Podbean

Podbean is a podcast hosting, distribution, and monetization platform for creators, businesses, and networks. Its public REST API (base https://api.podbean.com/v1) uses OAuth 2.0 and lets third-party apps and integrations manage a user's podcast programmatically - read podcast profiles, list and publish/update/delete episodes, authorize media file uploads, embed players via oEmbed, and pull download, engagement, and advertising analytics reports. Apps can act on behalf of a single podcast (Client Credentials) or across many podcasts (Multiple Podcasts tokens) for agencies and networks.

Podbean publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Analytics API, Authentication API, Episode API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Podcasts, Podcast Hosting, Media, Audio, and Episodes.

The Podbean catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Podbean’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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33.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 44/100 agent ready Front door AI 5/6 prominent Heartbeat 96/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 published contract 1 MCP Servers

Podcasts Podcast Hosting Media Audio Episodes Analytics Monetization

What this lets a business do 2

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Media, Creator & Social

AE-170

EpisodePodcast

POST /episodes GET /podcast

Audience Measurement & Insights Management

BC-3770

Analytics

GET /analytics/podcastReports GET /analytics/podcastEngagementReports

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 33.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.2 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 15

Access Clarity 3.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.1 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.2 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 44/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 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 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 5 / 5

Registration Without a Human 6 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks
Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too

5 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 21.1 — up to +15.8 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 32.1 — up to +13.6 composite points
Contract Quality scores 48.9 — up to +12.8 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Podcasting 2.0 (open podcast namespace, measurement, hosting)	builds-on	47.6	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 5

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

Dynamic Client Registration

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 6

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

Podbean Analytics API

Download, engagement, and advertising reports.

Podbean Authentication API

OAuth 2.0 login dialog, token exchange, inspection, and multi-podcast tokens.

Podbean Episode API

List, read, publish, update, and delete podcast episodes.

Podbean File Upload API

Authorize a media/image upload and list uploaded media files.

Podbean Podcast API

Read the authorized podcast profile and settings.

Podbean o Embed API

Embeddable player markup and metadata for a podcast or episode URL.

Open Collections 7

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

Podbean Analytics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Podbean Analytics Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

Podbean Analytics Episode API

OPEN COLLECTION

Podbean Analytics File Upload API

OPEN COLLECTION

Podbean Analytics oEmbed API

OPEN COLLECTION

Podbean Analytics Podcast API

OPEN COLLECTION

Podbean API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Podbean MCP Server

Remote MCP server at mcp.podbean.com over HTTP.

MCP SERVER

Podbean API pricing

Not yet checked against Podbean's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-07-05 from www.podbean.com/podcast-hosting-pricing; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Basic free	Free
Unlimited Audio paid	—
Unlimited Plus paid	—
Network paid	—
Business paid	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

API Requests: not published requests
OAuth Token Scope: per token podcasts
Upload Allowance: per plan (monthly upload allowance) bytes

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Podbean's documentation. All 4 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Podbean Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Podbean Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Podbean

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Podbean Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Podbean API Rules

68 rules · 66 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Podbean Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Podbean Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Podbean Scopes

3 scopes · authorizationCode/clientCredentials

3 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Podbean Agentic Access

16 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp

SignUp

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 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

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 4

The organization behind the API

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: podbean
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/podbean/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Podbean
kind: company
description: Podbean is a podcast hosting, distribution, and monetization platform for creators, businesses, and networks.
  Its public REST API (base https://api.podbean.com/v1) uses OAuth 2.0 and lets third-party apps and integrations manage a
  user's podcast programmatically - read podcast profiles, list and publish/update/delete episodes, authorize media file uploads,
  embed players via oEmbed, and pull download, engagement, and advertising analytics reports. Apps can act on behalf of a
  single podcast (Client Credentials) or across many podcasts (Multiple Podcasts tokens) for agencies and networks.
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
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/podbean.png
tags:
- Podcasts
- Podcast Hosting
- Media
- Audio
- Episodes
- Analytics
- Monetization
tags_raw:
- Podcasting
- Podcast Hosting
- Media
- Audio
- Episodes
- Analytics
- Monetization
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: podbean:podbean-analytics-api
  name: Podbean Analytics API
  description: Download, engagement, and advertising reports.
  humanURL: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  baseURL: https://api.podbean.com/v1
  tags:
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podbean-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Podcast
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/podbean.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/podbean.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Episode
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.podbean.com/support/solutions/articles/25000008051-publishing-a-new-podcast-episode-via-podbean-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-File_upload
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Analytic
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/apidoc/widget
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-oEmbed
- aid: podbean:podbean-authentication-api
  name: Podbean Authentication API
  description: OAuth 2.0 login dialog, token exchange, inspection, and multi-podcast tokens.
  humanURL: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  baseURL: https://api.podbean.com/v1
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podbean-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Podcast
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/podbean.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/podbean.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Episode
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.podbean.com/support/solutions/articles/25000008051-publishing-a-new-podcast-episode-via-podbean-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-File_upload
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Analytic
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/apidoc/widget
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-oEmbed
- aid: podbean:podbean-episode-api
  name: Podbean Episode API
  description: List, read, publish, update, and delete podcast episodes.
  humanURL: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  baseURL: https://api.podbean.com/v1
  tags:
  - Episode
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podbean-episode-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Podcast
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/podbean.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/podbean.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Episode
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.podbean.com/support/solutions/articles/25000008051-publishing-a-new-podcast-episode-via-podbean-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-File_upload
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Analytic
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/apidoc/widget
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-oEmbed
- aid: podbean:podbean-file-upload-api
  name: Podbean File Upload API
  description: Authorize a media/image upload and list uploaded media files.
  humanURL: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  baseURL: https://api.podbean.com/v1
  tags:
  - File Upload
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podbean-file-upload-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Podcast
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/podbean.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/podbean.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Episode
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.podbean.com/support/solutions/articles/25000008051-publishing-a-new-podcast-episode-via-podbean-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-File_upload
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Analytic
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/apidoc/widget
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-oEmbed
- aid: podbean:podbean-podcast-api
  name: Podbean Podcast API
  description: Read the authorized podcast profile and settings.
  humanURL: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  baseURL: https://api.podbean.com/v1
  tags:
  - Podcasts
  tags_raw:
  - Podcast
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podbean-podcast-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Podcast
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/podbean.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/podbean.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Episode
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.podbean.com/support/solutions/articles/25000008051-publishing-a-new-podcast-episode-via-podbean-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-File_upload
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Analytic
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/apidoc/widget
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-oEmbed
- aid: podbean:podbean-o-embed-api
  name: Podbean o Embed API
  description: Embeddable player markup and metadata for a podcast or episode URL.
  humanURL: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  baseURL: https://api.podbean.com/v1
  tags:
  - oEmbed
  tags_raw:
  - o Embed
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podbean-o-embed-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Podcast
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/podbean.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/podbean.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Episode
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.podbean.com/support/solutions/articles/25000008051-publishing-a-new-podcast-episode-via-podbean-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-File_upload
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-Analytic
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/apidoc/widget
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/#api-oEmbed
common:
- url: https://blog.podbean.com/feed/
  type: BlogRSS
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/podbean-capability-edges.yml
  name: Podbean Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/podbean-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/podbean-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/podbean-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/podbean-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/podbean
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/podbean
- type: Website
  url: https://www.podbean.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.podbean.com/podbean-api-docs/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/podbean-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/podbean-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/podbean-finops.yml
- type: SignUp
  url: https://developers.podbean.com/
- url: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-news
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Podbean API — frequently asked questions

Does Podbean have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from Podbean, including Podbean Analytics API, Podbean Authentication API and Podbean Episode API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Podbean API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Podbean, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Podbean API?

Podbean documents its authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Podbean Authentication.

How much does the Podbean API cost?

APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for Podbean, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Podbean have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Podbean: Remote MCP server at mcp.podbean.com over HTTP.

Is the Podbean API ready for AI agents?

Podbean has a Kin Score of 33.0 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 43.9 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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