# Podcast Email Scraper - Host & Contact Finder (`ritaya/podcast-email-scraper`) Actor

Find podcasts by topic and extract the host/business email, author, website and show metadata from the podcast RSS feed. No login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ritaya/podcast-email-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jinyu Mao](https://apify.com/ritaya) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 9 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $30.00 / 1,000 podcast scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Podcast Email Scraper - Host & Contact Finder

**Podcast email scraper** and **host contact finder**: discover podcasts by topic, then
extract the **host / business email**, author, website, genre and show metadata straight
from each show's RSS feed. Built for **podcast guesting, sponsorship outreach, PR and
B2B-to-creator lead generation**.

Keywords: podcast email scraper, podcast host email, podcast contact finder, podcast
outreach leads, sponsorship prospecting, podcast guesting, apple podcasts scraper.

### Why the email hit-rate is near 100%

Discovery uses the keyless **iTunes Search API** (returns the RSS `feedUrl` + metadata).
Apple **mandates** an owner email in every podcast RSS feed:

```xml
<itunes:owner><itunes:email>host@show.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Host</itunes:name></itunes:owner>
```

so the host/business email is public and present for ~all shows. No login, no anti-bot,
**no residential proxy** — the iTunes API and RSS feeds are open. Validated live: 6/6 shows
returned a real host email on the first sample.

### Input

| field | meaning |
|---|---|
| `searchTerms` | topics/keywords to discover podcasts by |
| `itunesIds` / `feedUrls` | enrich specific shows directly |
| `country` | Apple storefront (US, GB, DE, …) |
| `genre` | keep only shows whose primary genre matches |
| `maxPerTerm` | shows per keyword (1–200) |
| `minEpisodes` | drop inactive shows below this episode count |
| `requireEmail` | only return (and charge for) shows with a host email |
| `concurrency` | feeds fetched in parallel (default 8) |

### Output (one item per podcast)

```json
{
  "name": "The Personal Finance Podcast", "author": "Andrew Giancola",
  "ownerEmail": "giancola.andrew@gmail.com", "ownerName": "Andrew Giancola",
  "website": "https://mastermoney.co", "language": "en-us",
  "genre": "Investing", "genres": ["Business"], "episodeCount": 546,
  "itunesId": 1496681088, "itunesUrl": "https://podcasts.apple.com/...",
  "artworkUrl": "https://...", "lastReleaseDate": "2026-06-25T...", "sourceTerm": "personal finance"
}
```

### Pricing (PAY_PER_EVENT)

| event | suggested price | when |
|---|---|---|
| `podcast-scraped` | $0.03 | every podcast returned (host email almost always included) |

Single event keeps it simple — owner email is present for ~all shows. Undercuts
ryanclinton ($0.05/podcast) while platform cost is tiny (no residential proxy), so margin
is near-pure. Use `requireEmail: true` to only pay for shows that expose an email.
Feeds that can't be fetched or aren't valid RSS are skipped and never charged.

### Run locally

```bash
mkdir -p storage/key_value_stores/default
cp .actor/input.example.json storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json
APIFY_LOCAL_STORAGE_DIR="$PWD/storage" \
  uv run --with apify --with "httpx[http2]" python -m src.main
```

### Deploy

```bash
apify push
```

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Discover podcasts by topic, e.g. "personal finance", "true crime". One search per item.

## `itunesIds` (type: `array`):

Enrich specific shows by their Apple Podcasts collection IDs.

## `feedUrls` (type: `array`):

Enrich specific shows directly by RSS feed URL.

## `country` (type: `string`):

2-letter country code for the iTunes storefront (US, GB, DE, ...).

## `genre` (type: `string`):

Keep only shows whose primary genre contains this text, e.g. "Business".

## `maxPerTerm` (type: `integer`):

How many shows to take from each search keyword (1-200).

## `minEpisodes` (type: `integer`):

Drop shows below this episode count (0 = no filter). Filters out inactive shows.

## `requireEmail` (type: `boolean`):

Skip (and do not charge for) shows whose RSS feed exposes no owner email.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

Number of feeds fetched in parallel (1-30).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Not required — iTunes API and RSS feeds are open. Add a proxy only for very high volume.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "personal finance"
  ],
  "country": "US",
  "maxPerTerm": 25,
  "minEpisodes": 0,
  "requireEmail": false,
  "concurrency": 8
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `podcasts` (type: `string`):

Dataset items — one per show: name, author, ownerName, ownerEmail, genre, episodeCount, website, itunesUrl, feedUrl.

## `run` (type: `string`):

Public run page with status, stats and the results table.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "personal finance"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ritaya/podcast-email-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchTerms": ["personal finance"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ritaya/podcast-email-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "personal finance"
  ]
}' |
apify call ritaya/podcast-email-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ritaya/podcast-email-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/35fnqVZoFUYP6EtE9/builds/hp6d569HbsJjS2dln/openapi.json