Podcast Directory Scraper (Apple Podcasts / iTunes)

Find podcasts by topic and export the RSS feed URL for every show — plus artist, genre(s), episode count, artwork, content rating and the Apple Podcasts link. Optionally enrich each show with its recent episodes (title, date, duration, description). Powered by Apple's public iTunes Search + Lookup APIs: no API key, no login.

What you get

Podcast rows (one per show):

Field	Description
collectionId, name, artist	Apple show ID, title, creator
feedUrl	The RSS feed URL — the key buyers need to go downstream
genre, genres	Primary + all genres
trackCount, episodeCount	Total episodes / episodes fetched
country, releaseDate, contentRating	Storefront, latest episode date, rating
artworkUrl, itunesUrl	600px artwork, Apple Podcasts link

Episode rows (optional, one per episode): collectionId, podcastName, episodeId, title, releaseDate, durationMs, description, episodeUrl, feedUrl.

Example input

{
  "terms": ["startups", "venture capital"],
  "country": "us",
  "maxPodcastsPerTerm": 50,
  "includeEpisodes": true,
  "episodesPerPodcast": 5
}

Example output (podcast row)

{
  "type": "podcast",
  "name": "The Future of Everything",
  "artist": "Stanford Engineering",
  "feedUrl": "https://feeds.example.com/future.xml",
  "genre": "Technology",
  "genres": "Science; Podcasts; Technology",
  "trackCount": 312,
  "country": "USA",
  "itunesUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id..."
}

Use cases

• Podcast guesting / PR — build outreach lists by topic with feed + contact path.
• Ad sales / sponsorship lead-gen — surface shows in a niche with episode cadence.
• Media monitoring & research — assemble topical show directories at scale.
• Podcast-tech tools — seed catalogs from the feed URLs.

Why this one

Returns the RSS feedUrl for every show (many directory scrapers omit it — it's what you actually need to pull episodes/analytics downstream), batches many topics in one run, and optionally enriches each show with its latest episodes — all from a public Apple source with no key.

How it works

Calls itunes.apple.com/search?media=podcast per term, then (optionally) itunes.apple.com/lookup?entity=podcastEpisode per show. One podcast (and optionally one episode) per dataset item (pay-per-result).

Keywords: podcast scraper, apple podcasts scraper, itunes podcast api, podcast directory, podcast rss feed finder, podcast episode export.