Google Play Reports Download

Use this skill when you need to list or download financial reports (earnings, sales, payouts) or statistics reports (installs, ratings, crashes, store performance, subscriptions) from Google Play Console.

How reports work

Google Play Console reports are not available via the REST API. They are stored as CSV/ZIP files in Google Cloud Storage (GCS) buckets:

• Bucket name: varies by account — either pubsite_prod_rev_<id> or pubsite_prod_<id>. Always copy the exact URI from Play Console.
• Financial reports: earnings/, sales/, payouts/, play_balance_krw/, wht_statements/ prefixes
• Statistics reports: stats/installs/, stats/ratings/, stats/crashes/, stats/store_performance/, financial-stats/subscriptions/ prefixes

The service account must have access to the GCS bucket (this access is granted automatically when the service account is added to Play Console with appropriate permissions).

Prerequisites

• A service account configured via gplay auth login
• The GCS bucket ID (see below — this is not the same as the Play Console URL developer ID)
• For financial reports: VIEW_FINANCIAL_DATA permission (service account must be added to Play Console with "View financial data" access)
• For stats reports: VIEW_APP_INFORMATION permission (service account must be added to Play Console with "View app information" access)

Finding your bucket ID

Important: The bucket ID for reports is not the numeric ID in your Play Console URL. The URL ID and the GCS bucket ID are different.

To find the correct bucket ID:

1. Go to Google Play Console > Download reports (in the left sidebar under "Download reports")
2. Look for the Cloud Storage URI shown on that page, e.g.:

   gs://pubsite_prod_rev_12110000881713004121/
   

3. You can pass either the full URI or just the numeric ID: 12110000881713004121

Alternatively, use the Google Cloud Console to find the bucket name associated with your Play Console account.

Common mistake: Using the developer ID from the Play Console URL (https://play.google.com/console/developers/<this_id>/...) will result in a 404 Not Found error because the GCS bucket uses a different internal ID.

Financial reports

List available financial reports

# List all financial reports
gplay reports financial list --bucket-id <id>

# You can also pass the full GCS URI
gplay reports financial list --bucket-id "gs://pubsite_prod_rev_12345/"

# Filter by type
gplay reports financial list --bucket-id <id> --type earnings
gplay reports financial list --bucket-id <id> --type sales
gplay reports financial list --bucket-id <id> --type payouts

# Filter by date range
gplay reports financial list --bucket-id <id> --from 2026-01 --to 2026-06

# Combine filters
gplay reports financial list --bucket-id <id> --type earnings --from 2026-01 --to 2026-03

Download financial reports

# Download earnings for a specific month
gplay reports financial download --bucket-id <id> --from 2026-01 --type earnings

# Download to a specific directory
gplay reports financial download --bucket-id <id> --from 2026-01 --type earnings --dir ./reports

# Download a range of months
gplay reports financial download --bucket-id <id> --from 2026-01 --to 2026-06 --type sales

Financial report types

Type	Description	Filename pattern
earnings	Revenue and earnings data	earnings/earnings_YYYYMM_<id>.zip
sales	Sales transaction reports	sales/salesreport_YYYYMM.zip
payouts	Payment disbursement reports	payouts/payout_YYYYMM.csv
play_balance	Play balance reports (KRW)	play_balance_krw/...
wht_statements	Withholding tax statements	wht_statements/...

Statistics reports

List available statistics reports

# List all stats reports
gplay reports stats list --bucket-id <id>

# Filter by package name
gplay reports stats list --bucket-id <id> --package com.example.app

# Filter by type
gplay reports stats list --bucket-id <id> --type installs

# Filter by date range and package
gplay reports stats list --bucket-id <id> --package com.example.app --type installs --from 2026-01 --to 2026-06

Download statistics reports

# Download installs report
gplay reports stats download --bucket-id <id> --package com.example.app --from 2026-01 --type installs

# Download to a specific directory
gplay reports stats download --bucket-id <id> --package com.example.app --from 2026-01 --type crashes --dir ./reports

# Download a range of months
gplay reports stats download --bucket-id <id> --package com.example.app --from 2026-01 --to 2026-06 --type ratings

Statistics report types

Type	Description	Filename pattern
installs	Install/uninstall data	stats/installs/installs_<pkg>_YYYYMM_overview.csv
ratings	Rating distribution	stats/ratings/ratings_<pkg>_YYYYMM_overview.csv
crashes	Crash occurrence data	stats/crashes/crashes_<pkg>_YYYYMM_overview.csv
store_performance	Store listing performance	stats/store_performance/...
subscriptions	Subscription metrics	financial-stats/subscriptions/...

Flags reference

Financial commands

Flag	Required	Description
--bucket-id	Yes	GCS bucket ID or full URI
--type	No (list: default all) / Yes (download)	Report type: earnings, sales, payouts, play_balance, wht_statements, all
--from	No (list) / Yes (download)	Start month YYYY-MM
--to	No	End month YYYY-MM (defaults to --from)
--dir	No	Output directory (default .)
--output	No	Output format: json, table, markdown
--pretty	No	Pretty-print JSON output

Stats commands

Flag	Required	Description
--bucket-id	Yes	GCS bucket ID or full URI
--package	No (list) / Yes (download)	Package name filter
--type	No (list: default all) / Yes (download)	Stats type: installs, ratings, crashes, store_performance, subscriptions, all
--from	No (list) / Yes (download)	Start month YYYY-MM
--to	No	End month YYYY-MM (defaults to --from)
--dir	No	Output directory (default .)
--output	No	Output format: json, table, markdown
--pretty	No	Pretty-print JSON output

Output format

List output

{
  "bucket": "pubsite_prod_rev_12345",
  "reports": [
    {"name": "earnings/earnings_202601_12345.zip", "size": 1234, "updated": "2026-02-01T00:00:00Z"}
  ]
}

Download output

{
  "bucket": "pubsite_prod_rev_12345",
  "type": "earnings",
  "from": "2026-01",
  "to": "2026-01",
  "dir": "./reports",
  "files": [
    {"name": "earnings/earnings_202601_12345.zip", "path": "reports/earnings_202601_12345.zip", "size": 1234}
  ]
}

Common workflows

Monthly financial review

# List last month's earnings
gplay reports financial list --bucket-id <id> --type earnings --from 2026-01 --output table

# Download all financial reports for Q1
gplay reports financial download --bucket-id <id> --from 2026-01 --to 2026-03 --type earnings --dir ./q1-reports

App performance monitoring

# Check install trends
gplay reports stats list --bucket-id <id> --package com.example.app --type installs --from 2026-01

# Download crash data for analysis
gplay reports stats download --bucket-id <id> --package com.example.app --from 2026-01 --type crashes --dir ./crash-data

CI/CD automated report collection

# Download all report types for archival
for type in earnings sales payouts; do
  gplay reports financial download --bucket-id $BUCKET_ID --from $(date -d "last month" +%Y-%m) --type $type --dir ./monthly-reports
done

Troubleshooting

Error	Cause	Fix
authentication failed	Service account not configured	Run gplay auth login --service-account <path>
403 Forbidden	No GCS bucket access	Ensure service account is invited in Play Console with appropriate permissions
404 Not Found	Wrong bucket ID or no reports	Use the bucket ID from Play Console > Download reports > Copy Cloud Storage URI (not the developer ID from the URL)
Empty reports list	No reports for the date range	Check --from/--to range; reports may not exist for all months