Podcast RSS Scraper: Episodes, Show Notes & Transcripts

Podcast RSS Scraper - Paste a podcast RSS feed or Apple Podcasts link and get every episode as clean rows.

What does Podcast RSS Scraper do?

Returns the publisher's own transcript text (podcast:transcript files) and chapter links next to each episode, with no speech-to-text bill.

• RSS feed or Apple Podcasts link in, episodes out
• Show notes as plain text
• Publisher transcripts downloaded as text when listed
• Chapters link, duration, audio URL and size
• Newest N episodes per feed, many feeds per run

Who uses Podcast RSS Scraper, and for what

• Researchers - pull the latest episodes of 50 shows into one sheet
• Marketers - track a competitor's new episodes every morning
• Developers - feed show notes and transcripts into a search index

Why this Podcast RSS Scraper?

Low picks fail because users who need real speech-to-text of untranscribed audio need Whisper, which this does not do. This Podcast RSS Scraper checks every run and tells you plainly when a page could not be read, instead of returning empty or wrong rows.

Data you get from Podcast RSS Scraper

Every result is one flat row with these fields (values from a real run):

Field	Example
episodeTitle	Episode 276: "Jackleg leechers"
guid	PC20-276
publishedAt	Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:17:46 +0000
durationSeconds	5335
audioUrl	https://op3.dev/e/mp3s.nashownotes.com/PC20-276-2026-10-23-F...
audioType	audio/mpeg
audioBytes	64037934
episodeNumber	null
season	null
episodeType	full
link	https://www.podpage.com/podcasting-20/jackleg-leechers/
showNotesText	Podcasting 2.0 October 23d 2026 Episode 276 - "Jackleg Leech...
transcriptUrl	https://mp3s.nashownotes.com/PC20-276-Captions.srt
transcriptType	application/srt
chaptersUrl	https://reflex.livewire.io/chapters/podcast/917393e3-1b1e-5c...
showTitle	Podcasting 2.0
showAuthor	Podcast Index LLC
feedUrl	https://feeds.podcastindex.org/pc20.xml
transcriptText	Podcasting 2.0 for October 23rd, 2026, episode 276, Jack Leg...

How to use Podcast RSS Scraper

1. Press Start - the form already holds an example that works.
2. Put in your own input (see the fields on the Input tab).
3. Run it once, or put it on an Apify Schedule to get fresh rows every day.
4. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send them to Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, the Apify API or an AI agent (Apify MCP server).

Input example

{
  "feedUrls": [
    "https://feeds.podcastindex.org/pc20.xml"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerFeed": 3,
  "includeTranscripts": true,
  "useApifyProxy": true
}

Output example (a real run)

[
  {
    "episodeTitle": "Episode 276: \"Jackleg leechers\"",
    "guid": "PC20-276",
    "publishedAt": "Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:17:46 +0000",
    "durationSeconds": 5335,
    "audioUrl": "https://op3.dev/e/mp3s.nashownotes.com/PC20-276-2026-10-23-Final.mp3",
    "audioType": "audio/mpeg",
    "audioBytes": 64037934,
    "episodeNumber": null,
    "season": null,
    "episodeType": "full",
    "link": "https://www.podpage.com/podcasting-20/jackleg-leechers/",
    "showNotesText": "Podcasting 2.0 October 23d 2026 Episode 276 - \"Jackleg Leechers\" ShowNotes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00 - 🚨 THE WEEK THE INDEX WENT DARK ON PURPOSE — PHP, NODE AND THE SCRAPERS Tue 20 Oct, steven: \"PHP 9.2 CVE\" → php.net archive. Two critical unauthenticated RCEs (Castopod lists CVE-2026-109618 & -109619, PHP below 8.4.27). Dave, 21 Oct 12:25 UTC: \"Heads up, if Podcast Index api goes down at 9:00 am central time you'll know why.\" Then: \" I've taken all the php servers offline until details come out. \" 16:07: \"Podcast index api servers are patched and serving data again.\" 19:20: \"After upgrading php-fpm… the fpm default config was in place so the api is running like a dawg. Restoring the pre-tuned settings now...\" 20:19: \"Fixed.\" Dave on the pile-on: \"Security people are unbearable… I know you'll be up all night patching PHP servers but there are also 27 CVE's in 5 other parts of your stack that are just as bad... or worse! Sure.\" (amended: \"security influencers\") Then Node, 22 Oct: \"Working on getting the web-ui repo upgraded because node.js blows worse than php . This day won't end.\" → \"Done. Site is now on a current LTS node release and fully patched. Also blocked a large residential proxy scraper and a Chinese scraper bot in the process. \" → \"Well, the site is down. I'm not a node guy…\" (recovered). Adam: \"Thank you Brother. This was a rough day for you.\" web-ui PR #630: Harden outbound fetches to untrusted hosts (Node CVEs) Others in the fire: Internet Archive ops (boosted by Dave) \"used Claude to make fixes for our older php versions, used local models to run simulated attacks, deployed.\" Castopod 1.15.6 moved Docker to PHP 8.4.27. brianoflondon shut two MediaWiki sites. And Dave's timing joke: someone shipped a release \"on the same day as the global PHP panic? That's like someone choosing to release their indie film on the same day as Ghostb

One flat row per result.

How much does Podcast RSS Scraper cost?

You pay only per result (pay per event) - no monthly fee, no minimum, and the price per result is lower on Apify's Bronze, Silver and Gold plans. The exact price is on the Pricing tab. Apify's free plan credit is enough to try it on real input.

You want	What you pay for
A quick test with the example	a few results
A daily scheduled run	only the rows that run returns
A big one-off export	the results delivered - set a maximum in the input

Also searched as

• podcast episodes scraper
• apple podcasts scraper
• podcast transcript
• podcast show notes

FAQ

Does Podcast RSS Scraper need a login, cookies or an API key? No. It reads public pages only.

Can I run Podcast RSS Scraper on a schedule? Yes - with Apify Schedules; each run returns fresh rows.

Can I call it from Python, JavaScript or an AI agent? Yes - through the Apify API, the Apify client libraries or the Apify MCP server.

Is it legal? It collects only data anyone can see without logging in. You are responsible for using it within the source site's terms and data protection law (GDPR, CCPA).

What if the site blocks a request? The run retries from a fresh connection and, if it still cannot read the page, stops with a clear message - never with made-up rows.

Do I need proxies? No setup needed - Podcast RSS Scraper uses Apify Proxy by default where the site needs it.

Troubleshooting

• No results: check the input (a public URL or a search term that returns results in a normal browser), then try the example input once.
• Fewer results than expected: raise the maximum in the input; some sites show only a part of their data without logging in, and Podcast RSS Scraper never logs in.
• The run stopped with a message: the message says what the site answered; run it again later or with fewer items.

Your feedback

Missing a field, found a bug, or need another site? Open an issue on the Issues tab - issues are answered and fixed. If Podcast RSS Scraper saved you time, a short review on this page helps others find it.

Data source: podcasts.apple.com

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