# Apple Podcasts Show Scraper - Low-cost💲🎧🍏🔴 (`delectable_incubator/apple-podcasts-show-scraper---low-cost`) Actor

Scrape Apple Podcasts shows by keyword 🍏🎧 with a powerful podcast scraper.

Extract show titles, artist names, genres, release dates, and more.

Ideal for podcast discovery, market research, content analysis, and building structured datasets for marketers, analysts, and creators 📊🎙️🚀

- **URL**: https://apify.com/delectable\_incubator/apple-podcasts-show-scraper---low-cost.md
- **Developed by:** [Prime Scrape](https://apify.com/delectable_incubator) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, Videos
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.00005 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

<p align="center"> <img src="https://i.ibb.co/jkNS73wX/readme.png" alt="Apple Podcasts Show Scraper - PrimeScrape" width="100%"> </p>

---

### Apple Podcasts Show Scraper 🎧🍏📊

The Apple Podcasts Show Scraper is a fast, reliable, and scalable automation tool designed to extract structured podcast show listings directly from Apple Podcasts.

It transforms raw podcast search results into clean, structured datasets ready for podcast analytics, content research, audience insights, and data-driven applications.

---

### Apple Podcasts Show Scraper 🧠🎧📈

This scraper automatically extracts structured podcast show data from Apple Podcasts based on keyword search.

Ideal for podcast analysts, media researchers, marketers, aggregators, and developers.

---

### 🎯 What This Scraper Does

Simply provide one or multiple keywords, and the scraper will automatically collect structured podcast show data.

✅ Extracts podcast shows from Apple Podcasts

✅ Supports keyword-based search (bulk keywords supported)

✅ Handles pagination automatically

✅ Respects max items per keyword limit

✅ Extracts show metadata & descriptions

✅ Captures genres, release info, and creators

✅ Structures data for analytics & integrations

✅ Ready for dashboards, datasets & pipelines

---

### 📊 Data Extracted

🎧 Podcast Show Fields

| Field                | Description                           |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| 🆔 `id`              | Unique Apple Podcasts show identifier |
| 📁 `type`            | Type of item (`podcasts`)             |
| 🔗 `href`            | Internal Apple Podcasts API reference |
| 🎙️ `name`           | Podcast show title                    |
| 👤 `artistName`      | Podcast creator(s)                    |
| 📝 `description`     | Full show description                 |
| 🧼 `contentRating`   | Content rating (clean/explicit)       |
| ©️ `copyright`       | Copyright information                 |
| 📅 `releaseDateTime` | Latest release date                   |
| 🌐 `languageTag`     | Language/region                       |
| 📡 `feedUrl`         | RSS feed URL                          |
| 🔗 `subscriptionUrl` | Subscription link                     |
| 🔗 `url`             | Apple Podcasts show URL               |
| 🌍 `websiteUrl`      | External website                      |
| 🏷️ `genreNames`     | List of genres/categories             |
| 🔢 `trackCount`      | Number of episodes                    |
| ⏰ `releaseFrequency` | Publishing frequency                  |
| 🖼️ `artwork_url`    | Podcast artwork                       |


---

### 🛠 How to Use

1️⃣ Configure Input

Provide one or multiple keywords:

````

{
"keywords": \[
"comedy",
"finance",
"technology"
],
"maxitems": 50
}

```

2️⃣ Run the Actor

The scraper will:

• Search Apple Podcasts using keywords

• Automatically paginate results

• Extract podcast show listings

• Collect metadata & descriptions

• Structure and clean the dataset

• Stop when maxitems limit is reached


3️⃣ Export the Dataset

Download your results in multiple formats:

✅ JSON

✅ CSV

✅ Excel

✅ XML

✅ HTML


---

### ⚙️ Input Configuration

#### 📥 Input Example

```

{
"keywords": \[
"health",
"startup"
],
"maxitems": 75
}

```



#### Input Fields

| Field      | Type    | Description                                               |
| ---------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| `keywords` | array   | List of keywords to search podcast shows (bulk supported) |
| `maxitems` | integer | Maximum number of podcast shows per keyword (max 75)      |

---


### 📤 Output Example

```

{
"id": "1352231546",
"type": "podcasts",
"href": "/v1/catalog/us/podcasts/1352231546?l=en-US",
"name": "Scuffed | USMNT, World Cup, Yanks Abroad",
"artistName": "Adam Belz and Greg Velasquez",
"description": "An in-depth show about the U.S. men's national soccer team...",
"contentRating": "clean",
"copyright": "© 2018 Scuffed Podcast",
"releaseDateTime": "2025-07-28T21:29:00Z",
"languageTag": "en-US",
"feedUrl": null,
"subscriptionUrl": "https://buy.itunes.apple.com/...",
"url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/.../id1352231546",
"websiteUrl": "http://scuffed.simplecast.fm",
"genreNames": \["Soccer", "Sports"],
"trackCount": 600,
"releaseFrequency": "Weekly",
"artwork\_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/...jpg"
}

````

---

### 📊 Output explanation

| Field             | Description            |
| ----------------- | ---------------------- |
| `id`              | Unique show identifier |
| `name`            | Podcast title          |
| `artistName`      | Creator(s)             |
| `releaseDateTime` | Latest release date    |
| `description`     | Show summary           |
| `genreNames`      | Categories             |
| `contentRating`   | Explicit/clean label   |
| `url`             | Apple Podcasts link    |
| `trackCount`      | Total episodes         |
| `artwork_url`     | Podcast artwork        |



---


### 🌍 Why Use This Scraper? 

🎧 Podcast Discovery — Find shows across categories at scale

📊 Market Analysis — Analyze podcast trends & niches

🧠 Content Research — Study creators and formats

📈 Growth Tracking — Monitor new and trending podcasts

🔄 Automation — Schedule recurring keyword scraping

🤖 Data Pipelines — Integrate into your systems

⚡ Scalable — Built for bulk keyword extraction

---

### ⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is an independent solution and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple.

---

### 💸 Pricing

This scraper runs on a **pay per events subscription model**.

You only pay for **successful runs**.

💳 **Price:** $2.99 / 1000 results

---

### Related Actors 

If you're interested in podcast scraping solutions, explore more tools:

(Coming soon)

---

### 📬 Support

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a 5-star rating if you like this tool

---

### 🌍 PrimeScrape

Built for scalable web data extraction & automation

Contact for custom scraping solutions or enterprise requests via Apify or by email.

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `array`):

One or more keywords to search for on Apple Podcasts Shows 🔍
## `maxitems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of shows to scrape per keyword 📊 Set how many shows to extract

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": [
    "comedy",
    "action"
  ],
  "maxitems": 60
}
````

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keyword": [
        "comedy",
        "action"
    ],
    "maxitems": 60
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("delectable_incubator/apple-podcasts-show-scraper---low-cost").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keyword": [
        "comedy",
        "action",
    ],
    "maxitems": 60,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("delectable_incubator/apple-podcasts-show-scraper---low-cost").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keyword": [
    "comedy",
    "action"
  ],
  "maxitems": 60
}' |
apify call delectable_incubator/apple-podcasts-show-scraper---low-cost --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=delectable_incubator/apple-podcasts-show-scraper---low-cost",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "info": {
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        "description": "Scrape Apple Podcasts shows by keyword 🍏🎧 with a powerful podcast scraper. \n\nExtract show titles, artist names, genres, release dates, and more. \n\nIdeal for podcast discovery, market research, content analysis, and building structured datasets for marketers, analysts, and creators 📊🎙️🚀",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "RNBSKiaIXocTclhJ9"
    },
    "servers": [
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            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
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                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~apple-podcasts-show-scraper---low-cost/runs": {
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                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
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            }
        },
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~apple-podcasts-show-scraper---low-cost/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-delectable_incubator-apple-podcasts-show-scraper---low-cost",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "keyword"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "keyword": {
                        "title": "Keywords to search for on Podcast Apple Shows 🔍🎙️",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "One or more keywords to search for on Apple Podcasts Shows 🔍",
                        "default": [
                            "comedy",
                            "action"
                        ],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxitems": {
                        "title": "Maximum number of shows to scrape per keyword 📊 Set how many shows to extract",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of shows to scrape per keyword 📊 Set how many shows to extract",
                        "default": 60
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
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                        "type": "object",
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                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
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                            "buildId": {
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                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
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                                "type": "string"
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                            "usage": {
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    }
}
```
