# Simplecast

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

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.

## Kin Score — 36.6 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 51.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| 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

Paid (free trial) · Open access — onboarding: open, pricing: paid, trial: yes (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Simplecast Agentic Access** — 62 operations · 1 acting

## Security (2)

- **Simplecast Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Simplecast Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Simplecast Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Podcasting, Podcast Hosting, Podcast Distribution, Podcast Analytics, Audio, Media, SiriusXM Media

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