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 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Analytics API, Distribution API, Episodes API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Podcasts, Podcast Hosting, Podcast Distribution, Podcast Analytics, and Audio.

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

Simplecast’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 10 more developer resources.

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25.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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Podcasts Podcast HostingPodcast DistributionPodcast AnalyticsAudio MediaSiriusXM Media

What this lets a business do 2

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

Audience Measurement & Insights Management

BC-3770

Analytics

GET /analytics GET /analytics/episodes GET /analytics/episodes/hours_listened GET /analytics/episodes/top_10

Content Distribution & Delivery Management

BC-3740

Distribution

GET /podcasts/{podcast_id}/distribution_channels

Kin Score

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Composite quality — 25.9/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 8.7 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.5 / 15

Access Clarity 1.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 0.9 / 15

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

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
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) Ask about this →
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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Access Clarity scores 6.4 — up to +18.7 composite points Ask about this →
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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)	standard	39.1	-	-

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 1

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.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

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 6

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

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

Simplecast API pricing

Not yet checked against Simplecast's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-07-05 from www.simplecast.com/pricing; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Basic paid	$15.00 per monthly Subscription / month
Essential paid	$35.00 per monthly Subscription / month
Growth paid	$85.00 per monthly Subscription / month
Professional enterprise	—
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

API Requests: not published requests
List Page Size: configurable via limit parameter objects
Monthly Downloads: per plan downloads

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Simplecast's documentation. Rate-limit details →

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

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Simplecast API Rules

65 rules · 60 error-severity 4 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 2

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Simplecast Distribution Api Certification Overlay

2 actions · security · simplecast-distribution-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Simplecast Metadata Api Certification Overlay

2 actions · security · simplecast-metadata-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

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 (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

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

Simplecast Agentic Access

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 3

The organization behind the API

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

ParentCompany

ParentCompany

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

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
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Paid (free trial) · Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/simplecast.png
x-docs-platform: postman
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04
tags:
- Podcasts
- Podcast Hosting
- Podcast Distribution
- Podcast Analytics
- Audio
- Media
- SiriusXM Media
tags_raw:
- Podcasting
- Podcast Hosting
- Podcast Distribution
- Podcast Analytics
- Audio
- Media
- SiriusXM Media
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-10-06'
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:
- url: https://blog.simplecast.com/rss.xml
  type: BlogRSS
- 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

Simplecast API — frequently asked questions

Does Simplecast have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Simplecast, including Simplecast Analytics API, Simplecast Distribution API and Simplecast Episodes API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Simplecast API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Simplecast, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Simplecast API?

Simplecast uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Simplecast Authentication.

How much does the Simplecast API cost?

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

Is the Simplecast API ready for AI agents?

Simplecast has a Kin Score of 25.9 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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