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Apple Podcasts Scraper — iTunes Search, Episodes & RSS | from $0.50/1K

Built for podcast-app developers, content marketers, and lead-gen teams that need structured Apple Podcasts data — show metadata, episode lists from RSS, genre filters, and country selection — via the official iTunes API. No auth, no proxy, zero COGS.

Scrape Apple Podcasts metadata via the official iTunes Search and Lookup APIs — no authentication, no proxies, zero COGS. Optionally retrieve episodes directly from each podcast's RSS feed.

What you can scrape

• Podcast metadata — title, author, genre, episode count, artwork, feed URL, iTunes URL, release date
• Episodes (optional) — title, GUID, publish date, duration, description, audio file URL from the podcast's RSS feed

Use cases

• Podcast directory and competitive research
• Lead generation (find podcasts by topic, contact via feed)
• Content monitoring — track episode counts, new releases
• App development — build podcast apps with rich metadata

Input

Finding a podcast ID

Look at the Apple Podcasts URL: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/name/id**470624027** — the number after id is the podcast ID.

Output schema

Every row in the dataset has these fields:

Pricing

Pay per result — each podcast row or episode row = 1 billable event: from $0.50 per 1,000 records.

FAQ

Do I need a proxy or API key? No. The iTunes Search and Lookup APIs are public Apple endpoints — no authentication or proxy required.

What output formats are available? JSON, CSV, and Excel — downloadable from the Apify dataset UI or via the REST API.

Can I schedule this to run automatically? Yes. Use Apify's scheduler to monitor new episodes or track podcast rankings on a daily schedule, with webhook delivery to your pipeline.

Why are rating and rating_count null for most podcasts? This is expected Apple API behavior — Apple does not expose ratings in the Search API for most podcasts. This is not a bug in the scraper.

Why this scraper beats the rest

• Official APIs only — iTunes Search + Lookup APIs are Apple's own public endpoints. Zero DOM fragility, no CAPTCHA risk, no proxy required.
• parse_confidence field — every record includes a quality score + warning list so you know exactly what data arrived intact. No competitor offers this.
• Episodes via RSS — optional one-click episode mode pulls title, duration, description, and audio URL directly from the podcast's own RSS feed.
• Batch-ready — search multiple terms + direct IDs in one run, deduped automatically.
• Multi-country — switch the country field to get local storefronts (gb, de, fr, jp, au…).

Technical notes

• iTunes Search API limit: 200 results per query.
• averageUserRating and userRatingCount are often null for podcasts in Apple's API — this is expected Apple behaviour, not a bug.
• RSS episode fetch adds one HTTP request per podcast. For large batches with includeEpisodes=true, runtime increases proportionally.
• Not affiliated with Apple Inc.

Example output

{
"record_type":"podcast",
"podcast_id":"470624027",
"title":"TED Tech",
"artist":"TED Tech",
"genre":"Technology",
"genres":["Technology","Podcasts"],
"episode_count":268,
"rating":null,
"rating_count":null,
"country":"us",
"feed_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/...",
"artwork_url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/.../600x600bb.jpg",
"release_date":"2026-05-29T04:00:00Z",
"itunes_url":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ted-tech/id470624027",
"episode_guid":null,
"pub_date_raw":null,
"duration":null,
"episode_desc":null,
"enclosure_url":null,
"parse_confidence":1.0,
"warnings":[],
"scraped_at":"2026-05-31T12:00:00Z"
}

Use with AI agents (MCP)

This actor is available as an MCP tool for Claude, GPT-4, and other AI agents that support the Model Context Protocol:

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bovi/podcast-scraper

Search Apple Podcasts by keyword or look up shows by iTunes ID — ideal for AI podcast discovery assistants, content monitoring bots, and lead-gen pipelines targeting podcasters by niche.

vs. competitors

Integrations

Built for podcast-app developers and content marketers sourcing show metadata and episode feeds by genre and country — the JSON/dataset output drops into the tools you already run, no glue code:

• n8n / Make / Zapier — trigger a run or pipe every new dataset item into 500+ apps (Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack, HubSpot, your database) with no code: n8n, Make, Zapier.
• Webhooks — fire your own endpoint the moment a run finishes, to push results straight into your pipeline (docs).
• MCP server — expose this actor as a tool to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client so an AI agent can pull this data mid-conversation (guide).
• API & SDKs — fetch the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel through the Apify REST API or the Python / JS SDKs.

See all Apify integrations.