# Podcast Scraper — Search, Charts, Episodes & Contact Finder (`samwise.agency/podcast-intelligence`) Actor Search podcasts, scrape Apple top charts by country, parse RSS feeds for episodes, and discover show contact emails for guest-booking outreach. Official iTunes + Apple APIs and public feeds — keyless, clean JSON/CSV. - **URL**: https://apify.com/samwise.agency/podcast-intelligence.md - **Developed by:** [samwise.agency](https://apify.com/samwise.agency) (community) - **Categories:** Marketing, News - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $10.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Podcast Scraper — Search, Charts, Episodes & Contact Finder The podcast research toolkit: search shows by topic, pull **Apple's top charts by country**, parse RSS feeds for episodes, and — the killer feature — surface **show owner emails** for guest-booking and sponsorship outreach. **What you can extract:** - 🔍 **Show search** — by topic/niche via the official iTunes Search API - 🏆 **Top charts** — Apple's top podcasts per country (us, gb, au…) - 🎙️ **Episodes** — titles, dates, durations, descriptions, audio URLs from RSS - 📧 **Contact discovery** — `ownerEmail` from public RSS feeds (where published) ### Quick start 1. Click **Run** — default finds 25 marketing podcasts 2. Enable "Include episodes" to also parse each show's feed (adds owner emails) 3. PR/booking agencies: search your client's niche → export shows + emails → outreach list in minutes ### Sample output (show + feed details) ```json { "type": "podcast", "itunesId": 1469759447, "name": "Marketing Against The Grain", "artist": "HubSpot Podcast Network", "feedUrl": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/...", "genre": "Marketing", "episodeCount": 312, "latestReleaseDate": "2026-07-17T09:00:00Z" } ```` ```json { "type": "podcast-feed-details", "title": "Marketing Against The Grain", "ownerName": "HubSpot Podcast Network", "ownerEmail": "podcasts@hubspot.com", "categories": ["Business", "Marketing"], "episodeCount": 312 } ``` ### Use cases - **Guest-booking & PR agencies** — niche show lists with contacts, at scale - **Sponsorship buyers** — chart tracking + episode cadence before you spend - **Podcasters** — competitive landscape for your category, by country - **Researchers** — episode metadata corpora from public feeds ### Pricing Pay per result row (show, chart entry, feed detail, or episode). ### FAQ **Where do emails come from?** Only from what shows publish publicly in their own RSS feeds — no guessing, no scraping behind logins. **Data sources?** Official iTunes Search API, Apple Marketing Tools charts, and each show's public RSS feed. # Actor input Schema ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): Topics, niches, or show names — e.g. 'marketing', 'true crime', 'AI'. ## `chartCountries` (type: `array`): Two-letter country codes for Apple top podcasts charts: us, gb, au, ca, de… ## `chartLimit` (type: `integer`): Top N shows per country chart (max 200). ## `feedUrls` (type: `array`): Direct podcast RSS feeds to parse for show details, owner email, and episodes. ## `includeEpisodes` (type: `boolean`): Parse each found show's RSS feed for episode rows (and owner contact email). One extra request per show. ## `maxEpisodesPerShow` (type: `integer`): Newest first, when 'Include episodes' is on. ## `maxItemsPerQuery` (type: `integer`): Cost cap per search query. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQueries": [ "marketing" ], "chartCountries": [], "chartLimit": 50, "feedUrls": [], "includeEpisodes": false, "maxEpisodesPerShow": 20, "maxItemsPerQuery": 25 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQueries": [ "marketing" ], "chartCountries": [], "feedUrls": [] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("samwise.agency/podcast-intelligence").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQueries": ["marketing"], "chartCountries": [], "feedUrls": [], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("samwise.agency/podcast-intelligence").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchQueries": [ "marketing" ], "chartCountries": [], "feedUrls": [] }' | apify call samwise.agency/podcast-intelligence --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=samwise.agency/podcast-intelligence", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Podcast Scraper — Search, Charts, Episodes & Contact Finder", "description": "Search podcasts, scrape Apple top charts by country, parse RSS feeds for episodes, and discover show contact emails for guest-booking outreach. 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