🎙️ Podcast Directory Scraper — Host Contacts & Emails

What is Podcast Directory Scraper?

Podcast Directory Scraper turns Apple Podcasts into a podcast host email list for podcast lead generation. Search by keyword, top chart or direct link, and get host emails, owner names, websites, social links, ratings, publishing frequency and a lead score for every show. Pay per podcast, from $0.0175 on the Gold plan.

Just enter a keyword and click Start. No coding needed, and the results stream into your dataset while the run is still going.

• Podcast guest outreach: find active shows in your niche, keep only the ones with a host email, and pitch the best-scored shows first.
• Podcast lead generation: build a podcast contact list for sales, PR or partnership teams and export it to your CRM.
• Podcast sponsorship research: filter by rating count, rating and publishing frequency to shortlist shows with a real audience.
• Podcast PR outreach: reach hosts and owners of shows that talked about your topic, even when the title never mentions it.
• Podcast market research: compare categories, languages, ratings and release cadence across thousands of shows.
• Podcast chart monitoring: pull the top shows per category for any of 175 country stores and track them over time.

Use it as a podcast email finder or podcast contact finder. Sales teams also use it as a podcast lead finder, and booking teams as a podcast guest finder.

Because it runs on Apify, you also get an API, scheduled runs, webhooks, integrations and exports in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML and HTML.

What can Podcast Directory Scraper do?

• 📧 Find podcast host emails with the best address per show, its type, a confidence score and up to three alternates
• 🔎 Discover shows four ways: keyword search, episode keyword search, top charts by category, or your own links and show IDs
• 🏆 Score every lead from 0 to 100 and label its reachability, so you can work the best prospects first
• 📅 Measure real publishing frequency from episode dates, then skip inactive or finished shows
• ⭐ Add audience signals such as podcast ratings and rating count data, plus an optional 1 to 5 star breakdown
• 🔗 Collect podcast social media links and websites for each show
• 🧹 Filter before you pay: shows removed by your filters are never saved and never charged
• 🔌 Export and automate with the Apify API, schedules and integrations

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What data can Podcast Directory Scraper extract?

Each podcast becomes one dataset row with these fields.

Data	Fields	What you get
🆔 Identity	podcastId, title, author, description	Apple Podcasts show ID, show name, host or author, description
🗂 Category and language	categories, language, storefront, countryOfOrigin	Categories, language code, store country searched, country of origin
🎧 Episodes	episodeCount, seasonCount, episodes, matchedEpisodes	Counts, recent episode list (when switched on), episodes that matched an episode keyword
📅 Activity	firstPublishedDate, lastEpisodeDate, daysSinceLastEpisode, episodeFrequency, medianGapDays, appleReleaseFrequency, isActive, isCompleted	First and latest episode dates, measured cadence and gap, store-listed frequency, active and ended flags
📺 Show type	showType, mediaKinds, contentRating, accessType, hasPaidSubscription	Show type, media kinds, explicit or clean rating, access type, paid option flag
⭐ Audience	ratingAverage, ratingCount, ratingHistogram, popularityTier	Rating, number of ratings, optional star breakdown, popularity level
🔗 Links	applePodcastsUrl, websiteUrl, artworkUrl, feedUrl, feedGuid, feedError, isLockedFeed, fundingUrl	Apple Podcasts page, website, artwork, RSS feed address and ID, feed note, locked flag, support link
👤 People	ownerName, people	Owner name and credited hosts with roles
📧 Contact	ownerEmail, emailSource, emailType, emailScore, alternateEmails, contactability	Best host email, where it was found, type, confidence 0 to 100, up to three alternates, reachability label
🌐 Social	socialLinks, hasSocial	Show-level profile links by platform
🏆 Lead quality	leadScore, dataQuality, hasEmail, hasWebsite	Outreach score, data quality grade, yes or no flags
🧭 Discovery	source, discoveryMode, searchTerm, chartRank, scrapedAt	How the show was found, the matched keyword, chart position, collection time

Note: Host emails exist only for shows that publish one, so ownerEmail is empty for many rows. Fields a show does not publish come back empty. episodes stays empty unless episode listings are on, socialLinks is empty when social links are off, and ratingHistogram is empty unless the star breakdown is on.

What data can't Podcast Directory Scraper extract?

• Audio downloads or transcript text. Episode rows carry links only, and listener or download counts are not part of the output.
• Private contact details that a show does not publish.
• Phone numbers. For business phone numbers, try the Google Maps scraper in the table near the end of this page.

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How to scrape Apple Podcasts data

Podcast Directory Scraper is designed for an easy start, even if you have never extracted data from the web before.

1. Create a free Apify account with your email.
2. Open Podcast Directory Scraper.
3. Add your topics to searchTerms, or paste Apple Podcasts links, show IDs or feed addresses into urls and switch mode to match.
4. Set maxResultsPerTerm and the country store, then add filters such as requireEmail or activeOnly.
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish. Rows appear in the dataset while it runs.
6. Open the Output tab, pick a view such as host contacts, and download your data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML.

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How much does it cost to scrape Apple Podcasts?

Podcast Directory Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay for each podcast saved to your dataset, and Apify platform usage is billed in addition. The price per podcast depends on your Apify plan.

Plan	Price per podcast	Price per 1,000 podcasts
🆓 Free	$0.025	$25.00
🥉 Bronze	$0.0225	$22.50
🥈 Silver	$0.02	$20.00
🥇 Gold	$0.0175	$17.50

Each run also pays one start event of $0.00005 per GB of memory, with a minimum of one event. The default memory is 1 GB (1,024 MB), so the start event costs $0.00005 per run.

Example: 1,000 podcasts on the Gold plan cost 1,000 x $0.0175 = $17.50, plus the $0.00005 start event, with platform usage billed in addition.

Shows removed by your filters are not saved and not charged. You can also set a maximum spend per run on Apify, and the run stops cleanly when it is reached.

Is scraping Apple Podcasts free?

You can start without paying. The Apify Free plan includes a $5 monthly credit, which covers about 200 podcasts at the Free price of $0.025 ($5 / $0.025 = 200), before platform usage. For larger lists, a paid plan lowers the price per podcast. See the pricing tab for all events.

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Input

All inputs are optional, but the chosen mode needs something to work on: keywords for search and episode modes, a chart for charts mode, or links and IDs for direct mode. Run settings such as concurrency and maxRetries have safe defaults. See the input tab for the full form.

This example finds up to 25 podcasts for one keyword in the US store:

{
  "searchTerms": ["b2b saas marketing"],
  "maxResultsPerTerm": 25,
  "country": "us",
  "mode": "search"
}

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
🔎 searchTerms	array	No	[]	Topics, niches or show names, one per line (up to 100)
🔗 urls	array	No	[]	Apple Podcasts links, bare show IDs or feed addresses
🆔 podcastIds	array	No	[]	Bare show IDs, processed together with urls
📬 maxResultsPerTerm	integer	No	50	Podcasts per keyword, 1 to 1000 (prefill 25)
🌍 country	string	No	us	Two-letter store country code
🎛 mode	string	No	search	search, episodes, charts or ids
🎧 episodeSearchTerms	array	No	[]	Phrases to find in episodes; empty reuses searchTerms
🏆 chart	string	No	top-series	top-series, top or top-subscriber (charts mode)
🗂 chartGenres	array	No	[]	Category names for charts mode; empty means every top-level category
🧮 maxPodcasts	integer	No	0	Total cap on saved podcasts; 0 means no limit
📡 fetchRss	boolean	No	true	Look up each show's feed details for host email, owner, cadence and episodes
🌐 scrapeWebsite	boolean	No	true	Also look for a contact address on the show website
📄 websiteMaxPages	integer	No	2	Extra contact or about pages to check, 0 to 10
🔗 includeSocialLinks	boolean	No	true	Collect show social profiles
📻 includeEpisodes	boolean	No	false	Add recent episodes to each row
🔢 maxEpisodesPerShow	integer	No	10	Episodes per show; 0 returns every episode
📊 includeRatingHistogram	boolean	No	false	Add the 1 to 5 star vote counts
🟢 activeOnly	boolean	No	false	Keep shows with an episode in the last 90 days
🗓 activeWithinDays	integer	No	0	Own activity window in days; overrides activeOnly; 0 is off
🚫 excludeCompleted	boolean	No	false	Skip shows flagged as ended
📧 requireEmail	boolean	No	false	Keep only shows with a host email
🌐 requireWebsite	boolean	No	false	Keep only shows with a website
🔞 excludeExplicit	boolean	No	false	Skip explicit shows
🏆 minLeadScore	integer	No	0	Minimum lead score, 0 to 100
🎧 minEpisodes	integer	No	0	Minimum number of episodes
🗳 minRatingCount	integer	No	0	Minimum number of ratings
⭐ minRating	number	No	0	Minimum star rating, 0 to 5
🏷 emailTypes	array	No	[]	Keep only role, personal, generic or platform emails
📅 frequencies	array	No	[]	Keep only daily, multiple-per-week, weekly, biweekly, monthly, irregular or infrequent
🗣 languages	array	No	[]	Two-letter language codes such as en
🗂 categoryFilter	array	No	[]	Category names; partial matches count
🚦 proxyConfiguration	object	No	{"useApifyProxy": false}	Proxy configuration; leave the default unless you need a specific setup
⚡ concurrency	integer	No	8	Shows processed in parallel, 1 to 25
⏸ requestDelaySeconds	number	No	0	Seconds between requests, 0 to 10
♻ maxRetries	integer	No	3	Attempts per request, 1 to 10
🔬 maxScanned	integer	No	20000	Stop after examining this many shows; 0 means no limit
⏱ maxRunSeconds	integer	No	0	Stop cleanly after this many seconds; 0 means no limit

Discovery mode

mode decides how shows are found. Use search to match show titles and authors, episodes to find shows that talked about a topic, charts for the store's top charts, and ids to use only your own links and IDs.

• ✅ Good: "mode": "episodes" with "episodeSearchTerms": ["cold outreach"]
• ❌ Bad: "mode": "episodes" with no keywords at all

Warning: If the selected mode has nothing to work on (for example, ids with empty urls and podcastIds), the run ends right away and saves nothing.

Filters that never charge you

Filters such as requireEmail, minLeadScore, activeOnly and languages are applied before a podcast is saved.

• ✅ Good: "requireEmail": true with "minLeadScore": 60 for a short, contactable list
• ❌ Bad: stacking many strict filters on a tiny keyword list, which can leave zero rows

Warning: If a strict filter combination rejects every show among the first 2,000 examined, the run stops early and names the filter that rejected the most.

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Output

Results appear in the Output or Storage tab as a dataset, with one row per podcast. View them as a table, pick the fields you need, and download in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML. Ready-made views cover overview, host contacts, social profiles, ratings and popularity, publishing and activity, feed and links, episodes and people, lead quality, and discovery.

JSON example

Results for the input example above:

{
  "podcastId": "1000000001",
  "title": "Example SaaS Marketing Show",
  "author": "Example Host",
  "description": "Weekly conversations about B2B marketing.",
  "categories": ["Business", "Marketing"],
  "language": "en",
  "storefront": "us",
  "countryOfOrigin": "USA",
  "episodeCount": 120,
  "seasonCount": 3,
  "firstPublishedDate": "2021-03-01",
  "lastEpisodeDate": "2026-10-08",
  "daysSinceLastEpisode": 9,
  "episodeFrequency": "weekly",
  "medianGapDays": 7.0,
  "appleReleaseFrequency": "weekly",
  "isActive": true,
  "isCompleted": false,
  "showType": "episodic",
  "mediaKinds": ["audio"],
  "contentRating": "clean",
  "accessType": "free",
  "hasPaidSubscription": false,
  "ratingAverage": 4.8,
  "ratingCount": 350,
  "ratingHistogram": null,
  "popularityTier": "medium",
  "applePodcastsUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/example/id1000000001",
  "feedUrl": "https://feeds.example.com/saas-marketing",
  "feedGuid": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
  "feedError": null,
  "websiteUrl": "https://example.com",
  "artworkUrl": "https://example.com/artwork.jpg",
  "ownerName": "Example Owner",
  "ownerEmail": "booking@example.com",
  "emailSource": "rss_owner",
  "emailType": "role",
  "emailScore": 95,
  "alternateEmails": ["hello@example.com"],
  "people": [{"name": "Example Host", "role": "host", "url": null}],
  "socialLinks": {"linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/company/example"},
  "fundingUrl": null,
  "isLockedFeed": false,
  "leadScore": 88,
  "dataQuality": "high",
  "hasEmail": true,
  "hasWebsite": true,
  "hasSocial": true,
  "contactability": "direct",
  "source": "apple",
  "discoveryMode": "search",
  "searchTerm": "b2b saas marketing",
  "chartRank": null,
  "matchedEpisodes": null,
  "episodes": [],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Each run also saves a run-summary record in the key-value store with these keys: source, scrapedAt, mode, country, podcastsSaved, showsDiscovered, showsExamined, showsSkippedByFilters, withEmail, withWebsite, withSocialProfile, withRating, withPublishingFrequency, withEpisodeList, activeShows, alternateEmailsCollected, emailSources, emailTypes, contactability, filterRejections, perTerm, requestsMade and durationSeconds.

Notes and limitations

• Host emails appear only when a show publishes one, and emailScore and leadScore are estimates that help you prioritise, not a guarantee of delivery.
• Ratings, chart rank and episode keyword search can be limited in a run when extra show details are unavailable. The log tells you when that happens.
• If you set minRating, a minimum rating count of 1 is applied automatically.
• When includeEpisodes is on, each entry in episodes has title, description, publishDate, duration, audioUrl, episodeNumber, seasonNumber, guid, transcriptUrl and guests.
• Very large episode lists are shortened so each row stays within the platform size limit.
• Run time grows with the number of podcasts, and with feed, website and episode lookups switched on. Start with 10 to 25 podcasts to gauge the time for your settings.

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Tips and advanced usage

How many podcasts can you scrape with Podcast Directory Scraper?

You control the size. maxResultsPerTerm accepts 1 to 1,000 per keyword, you can add up to 100 keywords, and maxPodcasts sets a total cap up to 100,000. The final count depends on your keywords, the store country and your filters, because shows that fail a filter are skipped. A quick test run with 10 to 25 podcasts shows what to expect.

How to get faster or cheaper results

• Turn off fetchRss for a fast metadata-only run, but note that host emails then come only from the show website.
• Keep includeEpisodes off for smaller rows.
• Use requireEmail, minLeadScore and activeOnly so you only pay for contactable, active shows.
• Set maxPodcasts and maxRunSeconds as safety limits.

Outreach tips

Run podcast host email verification before outreach, and follow podcast email outreach compliance rules for your region. To build a podcast contact list from top charts, use charts mode with chartGenres. To find podcasts by niche for guest appearances, use episodes mode with your topic.

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Integrations and API

Can I use Podcast Directory Scraper as an API?

Yes. The Apify API gives you programmatic access to Podcast Directory Scraper: start runs, schedule them and fetch results. Use the apify-client package for Node.js or Python. The API tab has ready-to-use code.

How to scrape Apple Podcasts with Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("data_minds/podcast-directory-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchTerms": ["b2b saas marketing"],
    "maxResultsPerTerm": 25,
    "country": "us",
    "mode": "search",
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], item["ownerEmail"])

Can I integrate Podcast Directory Scraper with other apps?

Yes. Connect it through Apify integrations to tools such as Make, Zapier, Google Sheets and Slack. Use webhooks to trigger an action when a run finishes, and schedules to refresh your podcast contact list weekly or monthly.

Can I use Podcast Directory Scraper with AI agents (MCP)?

Yes. Connect it to Claude and other MCP clients through the Apify MCP server. Open the MCP tab for setup steps.

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FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Apple Podcasts?

Podcast Directory Scraper collects information that any visitor can see publicly. Legality still depends on your country, how you use personal data such as email addresses, and the platform terms. Read Apify's guide to web scraping legality and follow GDPR and CAN-SPAM rules before outreach. This is not legal advice.

How does Podcast Directory Scraper work?

You give it keywords, a chart or your own links, plus optional filters. The Actor builds a list of matching shows, adds ratings, activity and contact details where a show publishes them, scores each lead, and saves one row per podcast to your dataset while the run progresses. You can export the rows when it finishes.

How do I find a podcast host email?

Keep fetchRss and scrapeWebsite on, then add requireEmail to keep only shows with an address. Each row reports ownerEmail, its type, a confidence score and up to three alternates. Verify addresses before outreach, because shows publish contact details at their own discretion and many publish none.

Do podcasts have email addresses?

Many do, but not all. Hosts often publish a booking, press or hello address, and others publish only a website or social profiles. Podcast Directory Scraper saves the best address it finds, labels its type and confidence, and flags rows with no email so you can filter or follow up another way.

Why scrape podcast data?

Teams scrape podcast data for guest outreach, lead generation, sponsorship research, PR pitches, market research and chart monitoring. A structured dataset replaces hours of manual searching, lets you sort shows by lead score and activity, and makes it easy to refresh the same list on a schedule when new shows appear.

How do I get a podcast RSS feed?

Run a keyword search or add a show link, then read the feedUrl field in each row. It holds the show's RSS feed address when one is available. If a feed cannot be read, feedError explains why, and the show is still saved with the other details so you lose nothing.

Can I export podcast data to Excel or CSV?

Yes. Open the Output or Storage tab after the run and download JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML. The host contacts and lead quality views give you contact-focused columns only. Rows are written as the run progresses, so you can also export partial results before it finishes.

Why am I getting fewer results than expected?

Filters such as requireEmail, activeOnly or minLeadScore remove shows, a keyword may have few matches in the chosen country, or maxResultsPerTerm and maxPodcasts may be low. Check the log for the progress line that counts shows skipped by your filters, then widen the keyword or relax a filter.

Is Podcast Directory Scraper not working?

Open the Issues tab on the Actor page and include your run link and input, without secrets. Before that, read the log. It names the likely cause, such as missing keywords for the selected mode, a filter that is too strict, or a country code that is not supported.

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Support and feedback

Found a bug or have a feature request? Please create an issue on the Issues tab.

Need a custom solution or more data? Contact us at hello.dataminds@gmail.com.

Built and maintained by the data_minds team on Apify. Podcast Directory Scraper is independent and not affiliated with Apple. Apple Podcasts and other trademarks belong to their owners. It collects publicly available data from the public Apple Podcasts site, and you are responsible for complying with applicable laws and the site's terms.