---
title: AppCategoryCriteria
framework: Apple Ads
role: symbol
role_heading: Object
platforms: [search ads 4.6+]
path: apple_ads/appcategorycriteria
---

# AppCategoryCriteria

The defined target audience by app category.

## Declaration

```data
object AppCategoryCriteria
```

## Properties

excluded: A value of 100 indicates that you aren’t targeting apps with the same app category as your app. included: A value of 100 indicates that you are targeting apps with the same app category as your app.

## Mentioned in

Apple Ads Campaign Management API 4

## Discussion

Discussion The app category targeting dimension is optional and is only applicable to campaigns using a SupplySource of APPSTORE_PRODUCT_PAGES_BROWSE. See the App Store for more details about categories.

## See Also

### Audience Refinement

- [TargetingDimensions](apple_ads/targetingdimensions.md)
- [AppDownloaderCriteria](apple_ads/appdownloadercriteria.md)
- [AdminAreaCriteria](apple_ads/adminareacriteria.md)
- [CountryCriteria](apple_ads/countrycriteria.md)
- [LocalityCriteria](apple_ads/localitycriteria.md)
- [AgeCriteria](apple_ads/agecriteria.md)
- [AgeRange](apple_ads/agerange.md)
- [DaypartCriteria](apple_ads/daypartcriteria.md)
- [DaypartDetail](apple_ads/daypartdetail.md)
- [DeviceClassCriteria](apple_ads/deviceclasscriteria.md)
- [GenderCriteria](apple_ads/gendercriteria.md)