY_PER_EVENT actors",
      "Highest average users per actor: AI (12,450 users/actor)",
      "26.95% of analyzed actors are eligible for the $1M Challenge"
    ]
  }
}

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💡 Use Cases

🎨 For Actor Creators

Question	How This Actor Helps
"What pricing model should I use?"	Compare FREE vs PAID success rates
"Is my category saturated?"	Analyze actor count vs avg users per category
"What features are trending?"	Track challenge-eligible actors and categories
"How do I price competitively?"	Benchmark against similar actors

👥 For Users

Question	How This Actor Helps
"What's the best actor for X?"	Filter by category, sort by users/ratings
"Are there alternatives to Y?"	Find actors in same category
"What's popular right now?"	Track 7-day/30-day growth trends
"Should I trust this actor?"	Check ratings, user count, review count

📊 For Researchers

Question	How This Actor Helps
"What are marketplace trends?"	Analyze pricing, categories, growth patterns
"What makes actors successful?"	Correlate ratings, users, runs, pricing
"How has the market evolved?"	Track challenge eligibility, new categories
"What are market gaps?"	Find low-competition, high-demand niches

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📈 Example Insights

Real Data from 10,000+ Actors:

🏆 Top Category: AI (1,054 actors)
💰 Most Common Pricing: PAY_PER_EVENT (32%)
⭐ Average Rating: 4.2/5
🎯 Challenge Eligible: 26%
📈 FREE actors have 2.3x more users than paid
🚀 Top performer: 48M runs, 88K users

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🎬 Example Workflows

Research a New Actor Category

{
  "mode": "byCategory",
  "categories": ["AI"],
  "includeAnalytics": true
}

Output: Complete AI category analysis with:

• Actor count
• Pricing distribution
• Top performers
• Average success metrics
• Market saturation score

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Find Challenge Opportunities

{
  "mode": "challengeEligible",
  "minTotalUsers": 1000,
  "includeAnalytics": true
}

Output: Successful challenge actors with:

• Pricing strategies
• User adoption patterns
• Common categories
• Success factors

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Competitive Benchmarking

{
  "mode": "byCategory",
  "categories": ["AUTOMATION"],
  "pricingModels": ["PAY_PER_EVENT"],
  "minTotalUsers": 500,
  "includeAnalytics": true
}

Output: Competitive landscape showing:

• Similar actors
• Pricing strategies
• User counts
• Rating benchmarks

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🛠️ Technical Details

Performance

• ⚡ Scrapes 100 actors per request
• 🚀 Handles 10,000+ actors in ~5-10 minutes
• 💾 0.3s delay between requests (API-friendly)
• 📊 Comprehensive analytics in real-time

Data Source

• Uses Algolia search API (Apify's public store index)
• Real-time marketplace data
• No authentication required
• Rate-limit compliant

Output Format

• JSON dataset (one item per actor)
• CSV export available
• Excel export available
• API accessible

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🤝 Contributing

Found a bug? Have a feature request? Want to improve the analytics?

1. 🐛 Report bugs
2. 💡 Request features
3. 🔧 Submit pull requests

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📚 Resources

• 🏪 Apify Store
• 🏆 $1M Challenge
• 📖 Apify Documentation
• 💬 Apify Discord
• 🎓 Actor Development Guide

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📊 Real-World Examples

Blog Post: "I Analyzed 10,000 Apify Actors - Here's What I Found"

Use this actor to:

1. Scrape all actors
2. Export analytics report
3. Create visualizations
4. Publish insights

Product: "Actor Market Intelligence Dashboard"

Use this actor to:

1. Track category trends
2. Monitor competitor growth
3. Identify market gaps
4. Build pricing strategies

Research: "The Economics of the Apify Marketplace"

Use this actor to:

1. Analyze pricing models
2. Study success factors
3. Track market evolution
4. Publish academic paper

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🎯 Why This Actor?

✅ Complete

• Every data field from Apify Store
• 10,000+ actors analyzed
• Comprehensive analytics

✅ Fast

• Parallel processing
• Efficient API usage
• Real-time results

✅ Flexible

• Multiple analysis modes
• Advanced filtering
• Custom parameters

✅ Actionable

• Ready-to-use insights
• Export in any format
• API integration ready

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