Podcast Scraper: Apple Podcasts Search, Owner Emails and Episodes

Find podcasts by keyword, genre and country, then get the details that matter for outreach and research: who publishes the show, the owner contact the podcaster publishes in the RSS feed, whether the show is still active, how often it publishes and, optionally, its latest episodes with audio links. Data comes from Apple's public iTunes Search and Lookup API and each show's public RSS feed. No logins, cookies or browsers. $2 per 1,000 podcasts.

What can this podcast scraper do?

• Search Apple Podcasts by keyword (up to 200 shows per term and country) or start from Apple's top-200 chart for a genre.
• Look up specific shows by Apple Podcasts URL, Apple ID or RSS feed URL.
• Read every show's RSS feed for website, owner name and email, episode count and dates.
• Measure activity: days since the last episode, episodes in the last 90 days, median days between episodes and a plain publishing frequency (daily, weekly, every two weeks, monthly...).
• Filter to active shows (published within N days) and shows with an owner email.
• Export episodes with dates, durations, season and episode numbers, audio URLs and descriptions.

What data do you get?

Podcast records: title, author, appleId, appleUrl, feedUrl, websiteUrl, primaryGenre, genres, country, language, explicit, artworkUrl, episodeCount, appleEpisodeCount, firstEpisodeDate, latestEpisodeDate, daysSinceLastEpisode, episodesLast90Days, medianDaysBetweenEpisodes, publishingFrequency, ownerName, ownerEmail, description, copyright, feedStatus.

Episode records (optional): podcastTitle, podcastAppleId, feedUrl, title, publishedDate, durationSeconds, season, episodeNumber, episodeType, explicit, audioUrl, episodeUrl, guid, description.

Who uses it?

• Guest booking and PR teams building lists of active shows in a niche.
• Sponsorship and ad buyers screening shows by genre, activity and frequency.
• Market researchers measuring how many shows exist on a topic and how many are still publishing.
• Content and data teams collecting episode data and audio URLs for monitoring or transcription.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free (or Start).
2. Enter Search terms (for example real estate investing) and/or a Genre, and a Country.
3. Set Only active podcasts (days) and Only podcasts with an owner email for outreach lists.
4. Turn on Include episodes to check recent topics.
5. Run it and export to Excel, CSV or JSON.

Input example

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "real estate investing"
  ],
  "country": "US",
  "maxPodcasts": 50,
  "onlyActiveWithinDays": 60,
  "onlyWithOwnerEmail": true,
  "includeEpisodes": false
}

Output example

{
  "recordType": "podcast",
  "title": "Marketing Trends",
  "author": "Mission",
  "appleId": "1442461152",
  "appleUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-trends/id1442461152",
  "feedUrl": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/ZgJoLxHg",
  "websiteUrl": "https://mission.org/marketing-trends/",
  "primaryGenre": "Marketing",
  "genres": [
    "Marketing",
    "Business",
    "Management"
  ],
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en",
  "explicit": false,
  "artworkUrl": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts221/v4/01/8f/3c/018f3c85-e9ce-b2b2-b475-c8541323261c/mza_15019002542089216454.jpg/600x600bb.jpg",
  "episodeCount": 564,
  "appleEpisodeCount": 564,
  "firstEpisodeDate": "2018-11-15T02:29:58Z",
  "latestEpisodeDate": "2026-09-09T09:00:00Z",
  "daysSinceLastEpisode": 49,
  "episodesLast90Days": 2,
  "medianDaysBetweenEpisodes": 14,
  "publishingFrequency": "every two weeks",
  "ownerName": "Mission",
  "ownerEmail": "info@mission.org",
  "description": "What happens when marketing’s sharpest minds pull back the curtain? Hosted by Stephanie Postles, Marketing Trends drops listeners into the world of trailblazing CMOs, CEOs, and visionaries who share their journeys and gr...",
  "copyright": null,
  "feedStatus": "ok"
}

How much does it cost?

Record	Price	Per 1,000
Podcast	$0.002	$2
Episode	$0.0003	$0.30

Plus a $0.00005 start fee per run. Examples: 300 active shows cost $0.60; adding 3 recent episodes per show (900 episodes) adds $0.27. Shows removed by your filters are not charged.

Volume discounts on higher Apify plans. The prices above are for the Apify Free plan. On paid plans the per-result price drops automatically: about 15% lower on Bronze, 25% lower on Silver and 38% lower on Gold and above.

Use it via API, Make, Zapier, n8n or an AI agent

Apify API. Start a run and get the results back in one HTTP request (replace YOUR_API_TOKEN with the token from Apify Console > Settings > Integrations):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/plotpointtech~podcast-search-episodes-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerms": ["real estate investing"], "country": "US", "maxPodcasts": 50, "onlyActiveWithinDays": 60, "onlyWithOwnerEmail": true, "includeEpisodes": false}'

For longer jobs, start the run asynchronously and read the dataset when it finishes. Official apify-client libraries exist for Python and JavaScript; the API tab on this page has ready-made code.

No-code automation. Connect the tool to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable or any webhook with Apify integrations, and use Schedules in Apify Console to run it hourly, daily or weekly.

AI agents (MCP). Give Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP-compatible agent direct access to this tool through the hosted Apify MCP server. Add this server URL to your client:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=plotpointtech/podcast-search-episodes-scraper

The agent can then call the tool with the same input fields shown above and read the results.

FAQ

Is it legal to collect podcast owner emails? The owner name and email come from the <itunes:owner> tag, which podcasters publish in their public feed so directories can contact them. Apple's Search API is provided for directory lookups. If you use the addresses for outreach, you are responsible for complying with CAN-SPAM, GDPR and ePrivacy rules, CASL and other laws: send relevant, individual messages, identify yourself and honour opt-outs.

How many podcasts can I get per search? Apple returns at most 200 shows per search term and country. Use several focused terms to build larger lists.

Why is episodeCount lower than Apple's count? Some hosts publish only recent episodes in the feed. appleEpisodeCount shows Apple's number.

What happens with broken feeds? They are skipped and logged. Without filters, the show's Apple details are still returned with feedStatus: "failed".

Can I get transcripts? No, but audioUrl links let you send episodes to a transcription tool.

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Plot Point Technologies is not affiliated with Apple Inc. or any podcast host. Apple Podcasts and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Inc.

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