Apple Podcast Directory & RSS Contacts Scraper

Apple Podcast Directory & RSS Contacts Scraper finds public podcast shows and reads their RSS or Atom metadata.

Use a keyword in the Apple podcast catalog, an Apple podcast ID, an Apple Podcasts URL, or a public RSS/Atom feed URL. The Actor returns one Dataset row for each unique podcast that it recognizes. Each feed is read up to 50 items; more items produce an honest PARTIAL row.

Quick start

1. Add a search phrase, Apple ID, Apple Podcasts URL, or public feed URL.
2. Select a country for Apple searches.
3. Turn on recent episodes only when you need them.
4. Run the Actor and open the Dataset.

Example small input:

{
  "searchQueries": ["technology startups"],
  "country": "us",
  "maxPodcastsPerQuery": 10,
  "maxPodcasts": 10,
  "includeEpisodes": false
}

Input limits

• Up to 20 search phrases.
• Up to 100 Apple podcast IDs.
• Up to 100 Apple Podcasts URLs.
• Up to 100 public RSS/Atom feed URLs.
• Up to 100 shows per search.
• Up to 100 unique podcast rows per run.
• Up to 10 recent episodes inside each show row.
• Up to 50 feed items are inspected for each podcast. A longer feed is marked PARTIAL; the Actor does not promise a full feed archive.

The default is the US country, 50 shows per search, 50 unique rows, no episodes and a 90-day activity window.

What you get

Rows can contain:

• podcast title, author, publisher, language and categories;
• Apple podcast ID and public feed URL;
• latest episode date, activity and publishing frequency;
• public owner name and email when the feed publishes them;
• the feed field and feed URL that support a contact;
• recent episode metadata when selected;
• a clear status and safe warning codes.

Owner contacts come only from public feed fields. The Actor never guesses an email address.

Source and privacy rules

The Actor reads public Apple search data and public RSS/Atom metadata. It does not open Apple podcast pages, crawl websites or social pages, download audio or video, fetch media files, use credentials, or send messages.

Use only public feeds that you are allowed to process. A public email is not proof of permission or consent to contact its owner. Follow applicable privacy, copyright, terms-of-use and outreach rules.

Status and limits

The Actor keeps status rows for no contact, no feed, not found, blocked, temporary errors, technical errors and partial output. Check RUN_SUMMARY in the default key-value store for safe progress, counts, request types, timing, limits and error codes. Technical and policy rows stay visible for clear accounting, even when they are not charged.

The Actor does not promise a complete Apple directory, a complete episode archive, every RSS or Atom format, a current email, or a successful result for every show. Activity uses the newest valid feed date and the selected day window.

Charging

Apify charges USD 0.00100 (USD 1.00 per 1,000) for each parsed feed result row with status PODCAST_FOUND, NO_OWNER_CONTACT or PARTIAL. A PARTIAL row is charged when it contains parsed feed data. Rows with TECHNICAL_ERROR, BLOCKED, TRANSIENT_ERROR, NO_FEED, NOT_FOUND or INVALID_INPUT stay in the Dataset or accounting summary and create no podcast-result event. Normal Apify compute or storage charges may still apply.

Support

When asking for help, include the Apify run ID, input type, country and the safe RUN_SUMMARY status code. Do not include contact values, feed bodies, tokens or authorization headers.