Apple Podcasts

Neutral Block: Depends Verified robots.txt: No

Fetches URLs associated with registered Apple Podcasts content.

Key facts

Source type: Official
Confidence: High
Last verified: 2026-04-19
Last checked: 2026-04-19
Verification: Use Apple's documented iTMS user-agent; Apple states it does not follow robots.txt for Apple Podcasts crawling.
Operator URL: https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
Source URL: https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
Spoofing risk: User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.

User-agent: iTMS
Disallow: /

(http.user_agent contains "iTMS")

Advanced server rules

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} iTMS [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [F,L]

if ($http_user_agent ~* "iTMS") { return 403; }

Known user-agent patterns: iTMS Known user-agent strings: iTMS Robots.txt handling in the directory: no.

Operator documentation: https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829

Use Apple's documented iTMS user-agent; Apple states it does not follow robots.txt for Apple Podcasts crawling.
Fetches URLs associated with registered Apple Podcasts content.
User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.