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 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Insights API, Playlist API, Podcaster API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Podcasts, Podcast Search, Podcast Directory, Search, and Audio.
The Listen Notes catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Listen Notes’ developer surface includes support, pricing, engineering blog, authentication, documentation, and 39 more developer resources.
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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.
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callable_host: true
label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
confidence: high
source:
- openapi
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pricing: freemium
onboarding: self-serve
trial: false
try_now: true
public: false
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label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
confidence: medium
source:
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generated: '2026-11-13'
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tags:
- Podcasts
- Podcast Search
- Podcast Directory
- Search
- Audio
- Media
- Podcast Insights
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-09-16'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
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url: mcp/listennotes-hosted-mcp.yml
- type: JSONLD
url: json-ld/listennotes-context.jsonld
- type: Webhooks
url: asyncapi/listennotes-webhooks.yml
- type: DataModel
url: data-model/listennotes-data-model.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
url: errors/listennotes-problem-types.yml
- type: Overlay
url: overlays/listennotes-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: Spectral
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- type: Vocabulary
url: vocabulary/listennotes-vocabulary.yml
- type: AgentSkill
url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Conformance
url: conformance/listennotes-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
url: llms/listennotes-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
url: well-known/listennotes-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
url: hosts/listennotes-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
url: vendors/listennotes-vendors.yml
- type: SDKs
url: packages/listennotes-packages.yml
- type: Packages
url: packages/listennotes-packages.yml
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.listennotes.com/terms/
- type: Support
url: https://www.listennotes.com/help/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.listennotes.com/privacy/
- type: Pricing
url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/pricing/
- type: Blog
url: https://www.listennotes.com/blog/
- 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
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- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/listen-notes
- type: Website
url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/
- type: Documentation
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- type: Plans
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- type: RateLimits
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- type: FinOps
url: finops/listennotes-finops.yml
- type: APIsJSON
url: https://www.podcastapi.com/apis.json
- type: APIsJSONWellKnown
url: https://www.podcastapi.com/.well-known/apis.json
- type: ApiCatalog
url: https://www.podcastapi.com/.well-known/api-catalog
- type: OpenAPI
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- type: OpenAPIYaml
url: https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2/openapi.yaml
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url: https://www.podcastapi.com/llms.txt
- type: LLMsFullTXT
url: https://www.podcastapi.com/llms-full.txt
- type: SkillsRepo
url: https://github.com/PodcastAPI/skills
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- type: DataProcessing
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- type: Eligibility
url: eligibility/listennotes-eligibility.yml
- type: AIPreferences
url: ai-preferences/listennotes-ai-preferences.yml
apis:
- aid: listennotes:insights-api
name: Listen Notes Insights 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
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- type: PostmanCollection
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- type: OpenCollection
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- aid: listennotes:playlist-api
name: Listen Notes Playlist 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/
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url: collections/listennotes.opencollection.json
- aid: listennotes:listennotes-podcaster-api-api
name: Listen Notes Podcaster 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:
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- type: Documentation
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- type: APIReference
url: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
- type: PostmanCollection
url: collections/listennotes.postman_collection.json
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url: collections/listennotes.opencollection.json
- aid: listennotes:listennotes-search-api-api
name: Listen Notes Search API
description: Endpoints to search podcasts and episodes.
humanURL: https://www.listennotes.com/api/docs/
baseURL: https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2
tags:
- SERP
tags_raw:
- Search API
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url: openapi/listennotes-search-api-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
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- 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-directory-api-api
name: Listen Notes Directory 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:
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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
x-correction-request:
requested: '2026-10-02'
source:
- https://github.com/api-evangelist/listennotes/issues/1
request: 'Issue #1 (wenbinf, Listen Notes founder), verified live 2026-10-02. Keep this as the ONE Listen Notes provider
(aid listennotes); do NOT create a separate PodcastAPI.com provider - podcastapi.com is Listen Notes'' official API site
for the same Listen API v2. All of these return 200 (invented paths on podcastapi.com return a real 404): APIs.json https://www.podcastapi.com/apis.json
and /.well-known/apis.json (aid podcastapi.com:apis, one API listennotes.com:podcast-api, baseURL https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2);
RFC 9727 api-catalog https://www.podcastapi.com/.well-known/api-catalog (linkset; service-desc -> openapi.json, service-meta
-> apis.json); OpenAPI https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2/openapi.json and openapi.yaml (OpenAPI 3.1.0, ''Listen
API: Podcast Search, Directory, and Insights API'' v2.0, 27 paths, tags Search API, Directory API, Playlist API, Podcaster
API, Insights API); llms.txt and llms-full.txt at https://www.podcastapi.com/; official agent skills repo https://github.com/PodcastAPI/skills
(skills/, evals/, .claude-plugin). Re-pull openapi/ from the official openapi.yaml/json URL (record the source URL on
each derived file), regenerate collections from it, add APIs.json / api-catalog / llms.txt / skills pointers. Fix the
doubled names: the per-tag split produced titles and slugs like ''Directory API API'' (listennotes-directory-api-api-*);
the five groups are tags of one Listen API v2 spec, so either model it as one API or name the splits without the repeated
''API''. Supporting links (all 200): https://www.listennotes.com/api/, /api/docs/, /api/pricing/.'
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-10-11'
status: enriched
artifacts_added: 9
pass: modular-v1
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Listen Notes API — frequently asked questions
Does Listen Notes have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Listen Notes, including Listen Notes Insights API, Listen Notes Playlist API and Listen Notes Podcaster API, and 2 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Listen Notes API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Listen Notes, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Listen Notes API?
Listen Notes uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Listen Notes Authentication.
How much does the Listen Notes API cost?
Listen Notes publishes its prices; its FREE plan is USD $0/month as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Listen Notes, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Listen Notes API ready for AI agents?
Listen Notes has a Kin Score of 55.4 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 40.2 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.
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