Observed rankings
Charts and rankings
Read Top Free, Top Grossing, New Apps and category chart observations by country without confusing rank with performance totals.
- Best for
- Market researchers, developers and growth teams
- Access
- Curated chart pages are public; interactive web views show Top 10 free and expand with Full Access
Chart types
Charts reproduce observed Apple App Store ordering for a country, category and chart type.
- Top Free: current ordering of free apps.
- Top Grossing: Apple's published grossing order; no exact revenue is implied.
- New Apps: recently observed releases in supported feeds.
- Category charts: storefront ordering within an Apple category.
Ranking movement
Change compares compatible stored snapshots. A gain or loss describes position movement between observations, not a direct change in installs or revenue.
- New entrant means the app was absent from the comparison snapshot.
- Exit means it is no longer present in the observed depth.
- Volatility aggregates movement and churn across groups.
Public and Full Access views
The interactive Top Charts and New Releases pages expose the first 10 rows publicly. The homepage exposes the Top 3 gainers and losers plus 10 chart positions. Full Access loads complete web views only after the signed-in plan is verified.
- Top Charts: up to 200 observed positions and pagination with Full Access.
- New Releases: complete available filtered web list with Full Access.
- Curated SEO chart pages under /charts remain public and use their own freshness gates.
- Mobile API behavior is maintained separately from the website.
Data statuses
Results identify how their underlying data was produced. Always read the source and update time before making a decision.
- Live: returned by the source during the current request.
- Observed: public source data stored with an observation time.
- Cached: a previous source response shown when live collection is limited.
- Estimated: a modeled score or range, not private Apple-reported performance.
- Exact: authorized first-party data only.
- Beta: provider-dependent coverage that may be incomplete.
Limitations
Apple can update charts between collection times. Availability, chart depth and categories vary by storefront. Always cite the displayed snapshot timestamp.
- Do not convert rank directly into downloads or revenue.
- Do not compare different countries as though their market sizes are equal.
- Stale or unavailable chart pages are excluded from indexable discovery.