# Podcast Scraper — Shows, Rankings & Episodes (`hichemdev/podcast-scraper`) Actor

Scrape podcasts by keyword: name, author, keyword rank, genre, episode count, artwork, RSS feed, plus recent episodes with duration and audio URL. No API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hichemdev/podcast-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Hichem Ben Moussa](https://apify.com/hichemdev) (community)
- **Categories:** Marketing, Business, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 podcasts

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Podcast Scraper — Shows, Rankings & Episodes

Scrape **podcasts by keyword** — **name, author, keyword rank, genre, episode count, artwork and RSS feed** — plus **recent episodes** with title, description, duration and direct audio URL. No API key.

### What you can do with it

- 🔍 **Podcast SEO / discovery** — see who ranks for your target keywords
- 🎯 **Ad & sponsorship prospecting** — find shows by genre and size
- 🕵️ **Competitor tracking** — publishing cadence and episode counts
- 🤖 **Build a podcast dataset** — feeds + episode metadata for search or AI

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchTerms` | array | Keywords, e.g. `technology`, `true crime`. Each result carries its rank. |
| `podcastIds` | array | Specific Apple Podcasts collection IDs (overrides search). |
| `country` | string | Store country, e.g. `us`, `gb`, `de`. |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max podcasts in total. |
| `includeEpisodes` | boolean | Also fetch recent episodes from each RSS feed. |
| `maxEpisodesPerPodcast` | integer | Episodes per show when enabled. |

#### Example

```json
{ "searchTerms": ["technology", "startups"], "maxResults": 50, "includeEpisodes": true, "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 10 }
```

### Output

```json
{
  "podcastId": 1727086780,
  "name": "TED Tech",
  "author": "TED Tech",
  "searchTerm": "technology",
  "searchRank": 1,
  "primaryGenre": "Technology",
  "episodeCount": 284,
  "feedUrl": "https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/...",
  "artwork": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/....jpg",
  "url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1727086780",
  "episodes": [
    {
      "title": "Why AI isn't going to become conscious | Anil Seth",
      "publishedAt": "Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT",
      "duration": "19:37",
      "audioUrl": "https://sphinx.acast.com/....mp3"
    }
  ]
}
```

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or pull live via the Apify API.

### Notes

- Uses Apple's **public podcast API** plus each show's own **RSS feed** — stable and key-free.
- `searchRank` is the position for that keyword, which is what podcast-SEO tracking needs.
- Enabling episodes fetches one RSS request per show, so large runs take a little longer.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search podcasts for, e.g. "technology", "true crime", "marketing". Each result includes its rank for that keyword.

## `podcastIds` (type: `array`):

Specific Apple Podcasts collection IDs. Overrides the search keywords.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Store country code, e.g. us, gb, de, fr.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of podcasts to return in total.

## `includeEpisodes` (type: `boolean`):

Also fetch recent episodes from each podcast's RSS feed (title, description, duration, audio URL).

## `maxEpisodesPerPodcast` (type: `integer`):

How many recent episodes to fetch when episodes are enabled.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. Apple's public podcast API works without a proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "technology"
  ],
  "podcastIds": [],
  "country": "us",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "includeEpisodes": false,
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped items as JSON.

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

Browse results in the Apify Console.

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "technology"
    ],
    "podcastIds": [],
    "country": "us",
    "maxResults": 10,
    "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hichemdev/podcast-scraper").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 = {
    "searchTerms": ["technology"],
    "podcastIds": [],
    "country": "us",
    "maxResults": 10,
    "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hichemdev/podcast-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "technology"
  ],
  "podcastIds": [],
  "country": "us",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 5
}' |
apify call hichemdev/podcast-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,hichemdev/podcast-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ZDG6cje7ecaLQnWAl/builds/DsYjOVfYWbfPxJPq7/openapi.json