# Podcast Scraper - Apple Podcasts, Owner Emails & Episodes (`plotpointtech/podcast-search-episodes-scraper`) Actor

Find podcasts by keyword, genre and country and get publisher, owner email from the RSS feed, episode count, last episode date, publishing frequency and optional episodes with audio links. $2 per 1,000 podcasts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/plotpointtech/podcast-search-episodes-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Plot Point Technologies](https://apify.com/plotpointtech) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.24 / 1,000 podcasts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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 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

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

### Output example

```json
{
  "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):

```bash
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.

### Related tools from Plot Point Technologies

- [Email & Contact Scraper - Website Emails, Phones & Socials](https://apify.com/plotpointtech/website-contact-finder): emails, phones and social links from any list of company websites.
- [News Scraper - Worldwide News Search by Keyword, 65+ Languages](https://apify.com/plotpointtech/worldwide-news-search): news articles worldwide by keyword, country and language.
- [App Store Reviews Scraper - iOS Reviews & App Data, $0.20/1K](https://apify.com/plotpointtech/apple-app-store-reviews): iOS reviews and app details from any App Store country.

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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# Actor input Schema

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

Keywords to search Apple Podcasts for, e.g. marketing, true crime, real estate investing. Each term returns up to 200 shows from Apple's directory.

## `genre` (type: `string`):

Optional genre filter, e.g. Business, Comedy, Health & Fitness, True Crime, Technology, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, or an Apple genre ID such as 1321. On its own (without search terms) it starts from Apple's top-200 chart for that genre and country.

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

Two-letter Apple storefront country code, e.g. US, GB, CA, AU, DE.

## `podcasts` (type: `array`):

Apple Podcasts URLs (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/.../id123456789), Apple podcast IDs, or RSS feed URLs. Used together with any search terms.

## `maxPodcasts` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many podcast records.

## `includeEpisodes` (type: `boolean`):

Also output each podcast's most recent episodes as separate records (charged per episode).

## `maxEpisodesPerPodcast` (type: `integer`):

Newest episodes to output per podcast when episodes are included.

## `onlyActiveWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Only keep podcasts that published an episode within this many days. 0 = keep all.

## `onlyWithOwnerEmail` (type: `boolean`):

Skip podcasts whose feed does not publish an owner email in <itunes:owner>.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "marketing"
  ],
  "country": "US",
  "podcasts": [],
  "maxPodcasts": 10,
  "includeEpisodes": false,
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 10,
  "onlyActiveWithinDays": 0,
  "onlyWithOwnerEmail": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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": [
        "marketing"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("plotpointtech/podcast-search-episodes-scraper").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": ["marketing"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("plotpointtech/podcast-search-episodes-scraper").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": [
    "marketing"
  ]
}' |
apify call plotpointtech/podcast-search-episodes-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,plotpointtech/podcast-search-episodes-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/6ZUXEtfKsKqf3qGXU/builds/qOlzw5WqI2S18A0r5/openapi.json