Podcast Search — Podcasts & RSS Feeds (iTunes API)

Search podcasts or look them up by ID — and get clean JSON. Pass keywords or iTunes collection IDs and get back a tidy row per podcast: title, author, RSS feed URL, episode count, genres, artwork and Apple Podcasts URL. Powered by Apple's public iTunes API — no anti-bot, no key.

The easy way to discover podcasts and grab their RSS feeds for indexing, apps and research.

Who uses this

• 🎙️ Podcast apps & directories — discover shows and pull their RSS feeds.
• 📊 Media analysts — build podcast datasets by topic or genre.
• 🤖 AI / content pipelines — find feeds to ingest episodes and transcripts.
• 📣 Marketers & PR — find shows in a niche for outreach.
• 🧑‍💻 Developers — a clean podcast search endpoint by keyword or ID.

What you get — one clean row per podcast

Field	Description
title + author	Show & creator
feedUrl	🔗 RSS feed URL
episodeCount	Number of episodes
primaryGenre + genres	Categories
artworkUrl	Cover art
podcastUrl	Apple Podcasts URL
country + contentRating + releaseDate	Extras
podcastId, scrapedAt	Identifiers & provenance

Example

Input

{ "searchTerms": ["true crime", "startup"], "country": "us", "resultsPerTerm": 25 }

Output (one item)

{
  "podcastId": 1200361736,
  "title": "The Daily",
  "author": "The New York Times",
  "feedUrl": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/54nAGcIl",
  "episodeCount": 2200,
  "primaryGenre": "News",
  "podcastUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1200361736"
}

Why this actor

• ✅ Official source — Apple's iTunes API, always current.
• 🔗 RSS feed URLs — grab the feed to pull episodes.
• 🔎 Search or lookup — by keyword or by collection ID.
• 🌍 Any store country — set the two-letter code.
• ⚡ Fast & affordable — pay only per podcast returned. No anti-bot, no key.

Input options

• searchTerms — keywords to search (one search per term).
• podcastIds — specific podcasts by iTunes collection ID.
• country — two-letter store country code (default us).
• resultsPerTerm — podcasts per search term (max 200).

FAQ

Do I get the RSS feed? Yes — feedUrl holds the podcast's RSS feed URL.

Search or look up by ID? Both — pass searchTerms or podcastIds.

Which countries? Any — set country to a two-letter store code.

How fresh is the data? Live from Apple's iTunes API on every run.

Can I export to CSV/Excel/Google Sheets? Yes — the dataset exports to JSON, CSV, Excel and HTML, or pull it via the API.

What does it cost? Pay-per-podcast — you're only charged for podcasts actually returned.

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Tip: search a niche, grab the feedUrls, then use an RSS reader to pull every episode.