# Podcast Scraper — Apple Podcasts, Host Emails & Episodes (`jeffev/podcast-scraper`) Actor Find podcasts by keyword on Apple Podcasts or from URLs and RSS feeds: title, host, owner email and name from the feed, website, categories, episode count, last episode date, publishing frequency, and episodes with audio links. Built for podcast sponsorship and guest outreach. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jeffev/podcast-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Jefferson Valandro](https://apify.com/jeffev) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.10 / 1,000 podcasts This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. 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. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README ## Podcast Scraper — Apple Podcasts, host emails & episodes Find podcasts on **Apple Podcasts** by keyword, or give podcast URLs and RSS feeds, and get the data you need to **pitch sponsorships, book guests or research a niche**: title, author, **owner email and name from the RSS feed**, website, categories, episode count, **date of the last episode and how often it publishes**, plus the latest episodes with audio links. ### Why this one - **Contact emails**: the `itunes:owner` email from each podcast's RSS feed, which is the address podcasters use for business. - **Only active shows**: keep podcasts that published in the last N days, and see the typical number of days between episodes. - **Any podcast**: Apple Podcasts search in any country store, Apple URLs or IDs, or any RSS feed (Spotify-only shows that publish RSS work too). - **Episodes on demand**: titles, dates, durations, descriptions and audio URLs. ### Input Find active marketing podcasts with a contact email: ```json { "searchTerms": ["marketing", "ecommerce"], "maxPodcastsPerSearch": 100, "onlyWithEmail": true, "activeInLastDays": 60 } ``` Enrich known podcasts and get their latest episodes: ```json { "podcastUrls": ["https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736", "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/hubermanlab"], "episodesPerPodcast": 10 } ``` ### Output (field `type`) | type | Main fields | |---|---| | `podcast` | `title`, `author`, `ownerName`, `ownerEmail`, `emails`, `website`, `appleUrl`, `feedUrl`, `primaryGenre`, `categories`, `episodeCount`, `lastEpisodeAt`, `firstEpisodeAt`, `daysBetweenEpisodes`, `language`, `explicit`, `description`, `image` | | `episode` | `podcastTitle`, `title`, `publishedAt`, `durationSeconds`, `season`, `episode`, `description`, `audioUrl`, `link` | ### Example output One real item from a test run (long texts and lists shortened): ```json { "type": "podcast", "title": "The Early Hires: Clinicians in Startups", "author": "Helen Tanner", "appleId": 1882293752, "appleUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-early-hires-clinicians-in-startups/id1882293752", "feedUrl": "https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2600187.rss", "primaryGenre": "Careers", "genres": [ "Careers", "Business", "Health & Fitness" ], "episodeCount": 17, "country": "USA", "image": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts211/v4/89/d6/d7/89d6d7ec-3a2b-7952-1344-cd42a0aefbd5/mza_17346017671485523359.jpg/600x600bb.jpg", "search": "startups", "ownerName": "Helen Tanner", "ownerEmail": "helen@theearlyhires.com", "emails": [ "helen@theearlyhires.com" ], "website": "https://www.theearlyhires.com/", "language": "en-us", "categories": [ "Business", "Careers", "Health & Fitness" ], "description": " Most clinicians who join early-stage healthcare startups are expected to operate in complex business environments they were never trained to navigate. ...", "copyright": "© 2026 The Early Hires Podcast", "explicit": false, "showType": "episodic", "funding": [ "https://buymeacoffee.com/theearlyhires" ], "episodesInFeed": 17, "lastEpisodeAt": "2026-10-07T09:00:00+00:00" } ``` ### Notes - Apple's search returns up to 200 podcasts per keyword and country; use related keywords for bigger lists. - Some hosting platforms hide the owner email in the feed; those podcasts come without it. ### How much does it cost? You pay only for results delivered, at a fixed price per item. **Apify platform usage is included** in that price, so there are no compute costs on top. Errors and items that couldn't be found are free. | What you get | Price | Example | |---|---|---| | Podcast | $0.003 each | 1,000 podcasts = $3.00 | | Episode | $0.0005 each | 1,000 episodes = $0.50 | The Apify **Free plan includes $5 of monthly credit**, enough for about **1,666 podcasts** per month at no cost. You can also set a maximum spend per run. On paid Apify plans it gets cheaper automatically: **10% off on Starter, 20% on Scale and 30% on Business**. # Actor input Schema ## `searchTerms` (type: `array`): Keywords to find podcasts on Apple Podcasts (e.g. 'marketing', 'true crime', 'startups'). ## `maxPodcastsPerSearch` (type: `integer`): How many podcasts to return per keyword (Apple returns up to 200). ## `podcastUrls` (type: `array`): Apple Podcasts URLs (podcasts.apple.com/...id123), Apple IDs, or RSS feed URLs of any podcast. ## `onlyWithEmail` (type: `boolean`): Search only: keep podcasts whose RSS feed lists an owner email (or an email in the description). ## `activeInLastDays` (type: `integer`): Search only: keep podcasts that published an episode in the last N days (e.g. 30 or 90). ## `country` (type: `string`): Two-letter country code of the Apple Podcasts store to search (us, gb, br, de, fr...). ## `episodesPerPodcast` (type: `integer`): How many latest episodes to return per podcast (0 = none). Each episode has title, date, duration, description and audio URL. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchTerms": [ "marketing" ], "maxPodcastsPerSearch": 20, "onlyWithEmail": false, "country": "us", "episodesPerPodcast": 0 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `podcasts` (type: `string`): Podcasts and, if requested, episodes (field 'type'). # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchTerms": [ "marketing" ], "maxPodcastsPerSearch": 20 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jeffev/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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchTerms": ["marketing"], "maxPodcastsPerSearch": 20, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jeffev/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": [ "marketing" ], "maxPodcastsPerSearch": 20 }' | apify call jeffev/podcast-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jeffev/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 ` 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/hqNoJURVRV1HY7gJk/builds/cCfddj6F0MjaOWC9e/openapi.json