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Radar
Ranking

Get top or trending domains

GET/radar/ranking/top

Retrieves the top or trending domains based on their rank. Popular domains are domains of broad appeal based on how people use the Internet. Trending domains are domains that are generating a surge in interest. For more information on top domains, see https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-domain-rankings/.

Security
API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
User Details WriteUser Details Read
Query ParametersExpand Collapse
date: optional array of string

Filters results by the specified array of dates.

domainCategory: optional array of string

Filters results by domain category.

format: optional "JSON" or "CSV"

Format in which results will be returned.

One of the following:
"JSON"
"CSV"
limit: optional number

Limits the number of objects returned in the response.

location: optional array of string

Filters results by location. Specify a comma-separated list of alpha-2 location codes.

name: optional array of string

Array of names used to label the series in the response.

rankingType: optional "POPULAR" or "TRENDING_RISE" or "TRENDING_STEADY"

The ranking type.

One of the following:
"POPULAR"
"TRENDING_RISE"
"TRENDING_STEADY"
ReturnsExpand Collapse
result: object { meta, top_0 }
meta: object { confidenceInfo, dateRange, lastUpdated, 2 more }
confidenceInfo: object { annotations, level }
annotations: array of object { dataSource, description, endDate, 4 more }
dataSource: "ALL" or "AI_BOTS" or "AI_GATEWAY" or 22 more

Data source for annotations.

One of the following:
"ALL"
"AI_BOTS"
"AI_GATEWAY"
"BGP"
"BOTS"
"CONNECTION_ANOMALY"
"CT"
"DNS"
"DNS_MAGNITUDE"
"DNS_AS112"
"DOS"
"EMAIL_ROUTING"
"EMAIL_SECURITY"
"FW"
"FW_PG"
"HTTP"
"HTTP_CONTROL"
"HTTP_CRAWLER_REFERER"
"HTTP_ORIGINS"
"IQI"
"LEAKED_CREDENTIALS"
"NET"
"ROBOTS_TXT"
"SPEED"
"WORKERS_AI"
description: string
endDate: string
formatdate-time
eventType: "EVENT" or "GENERAL" or "OUTAGE" or 3 more

Event type for annotations.

One of the following:
"EVENT"
"GENERAL"
"OUTAGE"
"PARTIAL_PROJECTION"
"PIPELINE"
"TRAFFIC_ANOMALY"
isInstantaneous: boolean

Whether event is a single point in time or a time range.

linkedUrl: string
formaturi
startDate: string
formatdate-time
level: number

Provides an indication of how much confidence Cloudflare has in the data.

dateRange: array of object { endTime, startTime }
endTime: string

Adjusted end of date range.

formatdate-time
startTime: string

Adjusted start of date range.

formatdate-time
lastUpdated: string

Timestamp of the last dataset update.

formatdate-time
normalization: "PERCENTAGE" or "MIN0_MAX" or "MIN_MAX" or 5 more

Normalization method applied to the results. Refer to Normalization methods.

One of the following:
"PERCENTAGE"
"MIN0_MAX"
"MIN_MAX"
"RAW_VALUES"
"PERCENTAGE_CHANGE"
"ROLLING_AVERAGE"
"OVERLAPPED_PERCENTAGE"
"RATIO"
units: array of object { name, value }

Measurement units for the results.

name: string
value: string
top_0: array of object { categories, domain, rank, pctRankChange }
categories: array of object { id, name, superCategoryId }
id: number
name: string
superCategoryId: number
domain: string
rank: number
pctRankChange: optional number

Only available in TRENDING rankings.

success: boolean

Get top or trending domains

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/ranking/top \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
{
  "result": {
    "meta": {
      "confidenceInfo": {
        "annotations": [
          {
            "dataSource": "ALL",
            "description": "Cable cut in Tonga",
            "endDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
            "eventType": "EVENT",
            "isInstantaneous": true,
            "linkedUrl": "https://example.com",
            "startDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
          }
        ],
        "level": 0
      },
      "dateRange": [
        {
          "endTime": "2022-09-17T10:22:57.555Z",
          "startTime": "2022-09-16T10:22:57.555Z"
        }
      ],
      "lastUpdated": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "normalization": "PERCENTAGE",
      "units": [
        {
          "name": "*",
          "value": "requests"
        }
      ]
    },
    "top_0": [
      {
        "categories": [
          {
            "id": 81,
            "name": "Content Servers",
            "superCategoryId": 26
          }
        ],
        "domain": "google.com",
        "rank": 1,
        "pctRankChange": 10.8
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}
Returns Examples
{
  "result": {
    "meta": {
      "confidenceInfo": {
        "annotations": [
          {
            "dataSource": "ALL",
            "description": "Cable cut in Tonga",
            "endDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
            "eventType": "EVENT",
            "isInstantaneous": true,
            "linkedUrl": "https://example.com",
            "startDate": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
          }
        ],
        "level": 0
      },
      "dateRange": [
        {
          "endTime": "2022-09-17T10:22:57.555Z",
          "startTime": "2022-09-16T10:22:57.555Z"
        }
      ],
      "lastUpdated": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "normalization": "PERCENTAGE",
      "units": [
        {
          "name": "*",
          "value": "requests"
        }
      ]
    },
    "top_0": [
      {
        "categories": [
          {
            "id": 81,
            "name": "Content Servers",
            "superCategoryId": 26
          }
        ],
        "domain": "google.com",
        "rank": 1,
        "pctRankChange": 10.8
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}