Spotify Podcast Tracker

What does Spotify Podcast Tracker do?

Spotify Podcast Tracker extracts structured data on Spotify podcast shows — including episode count, release frequency, latest episode date, activity score, and catalog maturity — without requiring a Spotify developer account or API key. It uses Spotify's anonymous web access token, so you can search for podcasts by keyword or look up specific shows directly by their Spotify show ID. The Apify platform handles scheduling, retries, and data export so your podcast intelligence pipeline stays fresh automatically.

Why use Spotify Podcast Tracker?

• No Spotify account or API credentials needed — the Actor obtains an anonymous token from Spotify's public web player endpoint, making setup instant and eliminating OAuth flows or app approval wait times.
• Keyword search plus direct show ID lookup — find podcasts matching a topic (e.g. "crypto trading") or target specific shows by their Spotify ID; combine both modes in a single run to build curated watchlists.
• Release cadence and activity scoring — the Actor computes an average release frequency in days, classifies it as daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly, and generates a 0–100 activity score combining episode volume, release rate, and recency — ideal for audience-building or competitive analysis.
• Active/inactive detection — automatically flags shows as active or inactive based on whether a new episode was published within the last 90 days, saving manual inspection time for large lists.
• Multilingual and multi-market support — specify any two-letter market code (US, GB, DE, KR, etc.) to retrieve localised search results and show metadata for international podcast research.

How to use Spotify Podcast Tracker

1. Go to the Apify Store and find Spotify Podcast Tracker.
2. Click Try for free to open the input configuration form.
3. Enter a Search Keyword to discover podcasts by topic (e.g. "machine learning", "personal finance"), or paste one or more Spotify Show IDs directly into the Show IDs list field.
4. Set the Market to your target country code (default US).
5. Adjust Max Results (1–50) to control how many shows to return.
6. Click Start and wait a few seconds for results to appear.
7. Export your dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab, or fetch it programmatically via the Apify API.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
showIds	array	[]	Spotify show IDs to fetch directly (e.g. 4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk)
keyword	string	—	Search keyword to find matching podcast shows on Spotify
market	string	US	Two-letter country code for market localisation (e.g. US, GB, KR)
maxResults	integer	20	Maximum number of shows to return (1–50)

Output

[
  {
    "show_id": "4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk",
    "name": "The Lex Fridman Podcast",
    "publisher": "Lex Fridman",
    "description": "Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence...",
    "total_episodes": 418,
    "languages": ["en"],
    "explicit": false,
    "latest_episode_date": "2026-08-28",
    "release_frequency_days": 9.3,
    "categories": [],
    "external_url": "https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk",
    "image_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a1234abcd",
    "release_cadence": "biweekly",
    "catalog_maturity": "prolific",
    "days_since_last_episode": 5,
    "activity_score": 80,
    "is_multilingual": false,
    "is_active": true,
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-02T04:11:00Z"
  },
  {
    "show_id": "2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL",
    "name": "My First Million",
    "publisher": "Hubspot Podcast Network",
    "description": "Sam Parr and Shaan Puri explore business ideas and opportunities each week...",
    "total_episodes": 671,
    "languages": ["en"],
    "explicit": false,
    "latest_episode_date": "2026-08-30",
    "release_frequency_days": 3.4,
    "categories": [],
    "external_url": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL",
    "image_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8b5678efgh",
    "release_cadence": "biweekly-plus",
    "catalog_maturity": "prolific",
    "days_since_last_episode": 3,
    "activity_score": 90,
    "is_multilingual": false,
    "is_active": true,
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-02T04:11:05Z"
  }
]

Data fields

Field	Description
show_id	Spotify's unique show identifier
name	Podcast show title
publisher	Publisher or creator name
description	Show description (truncated to 300 characters)
total_episodes	Total number of episodes published
languages	List of language codes the show is available in
explicit	Whether the show is marked as explicit
latest_episode_date	Release date of the most recent episode (YYYY-MM-DD)
release_frequency_days	Average gap in days between the last 10 episodes
categories	Spotify genre/category tags for the show
external_url	Direct Spotify URL to the show page
image_url	URL to the show's 640px cover image
release_cadence	Label: daily, biweekly-plus, weekly, biweekly, monthly, infrequent
catalog_maturity	Label: new, early, growing, established, prolific
days_since_last_episode	Number of days elapsed since the latest episode
activity_score	0–100 composite score (episode count + release rate + recency)
is_multilingual	True if the show is available in more than one language
is_active	True if a new episode was published within the last 90 days
fetched_at	UTC timestamp of the data fetch

Cost estimation

Pricing is Pay-Per-Event at $0.005 per podcast show returned.

Scenario	Shows	Estimated cost
Small — 5 shows	5	$0.03
Medium — 20 shows (default)	20	$0.10
Large — 50 shows	50	$0.25

Monitoring 50 podcasts daily for a month costs approximately $7.50. There are no upstream API costs since the Actor uses Spotify's anonymous public endpoint.

FAQ

Q: Do I need a Spotify Premium account? A: No. The Actor obtains an anonymous access token from Spotify's public web player. No login, no Spotify account, and no developer credentials are required.

Q: What does the activity score measure? A: The activity score is a 0–100 composite that combines three signals: episode catalog size (up to 30 pts), release frequency — how often new episodes come out (up to 40 pts), and recency — days since the last episode (up to 30 pts). A score above 70 generally indicates an actively publishing show with a substantial back catalog.

Q: Can I monitor competitor podcasts on a schedule? A: Yes. Set up a scheduled run on the Apify platform to re-fetch your target shows daily or weekly. The output includes days_since_last_episode and is_active, making it easy to detect when a competitor publishes or goes silent.

This Actor uses Spotify's publicly accessible web API endpoints. It does not log in to any Spotify account, access subscription data, or collect any personally identifiable listener information. Subscriber counts are not available through the public Spotify API and are not included in the output. Use responsibly and in accordance with Spotify's Terms of Service.

Keywords: Spotify podcast scraper, podcast data API, podcast analytics tool, Spotify show tracker, podcast release frequency, podcast market research, Spotify episode tracker, podcast monitoring automation, podcast competitive analysis, Spotify data extractor

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