# Podcast Directory & New-Show Finder (Apple Podcasts + RSS) (`mediapro-tools/podcast-directory-finder`) Actor

Find podcasts by keyword or Apple top chart and enrich each show from its RSS feed. Input: searchTerms, chartGenreIds. Output (JSON/CSV): one row per item with appleId, title, publisher, appleUrl, feedUrl, artworkUrl, primaryGenre, genres, explicit, appleEpisodeCount.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mediapro-tools/podcast-directory-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Jeremy Yarbrough](https://apify.com/mediapro-tools) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$4.00 / 1,000 podcast show records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Podcast Directory & New-Show Finder (Apple Podcasts + RSS)

Build targeted podcast lists in minutes. Search Apple Podcasts by keyword or pull any **Apple top chart** by genre and country, then enrich each show from its public RSS feed: **episode count, posting cadence, last and first episode dates, active/dormant status, average episode length, language, categories, website**, and Podcasting 2.0 flags (transcripts, funding).

### Use cases

- **Guest booking / PR:** "active real-estate shows that posted in the last 30 days, 50+ episodes"
- **Sponsorship sales:** chart rank plus cadence for every show in a genre
- **New-show feed:** `newShowsWithinDays: 30` finds launches before the big directories rank them

### Input

`searchTerms`, `chartGenreIds` (1321 Business, 1318 Technology, 1304 Education, 1303 Comedy, 1489 News, 1545 Sports…), `country`, `maxPerQuery` (≤200), `enrichFromRss`, and filters `activeWithinDays`, `newShowsWithinDays`, `minEpisodes`, `language`.

### Sample output

```json
{"title":"Real Estate Investing with Coach Carson","publisher":"Chad Carson","primaryGenre":"Investing","appleUrl":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/...",
 "episodeCountInFeed":523,"latestEpisodeDate":"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z","firstEpisodeDate":"2019-01-15T05:01:28.000Z",
 "medianDaysBetweenEpisodes":7,"avgEpisodeMinutes":42,"language":"en","feedCategories":["Business","Investing"],
 "daysSinceLastEpisode":6,"isActive":true,"website":"https://..."}
```

### Data sources and privacy

- Apple's official iTunes Search / Lookup API and Apple's public top-podcasts RSS, plus each show's public RSS feed. No login, no scraping of web pages.
- **No personal contact data**: host/owner emails in RSS (`itunes:owner`) are deliberately not collected. Use the show's `website` for outreach.
- `firstEpisodeDate` / `showAgeDays` are based on the oldest episode *still in the feed*. Some hosts trim old episodes, so treat "new show" results as a strong hint, not proof.
- Apple's Search API allows about 20 calls per minute, so the Actor pauses 3 s between keywords.

### Related tools

- [Website Contact Details Extractor: Emails, Phones & Socials](https://apify.com/mediapro-tools/website-contact-details-extractor)
- [RSS & Atom Feed Reader, Keyword Filter & New Item Monitor](https://apify.com/mediapro-tools/rss-atom-feed-reader-monitor)
- [Bulk Email Validator: Syntax, MX, Disposable & Role Check](https://apify.com/mediapro-tools/bulk-email-validator-mx)
- [Apple App Store Top Charts & Rank Tracker](https://apify.com/mediapro-tools/app-store-charts-tracker)

# Actor input Schema

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

Each keyword runs an Apple Podcasts search.

## `chartGenreIds` (type: `array`):

e.g. 1321 Business, 1318 Technology, 1304 Education, 1545 Sports; empty string = overall chart.

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

Two-letter store country.

## `maxPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Apple caps at 200.

## `enrichFromRss` (type: `boolean`):

Adds cadence, dates, language, categories. No host emails are collected.

## `activeWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

0 = no filter.

## `newShowsWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

0 = no filter (based on oldest episode still in the feed).

## `minEpisodes` (type: `integer`):

0 = no filter.

## `language` (type: `string`):

e.g. 'en'. Empty = any.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel RSS downloads.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "real estate investing",
    "small business marketing"
  ],
  "chartGenreIds": [],
  "country": "us",
  "maxPerQuery": 50,
  "enrichFromRss": true,
  "activeWithinDays": 0,
  "newShowsWithinDays": 0,
  "minEpisodes": 0,
  "language": "",
  "maxConcurrency": 8
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All result records in the default dataset (table view: overview).

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Counts and stats for this run (JSON).

# 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": [
        "real estate investing",
        "small business marketing"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mediapro-tools/podcast-directory-finder").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": [
        "real estate investing",
        "small business marketing",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mediapro-tools/podcast-directory-finder").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": [
    "real estate investing",
    "small business marketing"
  ]
}' |
apify call mediapro-tools/podcast-directory-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/dAO41McSRN10B2rbM/builds/F451v9uFfNPjsN3bj/openapi.json