Apple Podcasts Scraper — Podcasts & Episodes

Search Apple Podcasts or look up any show by id/URL, and get clean metadata plus full episode lists — straight from Apple's public iTunes APIs. No key, no login, no proxies.

Perfect for podcast directories, PR/marketing outreach (RSS feeds included), episode-cadence analytics, or building podcast datasets for AI.

What you get

Per podcast:

• Show metadata — name, artist, primary genre + all genres, episode count, artwork (600px)
• RSS feed URL — the show's raw feedUrl for full/raw episode access
• Freshness & rating hints — latest release date, explicit/content-advisory flags, country
• Apple URL — canonical podcasts.apple.com link
• Episodes (optional) — title, release date, duration (ms + minutes), description, direct audio URL, GUID, episode page URL

Output sample

{
  "podcastId": 1019576853,
  "name": "Software Engineering Daily",
  "artist": "Software Engineering Daily",
  "genre": "Technology",
  "genres": ["Technology", "Podcasts"],
  "episodeCount": 105,
  "feedUrl": "https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/feed/podcast/",
  "latestReleaseDate": "2026-07-09T09:00:25Z",
  "explicit": "cleaned",
  "contentRating": null,
  "country": "USA",
  "artwork": "https://.../600x600bb.jpg",
  "url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/.../id1019576853",
  "episodes": [
    {
      "title": "Distributed Systems with Jane Doe",
      "releaseDate": "2026-07-09T09:00:25Z",
      "durationMs": 3120000,
      "durationMinutes": 52,
      "description": "In this episode...",
      "audioUrl": "https://.../episode.mp3",
      "guid": "abc-123",
      "episodeUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/.../id1000000000"
    }
  ]
}

episodes is present only when includeEpisodes is on.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchTerms	array	—	Keywords to search (e.g. true crime)
podcasts	array	—	Apple podcast ids or URLs (e.g. 1019576853)
country	string	us	Two-letter store country code
includeEpisodes	boolean	false	Also fetch each podcast's episode list
maxEpisodes	integer	50	Episodes per podcast when enabled (up to ~200)
maxResultsPerSearch	integer	25	Podcasts returned per search term

Provide at least one of searchTerms or podcasts.

Example input

{
  "searchTerms": ["software engineering"],
  "country": "us",
  "includeEpisodes": true,
  "maxEpisodes": 50,
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 25
}

Why this actor

• Official & keyless — Apple's public iTunes Search/Lookup APIs; no key, no anti-bot, no breakage.
• Show + episodes in one run — metadata and full episode lists, with direct audio URLs and RSS feed for onward processing.
• Any country — pass the store code to get country-specific catalogs.

Pricing

Pay per result — $3.00 per 1,000 results (one result = one podcast, with its metadata and any episodes). No subscription; you pay only for what you get.

Notes & limits

• Episodes are those exposed by Apple's lookup API (recent episodes; up to ~200). For the complete backlog, use the show's feedUrl.
• Apple's reviews RSS covers apps, not podcasts, so podcast reviews are not included.
• Public data; you are responsible for compliant use of the output. Not affiliated with Apple.

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