Apple Episodes Scraper

Extracts detailed podcast episode listings from Apple Podcasts. Use it to get structured episode data for building search tools, conducting research, or tracking podcasts. Outputs metadata-rich JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML.

Key Features

• Targeted Scraping: Focuses on the U.S. Apple Podcasts market.
• Rich Metadata: Extracts titles, descriptions, release dates, genres, content ratings, artwork URLs, and more.
• Structured Output: Provides clean, consistent JSON data.
• Keyword Search: Find episodes by entering a search term.
• Flexible Export: Download results in JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), or XML formats.
• Configurable Limits: Control the number of results with maxitems.

How to Use

1. Sign up for an account on Apify.
2. Navigate to the Apple Episodes Scraper actor page.
3. Configure your input (see below).
4. Run the actor.
5. Download your dataset from the output.

Input

Configure the scraper using a JSON input object. The main parameters are:

Example Input:

{
  "keyword": "comedy",
  "maxitems": 50
}

Output

The actor returns an array of episode objects. Each object contains the following key fields:

Example Output (JSON):

{
  "id": "1000720144488",
  "type": "podcast-episodes",
  "artistName": "SiriusXM Podcasts",
  "name": "How to Become the Person You’ve Always Wanted to Be",
  "description": "Today, you’ll learn how to stop playing small...",
  "releaseDateTime": "2025-08-04T04:05:00Z",
  "releaseFrequency": "56",
  "trackCount": "85",
  "genreNames": ["Self-Improvement"],
  "contentRating": "explicit",
  "feedUrl": "feed",
  "languageTag": "En",
  "url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-become-the-person-youve-always-wanted-to-be/id1646101002?i=1000720144488",
  "websiteUrl": "https://www.melrobbins.com/podcasts/episode-313",
  "artwork_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts211/v4/2a/9f/c7/2a9fc792-c6a7-e159-0e10-a4442eec27d5/mza_5919882476720095362.jpg/{w}x{h}bb.{f}",
  "seasonNumbers": "5"
}

Pricing & Related Actors

This actor operates on a monthly subscription priced at $19.49/month.

Related Actor:
* Apple Podcasts Show Scraper - Cheap