List of App Store Listings Categories for App Data API

This endpoint will provide you with a full list of app categories available on Apple App Store.

You can also download the full list of supported categories in the CSV format (last updated 2023-05-02).

checked GET
Pricing

Your account will not be charged for using this API

By calling this API you will receive the list of categories supported by App Data API.

‌‌As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information about available categories.

Field name Type Description
version string the current version of the API
status_code integer general status code
you can find the full list of the response codes here
status_message string general informational message
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time string execution time, seconds
cost float total tasks cost, USD
tasks_count integer the number of tasks in the tasks array
tasks_error integer the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
tasks array array of tasks
        id string task identifier
unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
        status_code integer status code of the task
generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000
you can find the full list of response codes here
        status_message string informational message of the task
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
        time string execution time, seconds
        cost float cost of the task, USD
        result_count integer number of elements in the result array
        path array URL path
        data object contains the parameters passed in the URL of the GET request
        result array array of results
            category string name of the supported app category
            count integer number of app listings that make up the supported app category

Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access

# Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access 
login="login" 
password="password" 
cred="$(printf ${login}:${password} | base64)" 
curl --location --request GET "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/app_data/apple/app_listings/categories" 
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}"  
--header "Content-Type: application/json"
<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
try {
	// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
	$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
	echo "n";
	print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
	print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
	print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
	print  $e->getTraceAsString();
	echo "n";
	exit();
}
try {
	// using this method you can get a list of categories
	// GET /v3/app_data/apple/app_listings/categories
	// in addition to 'apple' you can also set other search engine
	// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
	$result = $client->get('/v3/app_data/apple/app_listings/categories');
	print_r($result);
	// do something with result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
	echo "n";
	print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
	print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
	print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
	print  $e->getTraceAsString();
	echo "n";
}
$client = null;
?>
const axios = require('axios');

axios({
    method: 'get',
    url: 'https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/app_data/apple/app_listings/categories',
    auth: {
        username: 'login',
        password: 'password'
    },
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json'
    }
}).then(function (response) {
    var result = response['data']['tasks'][0]['result'];
    // Result data
    console.log(result);
}).catch(function (error) {
    console.log(error);
});
from client import RestClient
# You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/python/python_Client.zip
client = RestClient("login", "password")
# using this method you can get a list of categories
# GET /v3/app_data/apple/app_listings/categories
# in addition to 'apple' you can also set other search engine
# the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
response = client.get("/v3/app_data/apple/app_listings/categories")
# you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if response["status_code"] == 20000:
    print(response)
    # do something with result
else:
    print("error. Code: %d Message: %s" % (response["status_code"], response["status_message"]))
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace DataForSeoDemos
{
    public static partial class Demos
    {
        public static async Task app_data_categories()
        {
            var httpClient = new HttpClient
            {
                BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.dataforseo.com/"),
                // Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
                DefaultRequestHeaders = { Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("login:password"))) }
            };
            // using this method you can get a list of categories
            // GET /v3/app_data/apple/app_listings/categories
            // in addition to 'apple' you can also set other search engine
            // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
            var response = await httpClient.GetAsync("/v3/app_data/apple/app_listings/categories");
            var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
            // you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
            if (result.status_code == 20000)
            {
                // do something with result
                Console.WriteLine(result);
            }
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}");
        }
    }
}

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "version": "0.1.20221214",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "status_message": "Ok.",
  "time": "0.1562 sec.",
  "cost": 0,
  "tasks_count": 1,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "06161845-1535-0552-0000-20b8b02898c6",
      "status_code": 20000,
      "status_message": "Ok.",
      "time": "0.0301 sec.",
      "cost": 0,
      "result_count": 54,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "app_data",
        "apple",
        "app_listings",
        "categories"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "app_data",
        "function": "categories",
        "se": "apple"
      },
      "result": [
        {
          "category": "Business",
          "count": 116019
        },
        {
          "category": "Education",
          "count": 114472
        },
        {
          "category": "Utilities",
          "count": 98643
        },
        {
          "category": "Lifestyle",
          "count": 83976
        },
        {
          "category": "Health & Fitness",
          "count": 69260
        },
        {
          "category": "Food & Drink",
          "count": 68103
        },
        {
          "category": "Shopping",
          "count": 56584
        },
        {
          "category": "Productivity",
          "count": 56501
        },
        {
          "category": "Entertainment",
          "count": 50946
        },
        {
          "category": "Finance",
          "count": 49696
        },
        {
          "category": "Travel",
          "count": 42808
        },
        {
          "category": "Sports",
          "count": 37386
        },
        {
          "category": "Music",
          "count": 30304
        },
        {
          "category": "Medical",
          "count": 26956
        },
        {
          "category": "Casual",
          "count": 26831
        },
        {
          "category": "Social Networking",
          "count": 26393
        },
        {
          "category": "Puzzle",
          "count": 25967
        },
        {
          "category": "Photo & Video",
          "count": 23912
        },
        {
          "category": "Games",
          "count": 21880
        },
        {
          "category": "News",
          "count": 21022
        },
        {
          "category": "Action",
          "count": 20740
        },
        {
          "category": "Reference",
          "count": 18469
        },
        {
          "category": "Simulation",
          "count": 15480
        },
        {
          "category": "Navigation",
          "count": 12879
        },
        {
          "category": "Books",
          "count": 12262
        },
        {
          "category": "Adventure",
          "count": 10977
        },
        {
          "category": "Family",
          "count": 9434
        },
        {
          "category": "Board",
          "count": 7299
        },
        {
          "category": "Role Playing",
          "count": 6893
        },
        {
          "category": "Racing",
          "count": 6877
        },
        {
          "category": "Word",
          "count": 5942
        },
        {
          "category": "Card",
          "count": 5614
        },
        {
          "category": "Trivia",
          "count": 5575
        },
        {
          "category": "Strategy",
          "count": 5460
        },
        {
          "category": "Weather",
          "count": 4200
        },
        {
          "category": "Graphics & Design",
          "count": 3550
        },
        {
          "category": "Emoji & Expressions",
          "count": 2893
        },
        {
          "category": "Casino",
          "count": 2407
        },
        {
          "category": "Animals & Nature",
          "count": 2066
        },
        {
          "category": "Magazines & Newspapers",
          "count": 1910
        },
        {
          "category": "Developer Tools",
          "count": 1544
        },
        {
          "category": "Celebrations",
          "count": 1250
        },
        {
          "category": "Comics & Cartoons",
          "count": 972
        },
        {
          "category": "Stickers",
          "count": 592
        },
        {
          "category": "Art",
          "count": 431
        },
        {
          "category": "Eating & Drinking",
          "count": 361
        },
        {
          "category": "People",
          "count": 326
        },
        {
          "category": "Places & Objects",
          "count": 324
        },
        {
          "category": "Sports & Activities",
          "count": 275
        },
        {
          "category": "Gaming",
          "count": 167
        },
        {
          "category": "Kids & Family",
          "count": 152
        },
        {
          "category": "Celebrities",
          "count": 114
        },
        {
          "category": "Movies & TV",
          "count": 96
        },
        {
          "category": "Fashion",
          "count": 87
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}