# Amazon Best Sellers Scraper - Top 100 Rankings by Category (`sweet_stickball/amazon-bestsellers-scraper`) Actor

Amazon Best Sellers scraper: extract the top 100 products of any Amazon category with rank, ASIN, title, price, rating, review count and image. Also New Releases and Movers & Shakers, on amazon.com, .co.uk, .de, .fr and more. Product research and trend tracking, flat JSON, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sweet_stickball/amazon-bestsellers-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [CrawlKit](https://apify.com/sweet_stickball) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.50 / 1,000 products

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Amazon Best Sellers Scraper - Top 100 Rankings by Category

Scrape Amazon Best Sellers, New Releases and Movers & Shakers rankings for any category and marketplace (US, UK, DE, FR, JP...). One flat record per product: rank, ASIN, title, price and currency, rating, review count, image, category.

### What it does

- Reads the ranking of one or more Amazon categories and returns the products **in rank order**, one flat JSON record per product.
- Works with top-level categories (`/gp/bestsellers/electronics`) and sub-categories (`/zgbs/electronics/172541`), on 20 Amazon marketplaces.
- Three lists: **Best Sellers**, **New Releases** and **Movers & Shakers** (biggest sales-rank gainers over 24 hours).
- Up to the **top 100** per category (Amazon publishes 100 ranks, 50 per page). All 50 ranks of a page are returned, including the 20 that Amazon loads after the first 30.
- Prices are returned as a number plus an ISO currency code, in the currency of the marketplace (USD on amazon.com, GBP on amazon.co.uk, JPY on amazon.co.jp...), whatever the location of the proxy.
- Page text is requested in English on every marketplace, so category names and labels are consistent.

### Input

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `categoryUrls` | array of strings | Yes | — | Amazon ranking pages, e.g. `https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics`, `https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/new-releases/kitchen`, or a sub-category URL such as `https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Headphones-Earbuds/zgbs/electronics/172541`. A bare root category slug (`electronics`, `books`, `toys-and-games`) is also accepted. |
| `listType` | string | No | `bestsellers` | `bestsellers`, `new-releases` or `movers-and-shakers`. Applied to every category (overrides the list type in the URLs). |
| `domain` | string | No | `amazon.com` | Marketplace used for bare category slugs. A URL keeps its own marketplace. |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | 20 | Top N products per category, in rank order (1-100). |

Example:

```json
{
    "categoryUrls": ["https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics", "books"],
    "listType": "bestsellers",
    "domain": "amazon.com",
    "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Output

One dataset item per ranked product. Real item from a run on 2026-11-02:

```json
{
    "rank": 1,
    "asin": "B08QRFZ6TH",
    "title": "Barossa Design Oeko-tex Certified Shower Curtain Liner Standard Size, Clear | Waterproof PEVA, Rustproof Grommets, 3 Bottom Magnets, Cute Lightweight Bathroom Curtain, Fits Standard Tub 72\" Length",
    "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QRFZ6TH",
    "price": 8.95,
    "currency": "USD",
    "priceText": "$8.95",
    "rating": 4.5,
    "reviewsCount": 102452,
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/7136-eapqKL._AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg",
    "imageUrl": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/7136-eapqKL.jpg",
    "rankChangePercent": null,
    "previousRank": null,
    "categoryName": "Home & Kitchen",
    "categoryUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/home-garden",
    "listType": "bestsellers",
    "domain": "amazon.com",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-11-02T20:23:49+00:00"
}
```

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `rank` | Position in the list (1-100) |
| `asin` | Amazon product identifier |
| `title` | Product title as shown in the list |
| `url` | Product page, without tracking parameters |
| `price`, `currency`, `priceText` | Displayed price as a number (lowest value of a price range, or the "offers from" price), ISO currency, and the raw text. `null` when Amazon hides the price on the list |
| `rating` | Average star rating out of 5 |
| `reviewsCount` | Number of customer ratings shown next to the stars |
| `thumbnailUrl`, `imageUrl` | List image, and the same image without the resize suffix |
| `rankChangePercent`, `previousRank` | Movers & Shakers only: sales-rank gain over 24 hours and the rank 24 hours earlier (`null` on other lists) |
| `categoryName`, `categoryUrl` | Category as named by Amazon, and the ranking page that was read |
| `listType`, `domain` | List and marketplace |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO 8601 UTC timestamp |

### Pricing

Pay-per-event, no start fee: **$4.10 per 1,000 products** (event `PRODUCT`) on the Apify Free plan, lower on paid plans. You only pay for results pushed to the dataset.

| Apify plan | Price per 1,000 products |
|---|---|
| Free | $4.10 |
| Starter | $3.50 |
| Scale | $3.10 |
| Business | $2.50 |

Set a maximum cost per run in the run options: the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached.

### Limitations

- Amazon publishes only the **top 100** of each list; `maxItems` above 100 is capped at 100.
- Only the data shown on the ranking page is returned. Product details (description, seller, availability, BSR in other categories) require visiting each product page and are not included.
- A few products have no price on the list (Amazon shows "Click for details" or the item is unavailable): `price` is then `null`.
- **Movers & Shakers** lists are often empty on Amazon ("no movers and shakers available in this category"); on 2026-11-02 the Books, Electronics and Toys lists of amazon.com and amazon.co.uk were all empty. The run then fails with that explicit message instead of returning an empty dataset.
- An unknown category slug shows the same empty page on Amazon, so it is reported as "Amazon lists no products here".
- Bare slugs work for root categories only (`electronics`, `books`, `toys-and-games`...). For a sub-category, paste its URL. Root slugs differ between marketplaces (e.g. `ce-de` for electronics on amazon.de).
- Amazon sometimes answers with a robot-check page. The Actor never solves it: it retries with new proxy sessions and fails with an explicit message if every session is blocked.
- Rankings are updated by Amazon about every hour; two runs a few minutes apart can differ.

### Related Actors

- [Amazon Reviews Scraper API - 9 Marketplaces, No Login](https://apify.com/sweet_stickball/amazon-reviews-scraper) — Scrape Amazon product reviews: rating, text, date, verified purchase and helpful votes on 9 marketplaces. Amazon reviews data API, no login needed.
- [Walmart Scraper - Product Prices, Ratings & Sellers](https://apify.com/sweet_stickball/walmart-scraper) — Scrape Walmart search results or product pages: title, price, original price, rating, review count, seller, availability, image and URL.
- [Google Shopping Scraper API - Prices & Sellers, 12 Countries](https://apify.com/sweet_stickball/google-shopping-scraper) — Scrape Google Shopping products in 12 countries: prices, old prices, sellers, ratings and reviews. Price comparison and monitoring API, no login.

# Actor input Schema

## `categoryUrls` (type: `array`):

Amazon ranking pages, e.g. https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics, https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/new-releases/kitchen or https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Headphones-Earbuds/zgbs/electronics/172541 (sub-categories work). A bare root category slug such as 'electronics', 'books' or 'toys-and-games' is also accepted and uses the 'domain' field. The marketplace in a URL wins over 'domain'.

## `listType` (type: `string`):

Ranking to read for every category: Best Sellers, New Releases or Movers & Shakers (biggest 24-hour gainers). Overrides the list type found in the URLs.

## `domain` (type: `string`):

Marketplace used for bare category slugs (URLs keep their own marketplace). Prices are returned in the marketplace currency.

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

Top N products returned for each category, in rank order. Amazon publishes the top 100 of each list (50 per page), so the maximum is 100.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics",
    "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books"
  ],
  "listType": "bestsellers",
  "domain": "amazon.com",
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (type: `string`):

One item per ranked product (rank, ASIN, title, price, rating, category), shown with the 'products' view.

# 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 = {
    "categoryUrls": [
        "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics"
    ],
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("sweet_stickball/amazon-bestsellers-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 = {
    "categoryUrls": ["https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics"],
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("sweet_stickball/amazon-bestsellers-scraper").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 '{
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call sweet_stickball/amazon-bestsellers-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,sweet_stickball/amazon-bestsellers-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/qOWyohQlyUlXeWObg/builds/DsZtK531GdKUdWaox/openapi.json