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Simplecast

Simplecast is a podcast hosting, distribution, and analytics platform for creators, networks, and brands, owned by SiriusXM Media (acquired by SiriusXM in 2020). It provides podcast and episode management, distribution to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other channels, embeddable players, and IAB-certified audience analytics. Simplecast exposes a documented REST API at https://api.simplecast.com covering podcasts, episodes, analytics, and distribution channels, authenticated with a bearer token generated from the Private Apps page in the Simplecast dashboard. The API is read-oriented and self-describing - each response returns the actions available to the authenticated user - with a small number of write operations such as uploading episode audio. Access requires a Simplecast account; broader API integration is positioned as part of the higher-tier (Professional / Enterprise) plans.

Simplecast publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Analytics API, Distribution API, Episodes API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Podcasting, Podcast Hosting, Podcast Distribution, Podcast Analytics, and Audio.

Simplecast’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 9 more developer resources.

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37.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
AccessPaidOpenFree trial⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
PodcastingPodcast HostingPodcast DistributionPodcast AnalyticsAudioMediaSiriusXM Media

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
Composite quality — 37.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 11.6 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 5.4 / 18
Access Clarity 7.1 / 18
Operational Transparency 3.7 / 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
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.
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APIs 5

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

Simplecast Analytics API

Audience analytics for podcasts and episodes.

Simplecast Distribution API

Distribution channels a podcast is syndicated to.

Simplecast Episodes API

Episodes and their authors, keywords, markers, and audio.

Simplecast Metadata API

Account, categories, keywords, authors, and helper resources.

Simplecast Podcasts API

Podcasts (shows) and their related metadata.

Open Collections 7

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Simplecast Analytics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Simplecast Analytics Distribution API

OPEN COLLECTION

Simplecast Analytics Episodes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Simplecast Analytics Metadata API

OPEN COLLECTION

Simplecast Analytics Podcasts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Simplecast API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Simplecast Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Simplecast Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Simplecast Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Simplecast Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Simplecast Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Simplecast Agentic Access

62 operations · 1 acting

62 operations · 1 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

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
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

ParentCompany
ParentCompany
 CapabilityMap
CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: simplecast
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simplecast/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Simplecast
kind: company
description: Simplecast is a podcast hosting, distribution, and analytics platform for creators, networks, and brands, owned
  by SiriusXM Media (acquired by SiriusXM in 2020). It provides podcast and episode management, distribution to Apple Podcasts,
  Spotify, and other channels, embeddable players, and IAB-certified audience analytics. Simplecast exposes a documented REST
  API at https://api.simplecast.com covering podcasts, episodes, analytics, and distribution channels, authenticated with
  a bearer token generated from the Private Apps page in the Simplecast dashboard. The API is read-oriented and self-describing
  - each response returns the actions available to the authenticated user - with a small number of write operations such as
  uploading episode audio. Access requires a Simplecast account; broader API integration is positioned as part of the higher-tier
  (Professional / Enterprise) plans.
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: paid
  onboarding: open
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Paid (free trial) · Open access
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/simplecast.png
tags:
- Podcasting
- Podcast Hosting
- Podcast Distribution
- Podcast Analytics
- Audio
- Media
- SiriusXM Media
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-07-05'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: simplecast:simplecast-analytics-api
  name: Simplecast Analytics API
  description: Audience analytics for podcasts and episodes.
  humanURL: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  baseURL: https://api.simplecast.com
  tags:
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplecast-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/simplecast.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/simplecast.opencollection.json
- aid: simplecast:simplecast-distribution-api
  name: Simplecast Distribution API
  description: Distribution channels a podcast is syndicated to.
  humanURL: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  baseURL: https://api.simplecast.com
  tags:
  - Distribution
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplecast-distribution-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/simplecast.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/simplecast.opencollection.json
- aid: simplecast:simplecast-episodes-api
  name: Simplecast Episodes API
  description: Episodes and their authors, keywords, markers, and audio.
  humanURL: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  baseURL: https://api.simplecast.com
  tags:
  - Episodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplecast-episodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/simplecast.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/simplecast.opencollection.json
- aid: simplecast:simplecast-metadata-api
  name: Simplecast Metadata API
  description: Account, categories, keywords, authors, and helper resources.
  humanURL: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  baseURL: https://api.simplecast.com
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplecast-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/simplecast.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/simplecast.opencollection.json
- aid: simplecast:simplecast-podcasts-api
  name: Simplecast Podcasts API
  description: Podcasts (shows) and their related metadata.
  humanURL: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  baseURL: https://api.simplecast.com
  tags:
  - Podcasts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplecast-podcasts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/simplecast.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/simplecast.opencollection.json
common:
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://apis.io/providers/sirius-xm/
  name: SiriusXM
  x-relationship: acquired
  x-evidence: Simplecast is a podcast hosting, distribution, and analytics platform for creators, networks, and brands, owned
    by SiriusXM Media (acquired by SiriusXM in 2020).
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/simplecast-capability-edges.yml
  name: Simplecast Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/simplecast-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/simplecast-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/simplecast-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/simplecast
- type: Website
  url: https://www.simplecast.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://apidocs.simplecast.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/simplecast-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/simplecast-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/simplecast-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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