Apple Podcasts Scraper

Search Apple Podcasts and export podcast details (name, author, genres, episode count, latest release, RSS feed, artwork) and episodes (title, description, release date, duration, direct audio URL), using Apple's official search API.

What can this Apple Podcasts scraper do?

• 🔎 Search by keyword in any country's Apple Podcasts store.
• 🎙️ Podcast details, including the RSS feed URL for each show.
• 🎧 Episodes with durations and direct audio links.
• 🔗 Specific podcasts from Apple Podcasts URLs or IDs.
• 🧹 No duplicates across overlapping searches.

Who uses it?

• Podcast guests and PR teams building lists of shows to pitch.
• Advertisers researching podcasts in a niche.
• Researchers and developers building podcast datasets or transcription pipelines.

How to scrape Apple Podcasts

1. Add search terms and/or podcast URLs.
2. Set Max podcasts per search and Country.
3. Turn on Include episodes if you want episode data.
4. Click Start and download the results.

Input example

{
    "searchTerms": ["marketing", "saas founders"],
    "maxPodcastsPerSearch": 50,
    "country": "us",
    "includeEpisodes": true,
    "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 20
}

Output example

{
    "resultType": "podcast",
    "query": "marketing",
    "podcastId": "1460604334",
    "name": "The CMO Podcast",
    "author": "vYve & Jim Stengel",
    "url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cmo-podcast/id1460604334",
    "feedUrl": "https://rss.art19.com/the-cmo-podcast",
    "primaryGenre": "Careers",
    "genres": ["Careers", "Business", "Marketing"],
    "episodeCount": 449,
    "latestReleaseDate": "2026-10-28T10:00:00Z",
    "explicit": false
}

Episode rows (resultType: "episode") include title, description, releaseDate, durationSeconds, audioUrl and episodeUrl.

Use it from AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor)

AI assistants can run this Actor as a tool through Apify's MCP server. Add this server URL to any MCP client:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=rsiddiq95/apple-podcasts-scraper

Then just ask, for example: "Find podcasts about personal finance on Apple Podcasts and list their latest episodes." Agent runs cost the same per result as runs from the console.

How much does it cost?

Pay per podcast and per episode collected. See the Pricing tab. Searches with no results are free.

Limitations

• Apple returns up to 200 podcasts per search and the 200 most recent episodes per podcast.
• Apple's search API doesn't include ratings or reviews.
• The Actor paces itself to stay within Apple's request limits, so large runs take a few minutes.

FAQ

Is this an official source? Yes. It uses Apple's public iTunes Search API.

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