---
license: mit
tags:
- Software Analysis
pretty_name: Mac App Store Applications Metadata
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
language:
- en
- de
configs:
- config_name: metadata_UA
  data_files: "metadata-UA.csv"
- config_name: metadata_US
  data_files: "metadata-US.csv"
- config_name: metadata_DE
  data_files: "metadata-DE.csv"
---

# Dataset Card for Macappstore Applications Metadata

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Mac App Store Applications Metadata sourced by the public API.


- **Curated by:** [MacPaw Inc.](https://huggingface.co/MacPaw)
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- **Language(s) (NLP):** Mostly EN, DE
- **License:** MIT

## Dataset Details

This data aims to cover our internal company research needs and start collecting and sharing the macOS app dataset since we have yet to find a suitable existing one.
Full application metadata was sourced by the public iTunes search API for the US, Germany, and Ukraine between December 2023 and January 2024.

The data is organized into 43 columns ranging from such essential details as app names, descriptions, and genres, along with release and version information, user ratings, and asset links. 

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The data was fetched by querying the iTunes Search API with
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`https://itunes.apple.com/search?term={term} &country={country}&entity={entity}&genreId=genre &limit={limit}&offset={offset}},` 

where the `term` parameter was selected in a way that maximized app types and skipped games; `country` and `offset` had to be specified to avoid the API limitations.
 
The data is provided in its original form without any additional cleaning or transformations. It contains over 87,000 samples and is grouped by the country API and is presented in the corresponding CSV files: `metadata-US.csv`, `metadata-DE.csv`, and `metadata-UA.csv`.

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## Links
- [MacPaw Research](https://research.macpaw.com/)

- [Mac App Store Applications Release Notes dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/MacPaw/macappstore-apps-release-notes)

- [Mac App Store Applications Descriptions dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/MacPaw/macappstore-apps-descriptions)

  
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Feel free to reach out tech-research@macpaw.com if you have any questions or need further information about the dataset!