---
title: "Get a list of popular threat categories"
method: GET
path: "/popular_threat_categories"
---

# Get a list of popular threat categories

`GET /popular_threat_categories`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3`
- URL: `https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/popular_threat_categories`
- Auth: none required
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/virustotal/apis/virustotal-api-v3/docs/popular_threat_categories/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Headers

- `x-apikey` string, required

## Response `200`

200

- object
  - `data` string[]

## Other responses

- `400`: 400

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/virustotal/apis/virustotal-api-v3.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/virustotal/apis/virustotal-api-v3/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/virustotal/apis/virustotal-api-v3/revisions/d2de390925aa?raw)