Donut Media

Donut Media is an American automotive entertainment brand and one of the largest automotive channels on YouTube, founded in 2015 by Matt Levin, Ben Conrad, and Nick Moceri. It is best known for original series such as Up to Speed, Money Pit, and HiLow, along with the Past Gas podcast, reaching millions of car enthusiasts through video, social, and audio. Donut monetizes through advertising, brand sponsorships, content licensing, and an extensive Shopify-powered online store selling apparel, hats, and collectibles. The company was acquired by Recurrent Ventures in November 2021. This profile documents Donut Media's public web and commerce surface; the company does not publish a developer API program.

Donut Media is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Media, Automotive, Entertainment, and Video.

Donut Media’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 4 more developer resources.

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10.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

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Company Media Automotive Entertainment Video YouTube E-Commerce Merchandise Podcast

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Composite quality — 10.6/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.4 / 20

Access Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: donut-media
name: Donut Media
description: Donut Media is an American automotive entertainment brand and one of the largest automotive channels on YouTube,
  founded in 2015 by Matt Levin, Ben Conrad, and Nick Moceri. It is best known for original series such as Up to Speed, Money
  Pit, and HiLow, along with the Past Gas podcast, reaching millions of car enthusiasts through video, social, and audio.
  Donut monetizes through advertising, brand sponsorships, content licensing, and an extensive Shopify-powered online store
  selling apparel, hats, and collectibles. The company was acquired by Recurrent Ventures in November 2021. This profile documents
  Donut Media's public web and commerce surface; the company does not publish a developer API program.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/donut-media/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Media
- Automotive
- Entertainment
- Video
- YouTube
- E-Commerce
- Merchandise
- Podcast
tags_raw:
- Company
- Media
- Automotive
- Entertainment
- Video
- YouTube
- Ecommerce
- Merchandise
- Podcast
image: https://donut.media/cdn/shop/files/donut-icon_f6c597f6-925c-48ab-8bce-64048828aa3c.png?v=1763406294
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/donut-media-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://donut.media/
- type: Blog
  url: https://donut.media/blogs/news
- type: Support
  url: https://donut.media/policies/contact-information
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://donut.media/policies/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://donut.media/policies/terms-of-service
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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