iTunes Podcast Search — by Keyword and Country

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Search the Apple Podcasts catalog via the public iTunes Search API. One row per (query × country × hit) with artist, genre, episode count, feed URL, and artwork. Same source that powers podcasts.apple.com search. No API key required.

Example output row

{
"snapshotAt":"2026-06-04T18:00:00+00:00",
"query":"startup",
"country":"us",
"collectionId":1200361736,
"trackId":1200361736,
"artistName":"Y Combinator",
"collectionName":"Y Combinator Startup Podcast",
"trackName":"Y Combinator Startup Podcast",
"showUrl":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y-combinator-startup-podcast/id1200361736?uo=4",
"feedUrl":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/TEh8_K6b",
"artworkUrl":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts/...600x600bb.jpg",
"genre":"Technology",
"episodeCount":214,
"latestEpisodeAt":"2024-03-15T02:00:00Z"
}

How to use

Input schema:

Minimal example:

{
"queries":["personal finance","true crime"],
"countries":["us","gb"],
"limit":50
}

This produces up to 200 rows (2 queries × 2 countries × 50 results).

Pricing

A run with queries: ["crypto","startup","business"], countries: ["us"], limit: 50 returns ≤ 150 rows and costs at most $0.03.

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• Podcast researchers & journalists tracking show popularity and discovery rankings across markets.
• Podcast hosting platforms benchmarking catalog coverage versus Apple's index.
• Advertisers & agencies building target lists of shows by genre and episode volume.
• App developers powering podcast discovery features without a direct iTunes API integration.
• Market analysts monitoring which topics and genres dominate each country's charts.

Source

Endpoint: https://itunes.apple.com/search?term={query}&entity=podcast&country={country}&limit={limit}

• Public iTunes Search API — no authentication, no rate-limit headers published.
• Returns up to 200 results per request; no cursor pagination (single response per query).
• Documentation: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AudioVideo/Conceptual/iTuneSearchAPI/