# Common Sense Media

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/common-sense-media/  
**Website:** https://www.commonsensemedia.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Common Sense Media is a nonprofit organization providing independent, age-rated reviews and ratings of movies, TV shows, books, video games, apps, podcasts, websites, and YouTube channels. The Common Sense Media Reviews API (v3) exposes this catalog via a partner-keyed REST surface hosted at api.commonsense.org/api/v3, with the partnership granted through Common Sense's Business Partner Program. The API is used by parenting apps, smart-TV guides, education platforms, and family- discovery products to surface age-appropriate guidance and the Common Sense Selection award.

## Kin Score — 30.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-24 under rubric 0.12.1. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 30.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 61.9 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (2)

- **Common Sense Media Reviews API** — JSON REST API exposing Common Sense Media's reviews and ratings catalog. Each review includes recommended age, age-rating group (littleKids/kids/tweens/teens), star rating, cont...
- **Common Sense Media system API** — System and health endpoints.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Common Sense Media Agentic Access** — 4 operations

## Security (2)

- **Common Sense Media Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Common Sense Media Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Common Sense Media Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Application, Books, Media, Movies, Non-Profit, Podcasts, Ratings, Reviews, Television, Video Games, YouTube

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/common-sense-media/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.