Apple Podcasts Scraper

✅ 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.

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.

Next report-style Actors

If you already have data from this Actor, these follow-on Actors turn public or user-provided inputs into decision-ready reports. They are optional, capped by maxChargeUsd, and do not make business outcome claims.

• Podcast Sponsor Public Signal Report - turn podcast/RSS inputs into public sponsor and business-signal research without personal contact harvesting.

Podcast marketers, agencies, networks, and research teams use this actor to turn Apple iTunes Search, iTunes Lookup, Apple chart feeds, and public podcast RSS feeds 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 search term and one country, then add chart requests or lookup IDs after the first dataset looks useful.

Recommended first run:

{
  "searchTerm": "founder podcast",
  "country": "us",
  "limit": 10,
  "includeEpisodes": false
}

Input examples

Search quickstart

{
  "searchTerm": "founder podcast",
  "country": "us",
  "limit": 10,
  "includeEpisodes": false
}

Chart rank check

{
  "chartRequests": [
    {
      "country": "us",
      "feedType": "podcasts",
      "limit": 25
    }
  ],
  "includeEpisodes": false
}

Watchlist refresh

{
  "lookupIds": [
    "1535144780"
  ],
  "includeEpisodes": true,
  "maxEpisodesPerShow": 3
}

Sample output

{
  "meta": {
    "actorName": "apple-podcast-scraper",
    "actorTitle": "Apple Podcasts Scraper",
    "bundle": "Podcast Sponsor & Contact Suite",
    "fetchedAt": "2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z",
    "totalRows": 1
  },
  "rows": [
    {
      "actorName": "apple-podcast-scraper",
      "rowType": "podcast_search_result",
      "collectionId": 1535144780,
      "showName": "Example Podcast",
      "publisher": "Example Network",
      "country": "us",
      "rank": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/example/id1535144780",
      "fetchedAt": "2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "warnings": []
}

Output fields

• rowType
• collectionId
• showName
• publisher
• country
• rank
• episodeTitle
• 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 dataset row. Empty no-change watchlist runs should avoid dataset writes.

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 and RSS endpoints; it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple.
• Does not require account sessions, browser automation, or private podcast dashboards.
• Use output for research, ranking analysis, and monitoring 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.
• podcast-sponsor-contact-intelligence
• apple-podcast-chart-tracker
• apple-podcast-reviews-monitor
• apple-podcast-episode-watchlist

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 - turn public podcast/RSS/show pages into sponsor and business-signal research without personal contact harvesting.

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.

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