Apple Podcasts Scraper: Search, Emails, RSS & Episodes

Build podcast lists from Apple Podcasts in minutes. Search by keyword and country, or paste Apple Podcasts links, and get one clean row per show: name, host/publisher, genres, episode count, latest release date, artwork, Apple link, RSS feed, website, language and the owner's public contact email from the show's RSS feed. Optionally add each show's newest episodes with title, date, duration, description and audio URL.

It uses Apple's official iTunes Search API plus each podcast's own public RSS feed. No login, no browser, no proxies, and it stays within Apple's rate limits automatically.

What you get

• Show details: name, author/publisher, Apple ID, Apple Podcasts URL, primary genre and all genres, explicit flag, artwork (600×600), store country.
• Activity: episode count and latest release date from Apple, plus the real episode count and newest episode date from the feed.
• Contact and outreach data: owner name and owner email (<itunes:owner> in the RSS feed, when the show publishes it), website link, feed author and copyright.
• Feed data: language, description, categories, show type (episodic or serial).
• Episodes (optional): the newest N episodes with title, publish date, duration in seconds, audio URL and type, episode/season number, link and description.

What people use it for

• Podcast guest booking: find active shows in your niche and get the host's contact email to pitch yourself or your client as a guest. Use Only podcasts with an email and Active in the last N days to get a ready-to-email list.
• Sponsorship and ad sales: build lists of shows by topic and country to pitch sponsorships, or find shows to advertise on.
• PR and agencies: map every podcast covering a topic for a campaign.
• Market research: count shows per genre or keyword, see how active they are, compare countries.
• Content and data projects: pull episode titles, dates and audio URLs for analysis or transcription pipelines.

Input example

{
  "searchTerms": ["startup marketing", "true crime"],
  "podcastUrls": ["https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736"],
  "country": "us",
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 50,
  "fetchRssFeed": true,
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 3,
  "onlyWithEmail": false,
  "activeWithinDays": 90
}

Output example

{
  "name": "SaaS Growth Podcast - SaaS Startups, Marketing & Growth Tips from Successful Entrepreneurs",
  "author": "Carl Anderson",
  "appleId": 1725744997,
  "appleUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saas-growth-podcast-saas-startups-marketing-growth/id1725744997",
  "feedUrl": "https://app.fusebox.fm/data/show/jkDQkMox95/feed",
  "primaryGenre": "Entrepreneurship",
  "genres": ["Entrepreneurship", "Business", "Technology"],
  "explicit": false,
  "episodeCount": 22,
  "latestReleaseDate": "2026-09-11T15:06:00Z",
  "artworkUrl": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts211/v4/.../600x600bb.jpg",
  "country": "USA",
  "storeCountry": "us",
  "searchTerm": "startup marketing",
  "websiteUrl": "https://carlanderson.xyz/saas-growth",
  "ownerName": "Carl Anderson",
  "ownerEmail": "carl@carlanderson.xyz",
  "language": "en-us",
  "description": "Welcome to the \"SaaS Growth Podcast,\" your go-to destination for unraveling the stories and strategies behind successful Software as a Service ventures...",
  "feedCategories": ["Business", "Entrepreneurship", "Technology"],
  "podcastType": "episodic",
  "feedEpisodeCount": 22,
  "feedLatestEpisodeAt": "2026-09-11T15:06:58Z",
  "episodes": [
    {
      "title": "The Real Cost of AI in SaaS",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-11T15:06:58Z",
      "durationSeconds": 504,
      "audioUrl": "https://app.fusebox.fm/data/show/jkDQkMox95/episode/22/audio.mp3",
      "audioType": "audio/mpeg",
      "episodeType": "full",
      "description": "..."
    }
  ],
  "feedError": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-06T00:30:00Z"
}

A SUMMARY record in the run's key-value store shows how many shows the API returned, how many were saved, filtered out, or had a broken feed.

Pricing

Pay per result: $0.045 per podcast (plus a tiny per-run start fee). Episodes are included in the podcast row at no extra charge. Filters such as Only podcasts with an email are applied before saving, so you pay only for shows you keep. Set Max results to cap your spend.

FAQ

How many podcasts can I get per keyword? Apple's Search API returns at most 200 shows per keyword and country. For bigger lists, add more keywords (synonyms, sub-topics) or more countries in separate runs; duplicates are removed automatically within a run.

Does every podcast have an email? No. The email comes from the show's public RSS feed (<itunes:owner>), which most hosting platforms include but some shows hide. In our tests around 80% of shows listed one. Use Only podcasts with an email to keep just those.

Is this data allowed to be used? It's public data published by Apple's official API and by podcasters in their RSS feeds for directories to read. When you email hosts, follow anti-spam rules (CAN-SPAM, GDPR) and keep messages personal and relevant.

Why is the episode count different from Apple's? Apple counts every episode it has ever seen; many feeds only keep the newest few hundred. Both numbers are included (episodeCount and feedEpisodeCount).

How fast is it? Apple allows about 20 API calls per minute, and the actor stays under that. One search returns up to 200 shows, so a few keywords take seconds; RSS feeds are read in parallel.

Use it with n8n, Make or Zapier

Use the Apify integration in n8n, Make or Zapier to send new podcasts straight to Google Sheets, Airtable, HubSpot or your outreach tool. Schedule a weekly run per keyword to catch newly launched shows.

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