# Apple Podcasts Scraper (`rsiddiq95/apple-podcasts-scraper`) Actor

Search Apple Podcasts and get show details and episodes: titles, dates, durations, audio URLs, genres and RSS feeds, using Apple's official search API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rsiddiq95/apple-podcasts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Rafiullah Siddiq](https://apify.com/rsiddiq95) (community)
- **Categories:** Marketing, For creators, AI
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.60 / 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 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

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

### Output example

```json
{
    "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](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp). 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.

**Something isn't working.**
Open an issue on the **Issues** tab with your input.

# Actor input Schema

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

Keywords to search Apple Podcasts for, for example marketing or true crime.

## `maxPodcastsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Apple returns up to 200 podcasts per search.

## `podcastUrls` (type: `array`):

Specific podcasts as Apple Podcasts URLs or IDs.

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

Two-letter country code of the Apple Podcasts store, for example us, gb, de.

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

Also collect each podcast's latest episodes with audio URLs and durations.

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

Apple provides up to the 200 most recent episodes per podcast.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "marketing"
  ],
  "maxPodcastsPerSearch": 10,
  "podcastUrls": [],
  "country": "us",
  "includeEpisodes": false,
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 50
}
```

# 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"
    ],
    "maxPodcastsPerSearch": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rsiddiq95/apple-podcasts-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"],
    "maxPodcastsPerSearch": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rsiddiq95/apple-podcasts-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"
  ],
  "maxPodcastsPerSearch": 10
}' |
apify call rsiddiq95/apple-podcasts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rsiddiq95/apple-podcasts-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/NZGtwvpWDfbM0HsNS/builds/TEze8HZPOfGf1FEvB/openapi.json