Podcast Sponsor Public Signal Report

Works best after

Podcast Sponsor Public Signal Report is easiest to buy after one of these related Actors has already produced public rows or source context:

• Apple Podcast Scraper - use its public rows or source context as the starting input.
• Apple Podcast Episode Watchlist - use its public rows or source context as the starting input.

Start with $9 / sponsor_signal_snapshot; upgrade to $29 / show_sponsor_fit_report only when the first report needs deeper action detail. Internal links improve discovery only. Qualified forecast still requires accounted paid usage.

Proof-focused buyer summary

Built for podcast growth, sponsorship, and B2B research teams who need to decide whether a public podcast has sponsor or business signals worth researching further.

• Buy this when: Builds on the Apple podcast traffic without turning into personal contact harvesting.
• Entry: $9 / sponsor_signal_snapshot - $9 checks public sponsor/business signals for a show or feed.
• Premium: $29 / show_sponsor_fit_report - $29 adds sponsor-fit rationale and a show-level research brief.
• Output promise: decision summary, score, three prioritized actions, source URLs, warnings, chargedEvent, chargedUsd, and previewReport.nextRunInput.
• Safety: keep maxChargeUsd equal to the tier price. Demo, dry run, blocked/private sources, failed sources, and cap-limited runs are no-charge.
• Not promised: rankings, revenue, conversion lift, sales lift, legal/procurement/financial advice, or private-source enrichment.

Entry first-run input:

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "dryRun": false,
  "reportTier": "sponsor_snapshot",
  "maxChargeUsd": 9,
  "maxReports": 1,
  "rssFeedUrls": [
    "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerFeed": 5,
  "includePublicSponsorSignals": true
}

Premium upgrade input:

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "dryRun": false,
  "reportTier": "sponsor_fit",
  "maxChargeUsd": 29,
  "maxReports": 1,
  "rssFeedUrls": [
    "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
  ],
  "maxEpisodesPerFeed": 15,
  "includePublicSponsorSignals": true,
  "includeSponsorFitRationale": true
}

Create no-contact sponsor signal reports from public podcast RSS feeds, Apple Podcast URLs, and official show or advertise pages. The output is a research/audit report: public sponsor mentions, advertise-page signals, sponsorship-fit reasons, confidence, warnings, and next actions.

This actor deliberately does not collect personal emails, personal phone numbers, host contact details, inferred emails, outreach lists, or private dashboard data.

First-run quality and billing cue

Start with demoMode or dryRun when you only want to inspect the output shape. For paid runs, use the entry report first, set maxChargeUsd as a hard cap, and move to premium only when you need comparison, recommendations, or a decision-ready action list. Pricing is controlled by the Apify Store listing, and maxChargeUsd should match the tier the buyer expects to run.

First Run

{
  "rssFeedUrls": ["https://example.com/podcast/feed.xml"],
  "reportTier": "sponsor_snapshot",
  "maxEpisodesPerFeed": 5,
  "maxChargeUsd": 9,
  "dryRun": false
}

Report Tiers

• sponsor_snapshot emits sponsor_signal_snapshot when public sponsor signals are found.
• sponsor_fit emits show_sponsor_fit_report when there is enough evidence for a richer fit report.

For recurring sponsor checks, save a successful report input as an Apify task and keep maxChargeUsd aligned with the selected tier.

Output Fields

• decisionSummary
• sponsorSignalScore
• publicSponsorSignals
• advertisingPageSignals
• sponsorshipFitReasons
• actionList and previewReport.nextRunInput
• status, chargedEvent, chargedUsd, reason
• sourceUrls, warnings, errors

No-Charge Rules

Demo runs, dry runs, source failures, no-signal reports, low-confidence reports, prohibited contact-only findings, hidden watch tier, and maxChargeUsd limit rows are no-charge.

Source Rules

Allowed: public RSS feeds, public Apple Podcast lookup metadata, official public show pages, official public advertise/sponsor/media kit pages.

Disallowed: login-only sources, paywalled/private dashboards, inferred personal contact data, host personal emails, personal phone numbers, private social profiles, consent-free outreach lists, and claims that sponsorship or revenue will improve.