App Store Top Charts

Snapshot Apple App Store top charts (topfreeapplications, toppaidapplications, topgrossingapplications) for any country and genre. One row per chart entry with rank, name, developer, price, category, links. Public iTunes RSS, no auth, datacenter-friendly.

What you get

{
  "snapshotAt":   "2026-06-03T06:55:11+00:00",
  "chart":        "topfreeapplications",
  "country":      "us",
  "genreId":      "0",
  "rank":         1,
  "appId":        "6448311069",
  "trackName":    "ChatGPT",
  "artistName":   "OpenAI",
  "artistUrl":    "https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/openai/id1455318716",
  "category":     "Productivity",
  "categoryId":   "6007",
  "releaseDate":  "2023-05-18T07:00:00-07:00",
  "price":        "0.00000",
  "currency":     "USD",
  "priceLabel":   "Get",
  "summary":      "Introducing ChatGPT for iOS…",
  "appUrl":       "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatgpt/id6448311069?uo=2",
  "artworkUrl":   "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/…/source/170x170bb.png"
}

How to use

Input.

{
  "chartTypes":  ["topfreeapplications", "toppaidapplications", "topgrossingapplications"],
  "countries":   ["us", "gb", "de", "jp"],
  "genreIds":    ["0", "6014", "6017"],
  "limit":       100
}

chartTypes: topfreeapplications, toppaidapplications, or topgrossingapplications. Empty defaults to topfreeapplications.

countries: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes per storefront. Each store has its own ranking.

genreIds: numeric Apple genre IDs. Common:

ID	Genre
0	All / Overall
6014	Games
6005	Social Networking
6017	Education
6023	Finance
6020	Medical
6018	Books
6024	Entertainment
6011	Music
6013	Health & Fitness
6021	Lifestyle
6015	Business

Full list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iOS_devices#App_Store_categories

limit: apps per chart, 1-200. Apple caps at 200.

Pricing

Pay per event. Price per 1,000 events:

Event	Base price	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Apple App Store chart entry	$0.10	$0.09	$0.08	$0.07

Bronze, Silver and Gold are the discounts Apify gives users of its paid plans. The Pricing tab always shows the current prices.

Buyer

• ASO consultants tracking competitor rank shifts.
• Mobile-marketing teams running weekly chart-position reports.
• Indie devs watching category-rank moves before launching.
• Investors tracking "who's blowing up on the App Store this week".

Run it through the API

Python, with the apify-client package:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("v0iddo/app-store-top-charts").call(run_input={})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript, with the apify-client package:

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('v0iddo/app-store-top-charts').call({});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

One HTTP call that waits for the run and returns the rows (for runs that finish within 5 minutes):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/v0iddo~app-store-top-charts/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Use it from an agent (MCP)

Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients can call this actor as a tool through the Apify MCP server. Add it to the client's MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=v0iddo/app-store-top-charts",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

FAQ

Do I need an account, cookies or an API key?

No. The actor reads public data without logging in. You only need an Apify account to start it.

How am I charged?

Pay per event, at the prices on the Pricing tab for your Apify plan (the Pricing section of this page lists them). The platform usage of the run is included in those prices, and your spending limit for a run is always respected.

Why did my run return no results?

The status message and the log of the run say why: usually nothing matched the input, or the source did not answer for a moment. Check the input against the example above and run it again.

Can I run it on a schedule?

Yes. Save your input as a task and add a schedule in the Apify Console (daily, hourly or with a cron expression). Each run gets its own dataset, so you keep a history.

Which formats can I export?

JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table and RSS from the Output tab or the API. Integrations send the rows to Google Sheets, Slack, Make, Zapier, n8n or a webhook.

Is collecting this data allowed?

The actor collects data that the source publishes openly, without a login. Public data can still be personal data under laws such as the GDPR, and sources have their own terms: make sure your use of the data follows the rules that apply to you.

What happens when the source changes?

An automated test runs the actor every day on the example input and checks the rows, not only that the run finished. When a check fails, the actor is repaired and rebuilt; the build history on this page shows each update.

Something is missing or wrong. Where do I report it?

Open an issue on the Issues tab of this actor with the run link. Requests for a new field are welcome too.

Related actors

• App Store Scraper: App Details, Ratings, Prices
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• App Store Reviews Scraper: Ratings and Reviews by Country
• Android App Metadata Scraper: Google Play Details, Ratings
• App Store Developer Scraper: All Apps by Developer
• Chrome Web Store Scraper: Extension Details and Ratings

Source

https://itunes.apple.com/<country>/rss/<chart>/limit=<N>/genre=<G>/json: Apple's public RSS, no auth. Actor paces 0.25 s between requests.