---
title: CategorySuggestion
framework: Apple Ads Platform API
role: symbol
role_heading: Object
platforms: [apple ads platform api 1.0+]
path: apple-ads-platform-api/categorysuggestion
---

# CategorySuggestion

A category suggestion returned by the category suggestions endpoint, for either an App Store app or an Apple Maps brand.

## Declaration

```data
object CategorySuggestion
```

## Properties

category: The category name. For App Store apps, an app category (for example, Productivity, Games). For Apple Maps brands, the category associated with the brand (for example, Restaurants, Retail). Read-only. popularity: Relative popularity score for this category. Read-only.

## Discussion

Discussion The CategorySuggestion object represents a single category suggestion for targeting. To discover high-value categories to add as targeting criteria, use category suggestions. For App Store app campaigns, results reflect app categories. For Apple Maps campaigns, results reflect the categories associated with the brand. Sort results by popularity to prioritize the most impactful categories. Example {   "category": "Productivity",   "popularity": 90 }

## See Also

- [KeywordSuggestion](apple-ads-platform-api/keywordsuggestion.md)
- [PhraseSuggestion](apple-ads-platform-api/phrasesuggestion.md)
- [RecommendationQueryKeywordSuggestionResponse](apple-ads-platform-api/recommendationquerykeywordsuggestionresponse.md)
- [RecommendationQueryPhraseSuggestionResponse](apple-ads-platform-api/recommendationqueryphrasesuggestionresponse.md)
- [RecommendationQueryCategorySuggestionResponse](apple-ads-platform-api/recommendationquerycategorysuggestionresponse.md)
- [TargetCpaSuggestion](apple-ads-platform-api/targetcpasuggestion.md)
- [RecommendationQueryTargetCpaSuggestionResponse](apple-ads-platform-api/recommendationquerytargetcpasuggestionresponse.md)