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.

Run the next report

Turn Apple Podcasts search, lookup, chart, or RSS rows into capped report/export runs:

• Generate a sponsor evidence report when you need source-linked public sponsor evidence and a research export for a show or category.
• Build a media buyer shortlist when you need ranked podcast candidates by category, country, update cadence, and audience-fit signals.
• Generate a category and network benchmark when you need a capped comparison report and export across public podcast feeds.

These follow-on actors use public podcast/RSS data only. They are for source-linked research exports and do not promise guaranteed business outcomes.

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-evidence-report-scraper - turn public show pages, RSS context, and Apple Podcasts metadata into sponsor evidence reports.
• podcast-media-buyer-shortlist-scraper - build media buyer shortlists from public podcast category, country, cadence, and fit signals.
• Podcast Category & Network Benchmark Report - compare public podcast feeds and generate a category benchmark export.
• apple-podcast-chart-tracker
• apple-podcast-reviews-monitor
• apple-podcast-episode-watchlist

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