Listen Notes

Listen Notes runs the largest podcast search engine and database, and exposes it as the Listen API - a simple, no-nonsense podcast search, directory, and insights REST API. It lets developers full-text search millions of podcasts and episodes by people, places, and topics; fetch podcast and episode metadata; browse best-podcasts charts, curated lists, and genres; retrieve podcast/episode recommendations; power typeahead autocomplete; and pull audience demographics and publisher-domain insights. The API is served at https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2 and authenticated with an X-ListenAPI-Key header, with FREE, PRO, and ENTERPRISE plans billed on a request basis.

Listen Notes publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Directory API API, Insights API API, Playlist API API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Podcasts, Podcast Search, Podcast Directory, Search, and Audio.

Listen Notes’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 9 more developer resources.

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38.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

PodcastsPodcast SearchPodcast DirectorySearch Audio MediaPodcast Insights

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 38.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.2 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 5.4 / 18

Access Clarity 7.1 / 18

Operational Transparency 4.0 / 12

Contract Governance 0.0 / 11

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Listen Notes Directory API API

Endpoints to fetch podcasts, episodes, charts, and reference data.

Listen Notes Insights API API

Endpoints to get insights of podcasts, e.g., audience demographics.

Listen Notes Playlist API API

Endpoints to fetch Listen Later playlists data.

Listen Notes Podcaster API API

Endpoints to improve the podcast database.

Listen Notes Search API API

Endpoints to search podcasts and episodes.

Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Listen API: Podcast Search, Directory, and Insights Directory API API

OPEN COLLECTION

Listen API: Podcast Search, Directory, and Insights Directory API Insights API API

OPEN COLLECTION

Listen API: Podcast Search, Directory, and Insights Directory API Playlist API API

OPEN COLLECTION

Listen API: Podcast Search, Directory, and Insights Directory API Podcaster API API

OPEN COLLECTION

Listen API: Podcast Search, Directory, and Insights Directory API Search API API

OPEN COLLECTION

Listen API (Listen Notes)

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Listennotes Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Listennotes Rate Limits

8 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Listennotes Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Listennotes Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Listennotes Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Listennotes Agentic Access

26 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: listennotes
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/listennotes/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Listen Notes
kind: company
description: Listen Notes runs the largest podcast search engine and database, and exposes it as the Listen API - a simple,
  no-nonsense podcast search, directory, and insights REST API. It lets developers full-text search millions of podcasts and
  episodes by people, places, and topics; fetch podcast and episode metadata; browse best-podcasts charts, curated lists,
  and genres; retrieve podcast/episode recommendations; power typeahead autocomplete; and pull audience demographics and publisher-domain
  insights. The API is served at https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2 and authenticated with an X-ListenAPI-Key header,
  with FREE, PRO, and ENTERPRISE plans billed on a request basis.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/listennotes.png
tags:
- Podcasts
- Podcast Search
- Podcast Directory
- Search
- Audio
- Media
- Podcast Insights
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: listennotes:listennotes-directory-api-api
  name: Listen Notes Directory API API
  description: Endpoints to fetch podcasts, episodes, charts, and reference data.
  humanURL: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  baseURL: https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2
  tags:
  - Directory API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/listennotes-directory-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/listennotes.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/listennotes.opencollection.json
- aid: listennotes:listennotes-insights-api-api
  name: Listen Notes Insights API API
  description: Endpoints to get insights of podcasts, e.g., audience demographics.
  humanURL: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  baseURL: https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2
  tags:
  - Insights API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/listennotes-insights-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/listennotes.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/listennotes.opencollection.json
- aid: listennotes:listennotes-playlist-api-api
  name: Listen Notes Playlist API API
  description: Endpoints to fetch Listen Later playlists data.
  humanURL: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  baseURL: https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2
  tags:
  - Playlist API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/listennotes-playlist-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/listennotes.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/listennotes.opencollection.json
- aid: listennotes:listennotes-podcaster-api-api
  name: Listen Notes Podcaster API API
  description: Endpoints to improve the podcast database.
  humanURL: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  baseURL: https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2
  tags:
  - Podcaster API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/listennotes-podcaster-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/listennotes.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/listennotes.opencollection.json
- aid: listennotes:listennotes-search-api-api
  name: Listen Notes Search API API
  description: Endpoints to search podcasts and episodes.
  humanURL: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  baseURL: https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2
  tags:
  - Search API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/listennotes-search-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/listennotes.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/listennotes.opencollection.json
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/listennotes-capability-edges.yml
  name: Listen Notes Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/listennotes-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/listennotes-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/listennotes-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ListenNotes
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/listen-notes
- type: Website
  url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/listennotes-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/listennotes-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/listennotes-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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