Apple Podcasts Chart Scraper

Podcast growth teams, agencies, and network analysts use this actor to turn Apple podcast chart feeds and public podcast metadata endpoints into a clean dataset for Podcast Sponsor & Contact Suite. Provide focused source inputs, keep the first run small, and expand only after the output shape is useful. Each emitted row includes source context, timestamps, and fields designed for monitoring, QA, research, or workflow handoff.

Store Quickstart

Start with one country and the top shows chart, then add countries or categories once the first rank set is useful.

Recommended first run:

{
  "country": "us",
  "feedType": "podcasts",
  "limit": 25,
  "dryRun": false
}

Input examples

Top shows

{
  "country": "us",
  "feedType": "podcasts",
  "limit": 25,
  "dryRun": false
}

Top episodes

{
  "country": "gb",
  "feedType": "podcast-episodes",
  "limit": 25,
  "dryRun": false
}

Small recurring rank check

{
  "country": "us",
  "feedType": "podcasts",
  "genre": "business",
  "limit": 10,
  "dryRun": false
}

Sample output

{
  "meta": {
    "actorName": "apple-podcast-chart-tracker",
    "actorTitle": "Apple Podcasts Chart Scraper",
    "bundle": "Podcast Sponsor & Contact Suite",
    "fetchedAt": "2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z",
    "totalRows": 1
  },
  "rows": [
    {
      "actorName": "apple-podcast-chart-tracker",
      "rowType": "chart_rank",
      "country": "us",
      "feedType": "podcasts",
      "rank": 12,
      "showName": "Example Podcast",
      "collectionId": 123456,
      "sourceUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/example/id123456",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "warnings": []
}

Output fields

• rowType
• country
• feedType
• genre
• rank
• showName
• collectionId
• sourceUrl
• fetchedAt

Rows also include source URLs, fetch timestamps, warnings when a source is partial, and stable IDs when the workflow supports recurring change detection.

Pricing and no-change runs

$0.001 actor start and $0.003 per chart row. Scheduled no-change summaries should stay out of the default dataset.

The default dataset is the billable surface. Dry runs, validation-only runs, missing-key warnings, and unchanged recurring polls should not write payable default-dataset rows.

Compliance guardrails

• Uses public Apple chart data only.
• No Apple logo, endorsement, or private dashboard access is claimed.
• Use output for ranking research and monitoring.
• Do not use provider emblems or wording that implies approval by an upstream data provider.

See also

• podcast-sponsor-public-signal-report - turn public podcast/show pages and RSS context into sponsor-fit business signal reports without personal contact harvesting.
• apple-podcast-scraper
• apple-podcast-reviews-monitor
• apple-podcast-episode-watchlist