# Listen Notes

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/listennotes/  
**Website:** https://www.listennotes.com/api/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

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.

## Kin Score — 37.6 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 54.4 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 19.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| 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 | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

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

## APIs (5)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Listennotes Agentic Access** — 26 operations · 5 acting

## Security (2)

- **Listennotes Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Listennotes Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Listennotes Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Podcasts, Podcast Search, Podcast Directory, Search, Audio, Media, Podcast Insights

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