Apple Podcast Episode Watchlist Scraper

What you get: one row per recent episode for each Apple Podcasts show you list or find by search term, with show name, Apple show ID, host, RSS feed URL, episode title, publish date, duration (seconds), audio URL and description, billed at $0.003 per episode row (plus $0.001 per run).

Sample output from a real run (2026-10-18, the JSON below: search "technology podcast", 3 episodes):

showName	showId	title	pubDate	duration (s)
Big Technology Podcast	1522960417	Anthropic IPO Panic, A Spy At OpenAI?, The Great Food Slop Debate	Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000	3525
Big Technology Podcast	1522960417	The Bumpy Road To AGI — With Kevin Roose	Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:00:00 -0000	3861

That run cost $0.01 (actor start $0.001 + 3 rows × $0.003).

Open Input (leave defaults → Start)

Paid first run ≈ USD 0.01 (search 1 term, maxEpisodesPerShow 3 = 3 rows × USD 0.003 + USD 0.001 start). Open Console Input (deep link above) and run this JSON.

{
  "podcastIds": [],
  "searchTerms": [
    "technology podcast"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerShow": 3,
  "delivery": "dataset",
  "dryRun": false
}

Store Quickstart

Run the bounded paid first-run JSON above first; keep report/export options off unless needed.

{
  "podcastIds": [],
  "searchTerms": [
    "technology podcast"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerShow": 3,
  "delivery": "dataset",
  "dryRun": false
}

Use with Apify MCP

Exact actor: taroyamada/apple-podcast-episode-watchlist

✅ Reliability note (June 2026): Infrastructure upgraded June 2026 — any run failures from an account capacity limit in early May 2026 are fully resolved. Runs are now stable. If you tried this actor in early May and hit a failure, please give it another run — it works smoothly now.

Sample input JSON:

{
  "podcastIds": [],
  "searchTerms": [
    "technology podcast"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerShow": 3,
  "delivery": "dataset"
}

After this run

Turn this Actor's output into a capped paid report with Podcast Sponsor Public Signal Report. Use it when podcast growth, sponsorship, and B2B research teams need to decide whether a public podcast has sponsor or business signals worth researching further.

• First report: $9 / sponsor_signal_snapshot; set maxChargeUsd to $9.
• Deeper report: $29 / show_sponsor_fit_report; use only when the first result needs competitor or action-depth.
• This is an internal Apify flow aid. It is not revenue proof until accounted paid usage appears.

Podcast operations teams, agencies, and competitive researchers use this actor to turn Public podcast RSS feeds and Apple lookup metadata 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.

Start with one Apple Podcasts show ID (the number after id in the show URL, e.g. 1522960417 in podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-technology-podcast/id1522960417), check the rows, then schedule the same input.

Recommended first run:

{
  "podcastIds": [
    "1522960417"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerShow": 5
}

Input examples

Known show by Apple ID

{
  "podcastIds": [
    "1522960417"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerShow": 5
}

Find shows by search term

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "technology podcast"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerShow": 3
}

Several shows, 2 episodes each

{
  "podcastIds": [
    "1522960417",
    "1200361736"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerShow": 2
}

Sample output

Real row from the 2026-10-18 run of the JSON at the top (trimmed):

{
  "showName": "Big Technology Podcast",
  "showId": "1522960417",
  "artist": "Alex Kantrowitz",
  "feedUrl": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LI3617121267",
  "title": "Anthropic IPO Panic, A Spy At OpenAI?, The Great Food Slop Debate",
  "pubDate": "Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000",
  "description": "Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Anthropic's 2026 financial numbers leak, is it slowing down? …",
  "duration": "3525",
  "audioUrl": "https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/t7yC0rGPUqahTF4et8YD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AMPP9209422034.mp3",
  "guid": "b95d2b3c-c8f7-11f1-b194-17950957eda4"
}

Output fields

• showName, showId, artist — the show, its Apple Podcasts ID and host
• feedUrl — the show's public RSS feed
• title, pubDate, description, duration (seconds), audioUrl, guid — the episode

Pricing and no-change runs

$0.001 actor start and $0.003 per new episode row. No-change checks should not write dataset rows.

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 RSS and Apple metadata only.
• Does not access private podcast analytics.
• Use output for monitoring and research workflows.
• 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-chart-tracker
• apple-podcast-reviews-monitor

Related report Actors

Use these follow-on Actors when you want a capped, decision-ready report instead of more raw rows. They use public or user-provided inputs, respect maxChargeUsd, and do not promise rankings, revenue, conversion lifts, or sales outcomes.

• Podcast Sponsor Public Signal Report - summarize public show and episode context into sponsor-fit signals.

Related paid report workflows

If this Actor gave you raw rows or source context, these follow-on report Actors are designed for a small capped paid run. They help make a decision, not just collect more data.

• Podcast Sponsor Public Signal Report - decide whether a public podcast has sponsor or business signals worth researching further. Entry $9 / sponsor_signal_snapshot; premium $29 / show_sponsor_fit_report.

Keep maxChargeUsd equal to the selected tier. Internal links are traffic aids only; real proof requires accounted paid usage.

Related Actors

• Hub: taroyamada/apple-podcast-scraper
• taroyamada/apple-podcast-scraper
• taroyamada/apple-podcast-reviews-monitor
• taroyamada/apple-podcast-chart-tracker
• taroyamada/podcast-sponsor-contact-intelligence
• taroyamada/podcast-sponsor-evidence-report-scraper
• taroyamada/podcast-media-buyer-shortlist-scraper
• taroyamada/podcast-category-network-benchmark-report