Apple Podcasts Scraper - Charts, Search & Episodes

Get Apple Podcasts data as structured rows: the top-chart of any country, a keyword search, and optionally the latest episodes of every show with their direct audio URL.

No browser, no proxy, no API key. A 50-show chart run finishes in a few seconds.

What you get

For every show:

Field	Description
chartRank	Position in the country chart (chart mode only)
title	Show name
publisher	Who publishes it
appleUrl	Apple Podcasts page
feedUrl	The show's RSS feed - the field most other scrapers leave out
episodeCount	Total episodes published
latestEpisodeDate	When the newest episode came out - tells you at a glance if a show is still active
primaryGenre, genres	Apple's genre labels
contentAdvisoryRating	Clean / Explicit
countryOfOrigin	Where the show is published from
artworkUrl	Cover art, 600x600
searchTerm	Which of your keywords matched (search mode only)
episodes	Latest episodes, when enabled

For every episode (when Include episodes is on):

episodeId, title, releaseDate, durationSeconds, audioUrl (direct MP3), appleUrl, guid, description.

Typical uses

• Track a chart daily and see which shows enter, climb or drop.
• Find shows in a niche and get their RSS feeds for further processing.
• Spot dead shows: latestEpisodeDate older than a few months means the show stopped.
• Feed an AI pipeline: episode titles, descriptions and audio URLs, ready to transcribe.
• Compare storefronts: the same run against US, GB, DE and BR shows how a market differs.

Input

{
  "mode": "chart",
  "country": "us",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeEpisodes": false
}

Keyword search instead:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "country": "gb",
  "searchTerms": ["true crime", "personal finance"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeEpisodes": true,
  "maxEpisodesPerPodcast": 5
}

Running it with no input at all returns the current US top 50.

Limits, stated honestly

• Apple caps a chart at 100 shows and each keyword search at about 100 results. Asking for more returns what Apple gives, not an error.
• The country must be a storefront where Apple Podcasts exists. An unknown code makes the run fail with a clear message rather than returning empty.
• Charts are Apple's public ranking. This Actor does not compute listener numbers, download counts or revenue, because Apple does not publish them.
• No personal data. Reviews and reviewer profiles are deliberately not scraped.

Pricing

Pay per event:

• Actor start - once per run.
• Show scraped - one per show returned.
• Episode scraped - one per episode returned, and only when you turn episodes on.

If a run returns nothing, nothing is charged beyond the start.

Data source

Apple's public podcast catalogue: the Apple Marketing Tools charts feed and the iTunes Search API. Both are public HTTP endpoints that require no key.