# Google Play Top Charts Scraper — Android Rankings by Country (`webatola/google-play-top-charts`) Actor

Scrape Google Play top charts by country and category: Top Free, Top Paid and Top Grossing Android apps and games (up to 200) with rank, rating, ratings count, installs, price, genre and version. No login, no browser. $1.00 per 1,000 apps.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/webatola/google-play-top-charts.md
- **Developed by:** [Marek Matejovic](https://apify.com/webatola) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, SEO tools
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.70 / 1,000 apps

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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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

## Google Play Top Charts Scraper: Android App Rankings by Country

Get the **Google Play top charts** for any country and category: **Top Free, Top Paid and Top Grossing** Android apps and games, up to 200 per chart, with rank, rating, ratings count, installs, price, genre, version and last update. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, call it via API, or schedule it daily to track rankings over time.

- ⚡ **Fast** – no browser. A 50-app chart with full details takes a few seconds.
- 🌍 **Any country, any category** – US, GB, DE, IN, BR, CZ…; all apps, all games, or 50+ categories such as Productivity, Finance or Puzzle games.
- 💰 **Top Grossing included** – see which apps and games earn the most per market.
- 📊 **App details in the same row** – ratings count, installs, genre, version, release and update date, ads and in-app purchases.
- 🤖 **Works with AI agents** – available through the Apify MCP server and API.

### What can I use it for?

- **ASO and app marketing** – track your app's chart position per country every day.
- **Competitor and market research** – see who is climbing in your category and which apps earn the most.
- **Mobile game publishers and investors** – spot new hits early in Top Free and Top Grossing.
- **Dashboards and alerts** – schedule it daily and send changes to Google Sheets, Slack, Make, Zapier or n8n.
- **Cross-platform view** – combine it with our [App Store Top Charts Scraper](https://apify.com/webatola/app-store-charts) for iOS + Android.

### How to use it

1. Enter one or more **countries** (e.g. `us`, `de`, `cz`).
2. Pick **charts** (Top free, Top paid, Top grossing) and **categories** (All apps, All games, or a specific category).
3. Set **Apps per chart** (1–200) and click **Start**.

#### Input example

```json
{
  "countries": ["us", "de"],
  "charts": ["top-free", "top-grossing"],
  "categories": ["APPLICATION", "GAME"],
  "limit": 100,
  "includeDetails": true
}
```

### Output example

One dataset item per ranked app:

```json
{
  "country": "us",
  "chart": "top-free",
  "category": "APPLICATION",
  "rank": 1,
  "appId": "com.facebook.aura",
  "title": "Muse from Meta",
  "developer": "Meta Platforms, Inc.",
  "developerId": "Meta+Platforms,+Inc.",
  "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.aura",
  "iconUrl": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/qDQUfohqN-eZh_a_YuWYlTsBPwjgrayoh2-Nf9o49kzN5Yjwk4yTyNUIFRI3o3PYks5lVAgEPrEPvFRYqxLP",
  "price": 0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "free": true,
  "rating": 4.73,
  "ratingCount": 136529,
  "reviewCount": 21450,
  "installs": "5,000,000+",
  "minInstalls": 5000000,
  "genre": "Productivity",
  "genreId": "PRODUCTIVITY",
  "summary": "Your personal AI agent",
  "version": "14.0.0.4.149",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-30T10:24:12.000Z",
  "released": "Aug 31, 2026",
  "contentRating": "Teen",
  "containsAds": false,
  "offersIAP": true,
  "androidVersion": "10",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-03T09:20:51.507Z"
}
```

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `country`, `chart`, `category`, `rank` | Where the app ranks |
| `appId`, `title`, `developer`, `url`, `iconUrl` | App identity (`appId` is the Android package name) |
| `price`, `currency`, `free` | Price in the country's currency |
| `rating`, `ratingCount`, `reviewCount` | Average star rating and counts |
| `installs`, `minInstalls` | Install range shown on Google Play ("10,000,000+") |
| `genre`, `version`, `updatedAt`, `released` | Category and release info |
| `contentRating`, `containsAds`, `offersIAP`, `androidVersion` | Store listing facts |
| `description` | Full description (only when enabled) |

### Pricing

**$1.00 per 1,000 apps** ($0.001 per app, cheaper on higher Apify plans) plus $0.005 per run start. A daily top-100 chart for one country costs about $0.10 a day. Apify's free plan credit covers thousands of apps a month.

### FAQ

**How many apps can I get per chart?** Up to 200, the size of the Google Play chart.

**How long does a run take?** One chart of 50 apps with details takes about 15 seconds. Very large runs (thousands of apps with details) can take several minutes, because Google Play slows down many detail requests from one server. Turn off *Include app details* if you only need ranks.

**Is this the same order as in the Google Play app?** Yes, the chart order Google Play publishes for that country. Google Play may personalise what an individual phone shows, so small differences are possible.

**Do you collect reviews or personal data?** No. Only public store listing data – no reviews, no user names and no developer contact details.

**I need iOS too.** Use our [App Store Top Charts Scraper](https://apify.com/webatola/app-store-charts) with the same output style.

### 🧰 More Actors from the same toolkit

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [Google Play Top Charts Scraper](https://apify.com/webatola/google-play-top-charts) | Top free, paid & grossing Android apps per country and category |
| [App Store Top Charts Scraper](https://apify.com/webatola/app-store-charts) | Top free & top paid iPhone apps per country with full app details |
| [App Store ASO Keyword Rank Tracker & Search Scraper](https://apify.com/webatola/app-store-search) | App Store search results and your app's keyword rank (ASO) |
| [Google Trends Scraper – Trending Now](https://apify.com/webatola/google-trends-trending-now) | Today's trending searches per country with search volume and related news |
| [Google Trends Scraper – Interest Over Time & Related Queries](https://apify.com/webatola/google-trends-explore-lite) | Interest over time and related queries for your keywords |
| [App Store & Google Trends MCP Server](https://apify.com/webatola/app-store-trends-mcp-server) | Trends and App Store data as tools for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI agents |

All of them are fast (no browser) and have simple pay-per-event pricing. Made by [Webatola](https://www.webatola.com), an independent software studio.

### 🤖 Use with AI agents (MCP) and the API

- Works out of the box with the **Apify MCP server** (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients): the agent can search for this Actor, read the input schema and run it.
- For compact results, keep *Include full description* off and lower *Apps per chart*.
- API: `POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/webatola~google-play-top-charts/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN` with the input JSON as the body returns the results directly.

### Is it legal?

The Actor reads only **public** store listing data that anyone can see on Google Play, at a moderate pace. No personal data, no reviews, no login and no bypassing of any protection. Make sure your use complies with Google's terms and your local laws.

### Feedback

Missing a field, chart or country? Open an issue in the *Issues* tab – fixes are usually shipped within days.

If this Actor saved you some time, a quick rating in the Store helps other people find it. No pressure, only if you feel like it. Thank you!

# Actor input Schema

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Two-letter country codes of Google Play stores, lowercase or uppercase. Examples: us, gb, de, fr, in, br, cz. Each country × chart × category is one chart.

## `charts` (type: `array`):

Which Google Play charts to scrape.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Google Play categories. "All apps" = overall app chart, "All games" = overall game chart.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Number of top-ranked apps per chart, 1–200. Example: 10 for a quick check, 200 for the full chart.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Add ratings count, reviews count, installs, genre, version, last update, release date, content rating, ads and in-app purchases. Turn off for the fastest, most compact output (rank, title, developer, price, rating, URL).

## `includeDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Include the full Google Play description (long text). Off by default for compact output.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language of titles and texts, e.g. en, de, cs, es. The chart itself always follows the country.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "charts": [
    "top-free"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "APPLICATION"
  ],
  "limit": 50,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "includeDescription": false,
  "language": "en"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All dataset items as JSON.

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Ranked apps in a table.

# 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 = {
    "countries": [
        "us"
    ],
    "charts": [
        "top-free"
    ],
    "categories": [
        "APPLICATION"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("webatola/google-play-top-charts").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 = {
    "countries": ["us"],
    "charts": ["top-free"],
    "categories": ["APPLICATION"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("webatola/google-play-top-charts").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 '{
  "countries": [
    "us"
  ],
  "charts": [
    "top-free"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "APPLICATION"
  ]
}' |
apify call webatola/google-play-top-charts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,webatola/google-play-top-charts"
        }
    }
}
```

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/YqC3mKBCvqOewIFTv/builds/w3kXlaRaimufxMjCF/openapi.json