Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Media
The Google product category ID for Media is 783, and it is one of the 21 at the top of Google's taxonomy. Everything below it sits inside this branch, so a product that does not belong here is unlikely to fit anything deeper in it either.
- Category ID
- 783
- Direct subcategories
- 7
- Categories below it in total
- 29
- Depth, on a branch that runs 3
- 1 / 3
- Others at this level
- 20
- Parent category
- None, this is a root
- Taxonomy version
- 2021-09-21
- Sent in your feed as
- google_product_category
Where this sits in the taxonomy
Measured by how much sits beneath them, Media is 19th largest of the 21 categories at the top of the taxonomy, with 29 categories below it. Size is not correctness — a small category is the right answer when it is the right answer — but it does tell you how much of the taxonomy you are still choosing between once you pick this branch.
MediaBooksAudiobooks
The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Audiobooks (543541) on level 3: Media › Books › Audiobooks. Most branches stop sooner than that — the figure to compare it against is the seven levels Google's taxonomy allows, not the depth of the branch next door.
| Category | ID | Direct | Below | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals & Pet Supplies | 1 | 2 | 124 | 4 |
| Arts & Entertainment | 8 | 3 | 499 | 6 |
| Business & Industrial | 111 | 25 | 223 | 4 |
| Cameras & Optics | 141 | 4 | 103 | 4 |
| Apparel & Accessories | 166 | 8 | 239 | 4 |
| Electronics | 222 | 19 | 417 | 5 |
| Food, Beverages & Tobacco | 412 | 3 | 363 | 5 |
| Furniture | 436 | 25 | 120 | 3 |
| Health & Beauty | 469 | 3 | 345 | 6 |
| Home & Garden | 536 | 21 | 1034 | 5 |
| Baby & Toddler | 537 | 11 | 86 | 3 |
| Hardware | 632 | 15 | 521 | 4 |
| Mature | 772 | 2 | 37 | 4 |
| Media — this page | 783 | 7 | 29 | 2 |
| Vehicles & Parts | 888 | 2 | 229 | 5 |
| Office Supplies | 922 | 14 | 165 | 6 |
| Sporting Goods | 988 | 4 | 800 | 6 |
| Toys & Games | 1239 | 5 | 173 | 4 |
| Software | 2092 | 3 | 34 | 3 |
| Luggage & Bags | 5181 | 13 | 21 | 2 |
| Religious & Ceremonial | 5605 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (783) or the full path ("Media"). Both are predefined values for the same category. The ID is the sturdier of the two, because renaming any segment above this one changes the path text and leaves the number alone. Before sending it, check whether one of the 7 subcategories below fits — a narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things.
Bear in mind that google_product_category is an optional attribute. Google assigns a category automatically, and your value is treated as a signal rather than an override. When an override actually applies.
In your feed, it looks like this
Either row below is accepted. The first is the one to send.
| id | title | google_product_category |
|---|---|---|
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | 783 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Media |
This path has no comma, so an unquoted cell holds it as it stands — which is not true of every category in the taxonomy. The numeric ID, 783, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Media
7 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
They are not the same size. Product Manuals (5037) is the largest with 9 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Media sits under that one name. 5 of the 7 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 2 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
Questions about Media
What is the Google product category ID for Media?
783. The full path, "Media", is the same category written the other way. The ID is shorter, and renaming a segment above this one changes the path text while leaving the number alone.
Should I use Media or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Media has 7 directly below it, starting with Books (784), Carpentry & Woodworking Project Plans (499995), DVDs & Videos (839), and 29 in total further down. 783 is itself a predefined value, so an interior category is not an error — it just groups the product more broadly than a subcategory would.
How much more specific can I get than Media?
2 levels more. The longest route down from Media is Media > Books > Audiobooks, ending at Audiobooks (543541) on level 3. Not every branch below Media runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Media compared with the categories next to it?
It is 19th largest of the 21 at its level, carrying 29 categories below it. Inside it, Product Manuals (5037) is the biggest branch with 9 beneath it. A bigger category is not a better one — it just means more of the taxonomy is still open below you after you pick it.
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