Apple Podcasts Scraper: Search, Charts & Episodes

Apple Podcasts Scraper searches the Apple Podcasts directory and exports clean tables of shows or episodes from Apple's official iTunes API: podcast name, publisher, category, number of episodes, latest episode date, RSS feed link and artwork, or for every episode the title, description, release date, duration and audio file link. It also reads Apple's top podcast charts for any country and category. Use it for podcast research, guest and sponsor prospecting, media monitoring, and building podcast databases.

What can this tool do?

• Search Apple Podcasts by keyword and export up to 200 shows per search term, in any country store.
• Read Apple's top podcast chart (all podcasts or a category such as Technology, Business or True Crime) with rank. Give no search terms and no podcasts and you get the chart.
• Look up shows by Apple Podcasts link or id and get their RSS feed link, so you can read the full episode history with an RSS reader.
• Export the newest episodes (up to 200 per show) with audio link, release date, duration and show notes as plain text.
• Combine searches, links and charts in one run: shows are de-duplicated.

What data does it return?

Podcasts (one row per show). Example values from a real run:

Field	Example
source	search (or lookup, chart)
searchTerm	history
chartRank	null (1, 2, 3… for chart rows)
podcastId	1291579828
podcastName	History That Doesn't Suck
publisher	Prof. Greg Jackson
primaryGenre	History
genres	["History", "Education"]
country	USA
feedUrl	https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacynetwork/e69da14a26973f1dc761432876205254
episodeCount	234
latestEpisodeDate	2026-09-28T07:00:00.000Z
contentRating	Clean
description	null (filled for chart rows)
artworkUrl	https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/…/600x600bb.jpg
appleUrl	https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-that-doesnt-suck/id1291579828

Episodes (one row per episode): podcastId, podcastName, episodeId, title, description, releasedAt, durationSeconds, audioUrl, appleUrl, contentRating.

• Missing values are null. Apple's search does not return show descriptions; chart rows include Apple's short description.
• Episode listing is limited by Apple to the newest 200 episodes per show. Use feedUrl with an RSS reader for the complete archive.
• Publisher names are shown as Apple lists them. No listener data or download numbers exist in these sources, and personal email addresses in show notes are replaced with "[email removed]".

How to use it

1. Enter search terms, Apple Podcasts links or ids, or turn on the top chart and pick a country and category.
2. Choose Podcasts or Episodes, and the maximum number of shows and episodes.
3. Click Start, then download the data as CSV, Excel or JSON, or read it through the API.

Pricing

Pay per result: $1.50 per 1,000 podcasts or $1.00 per 1,000 episodes, plus $0.005 per run. You only pay for rows you receive. Set a maximum cost per run in the run options.

Use it through the API, AI agents, and integrations

Schedule it weekly to track chart movements, call it from your code with the Apify API, or connect it to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets or an AI agent through Apify's MCP server.

Is it legal?

This tool uses Apple's public iTunes Search API and public chart feeds. It does not log in or bypass access controls, and it collects no personal data about listeners. Apple's terms apply to its data and artwork; episode descriptions and audio belong to their publishers. You are responsible for how you use the data.

FAQ

Why did a podcast link return nothing? The show may not be in the store of the country you chose. Set the country to the one in the link (for example gb for podcasts.apple.com/gb/…).

How many results can I get per search? Apple returns up to 200 shows per query. Use several related search terms for more.

Can I get ratings and reviews? Not from this API. It returns show and episode information only.

Feedback

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