🎙️ Podchaser Podcast, Episode & Creator Scraper

🚀 Collect structured podcast data in seconds. Search Podchaser for podcasts, episodes, and creators by keyword. Export titles, ratings, categories, Spotify/Apple IDs, RSS feeds, and follower counts. No coding required.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-16 · 📊 25+ fields per podcast · 🎙️ 3 search modes (podcasts, episodes, creators) · 🔗 Platform IDs included · 🚫 No auth required

The Podchaser Scraper collects podcast, episode, and creator data from Podchaser, the largest podcast database. It returns 25+ fields per podcast including title, description, rating, categories, episode count, author, Spotify ID, Apple Podcasts ID, RSS feed URL, power score, and follower count.

Whether you are a podcast marketer researching trends, a media buyer looking for sponsorship opportunities, or a data analyst tracking the podcast industry, this tool makes it easy to collect structured podcast data without browsing pages manually.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Podcast marketers, media buyers, PR agencies, podcast networks, app developers, market researchers	Trend research, sponsorship discovery, competitor monitoring, audience analysis, podcast app enrichment, creator outreach

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📋 What the Podchaser Scraper does

• 🎙️ Podcast search. Find podcasts by keyword with titles, descriptions, ratings, categories, and episode counts.
• 📻 Episode search. Discover episodes with air dates, duration, audio URLs, and parent podcast info.
• 👤 Creator search. Look up podcast creators with bios, social links, appearance counts, and follower data.
• 🔗 Platform IDs. Get Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and RSS feed URLs for each podcast.
• 📊 Ratings and metrics. Collect power scores, follower counts, review counts, and audience estimates.
• 🏷️ Category data. Full category and genre data for every podcast result.

Each record includes structured fields ready for analysis or integration into your existing workflows.

💡 Why it matters: building podcast databases, tracking industry trends, and finding sponsorship opportunities manually means browsing hundreds of pages one by one. This Actor exports structured podcast data at scale in seconds.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough.

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⚙️ Input

Input	Type	Default	Behavior
searchQuery	string	"technology"	Search keyword for podcasts, episodes, or creators.
maxItems	integer	10	Max results to collect. Free: 10, Paid: up to 1,000,000.
searchType	string	"podcasts"	Content type: podcasts, episodes, or creators.

Example: search for technology podcasts.

{
    "searchQuery": "technology",
    "maxItems": 10,
    "searchType": "podcasts"
}

Example: search for true crime episodes.

{
    "searchQuery": "true crime",
    "maxItems": 25,
    "searchType": "episodes"
}

⚠️ Good to Know: Free users are limited to 10 items per run. The API returns up to 25 results per content type per search query.

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📊 Output

🧾 Schema

Field	Type	Example
🖼️ imageUrl	string	"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/.../podcast.jpg"
📋 title	string	"Technology's Storytellers"
🔗 url	string	"https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/..."
🆔 id	integer	1229655
📝 description	string	"A podcast exploring present issues..."
⭐ rating	number	3
📊 ratingCount	integer	0
📝 reviewCount	integer	0
📡 status	string	"idle"
🏷️ category	string	"Society"
🏷️ categories	array	["Society", "Culture"]
✍️ author	string	"Nathaniel Stanton"
📊 totalEpisodes	integer	10
🍎 itunesId	string	"1515203696"
📡 feedUrl	string	"https://anchor.fm/s/.../podcast/rss"
💪 powerScore	integer	0
👥 followerCount	integer	0
📅 daysBetweenEpisodes	integer	56
📅 dateOfFirstEpisode	string	"2020-05-15 21:23:46"
📅 dateOfLatestEpisode	string	"2020-08-24 21:46:56"
👤 hasGuests	boolean	true
🕒 scrapedAt	ISO 8601	"2026-04-08T01:26:49.178Z"

📦 Sample records

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎙️	Three search modes. Podcasts, episodes, and creators in one tool.
🔗	Platform IDs. Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and RSS feed URLs included.
⭐	Ratings and metrics. Power scores, follower counts, and review data.
🏷️	Category data. Full genre and category info for every podcast.
⚡	Fast. API-based extraction returns results in seconds.
📊	Structured output. JSON, CSV, and Excel export.
📅	Scheduling. Set up daily or weekly monitoring runs.

📊 25+ fields per podcast with Spotify ID, Apple ID, RSS feed, power score, follower count, and episode history.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Data fields	Setup
⭐ Podchaser Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit	Podcasts + episodes + creators	25+ structured fields	⚡ 2 min
Manual Podchaser browsing	Free	One at a time	Visual only	🕒 Hours
Generic web scraper	Varies	Requires custom setup	Depends on config	🕒 30+ min
Direct API access	Varies	Requires developer account	Raw JSON	🕒 1+ hour

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the Podchaser Scraper page on Apify.
3. 🎯 Set input. Enter your search keyword and choose a content type (podcasts, episodes, or creators).
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and get results in seconds.
5. 📥 Download. Grab results in JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab.

⏱️ Total time: 2-3 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

🎙️ Podcast Marketing & PR Research trending topics by category Discover sponsorship opportunities Find relevant hosts for client placements Track competitor shows and ratings

📊 Research & Analytics Analyze the podcast landscape at scale Build compensation benchmarks for ad buys Monitor creator follower growth over time Enrich podcast apps with metadata

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🔌 Automating Podchaser Scraper

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

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🔌 Integrate with any app

• Make - Automate podcast monitoring workflows
• Zapier - Connect 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get notifications in your channel
• Airbyte - Data pipelines
• GitHub - Trigger from commits
• Google Drive - Export to Sheets

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⚠️ Disclaimer: Independent tool, not affiliated with Podchaser. Only publicly available data is collected through Podchaser's public API.