Podcast Search & Episodes Scraper

Find podcasts and pull their episodes — audio URLs, durations, publish dates and full descriptions — with no API key and no quota.

Shows come from the Apple Podcasts directory; episodes come from each show's own RSS feed, so you get everything the publisher puts out.

What can you use this for?

• Build a podcast database — search a topic, get the shows and their back catalogue.
• Feed a transcription pipeline — every episode row has a direct audioUrl.
• Track competitors or guests — episodeKeywords filters by title and description.
• Watch for new episodes — onlyNewEpisodes on a daily schedule.

How to find podcasts and episodes

Field	What it does
searchQueries	Topics, show names or hosts
feedUrls	Or specific shows: Apple Podcasts URLs or direct RSS feeds
country	Which Apple store to search
maxPodcastsPerQuery, maxEpisodesPerPodcast	Limits (episodes 0 = show details only)
publishedAfter, episodeKeywords	Episode filters
onlyNewEpisodes	Monitoring mode

What the podcast output looks like

Rows are marked recordType: "podcast" or "episode":

{
  "recordType": "episode",
  "podcastId": "1322200189",
  "podcastTitle": "Crime Junkie",
  "publisher": "Audiochuck",
  "feedUrl": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/qm_9xx0g",
  "episodeTitle": "MURDERED: Marina Ramos",
  "episodeId": "c3c285c3-0e8a-43ff-8962-b891695c7b4e",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-21T07:00:00.000Z",
  "durationSeconds": 2981,
  "episodeNumber": null,
  "seasonNumber": null,
  "explicit": false,
  "description": "In 1989, a woman is found brutally murdered in Mohave County, Arizona. Decades later, a detective identifies her as Marina Ramos, and discovers that her two young children disappeared with her. Severa…",
  "audioUrl": "https://tracking.swap.fm/track/fxUKVg2nSMaPSHLeKNKH/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/rsv.simplecastaudio.com/ec74d48c-cbf1-4764-923e-7d584dce50fa/episodes/8b7e92d8-4a45-4c78-85af-329290ad956f/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=ec74d48c-cbf1-4764-923e-7d584dce50fa&awEpisodeId=8b7e92d8-4a45-4c78-85af-329290ad956f&feed=qm_9xx0g",
  "audioType": "audio/mpeg",
  "audioBytes": 47697963,
  "episodeUrl": "https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/",
  "imageUrl": "https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a2c06945-9e6f-4f67-af63-6487de3bffa4/8d602204-102b-442c-9ce1-e5f22b7ab5ba/3000x3000/cropped_1789143770714.jpg?aid=rss_feed",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-21T07:21:50.365Z"
}

How fast is it and what does it cost?

3 shows with 10 episodes each took 4 seconds.

Ready-made examples

Open one, change the fields, press Start — nothing to configure:

• Find podcasts and download episode list
• Get podcast episode audio URLs for transcription
• Find new episodes of podcasts you follow

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an API key or a login?

No. Paste your input, press Start. There is nothing to connect and no account on the target site to create.

How do I export the results?

Every run produces a dataset you can download as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read through the Apify API from your own code. You can also connect it to Make, Zapier or n8n.

Can I run this on a schedule?

Yes. Apify schedules run it every hour, day or week without you being there. With the monitoring option on, you only get episodes published since the last run.

Can I call it from Python or JavaScript?

Yes — the Apify API runs any Actor and returns the dataset, and the official Python and JavaScript clients wrap it in a few lines. AI agents can call it too, through Apify's MCP server.

What does it cost?

You pay per result, not per hour. Filters are applied before anything is charged, so narrowing the input directly lowers the bill. Pages that cannot be read are reported in the log and never charged.

Is this data public?

Everything collected here is what Apple Podcasts and RSS feeds shows to anyone without logging in. Check the target site's terms and the rules that apply to you before using the data commercially.

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