Figshare · Rate Limits

Figshare Rate Limits

Figshare does not enforce hard automatic rate limits on the API. Instead, the platform monitors usage and reserves the right to throttle or block requests if abuse is detected. The official recommendation is no more than one request per second. Violations may result in temporary throttling (HTTP 429) or blocking at Figshare's discretion.

Figshare Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Figshare on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 3 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_second, max_file_size_standard_gb, and max_files_per_item.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

Tagged areas include Research Data, Research Repository, Open Science, DOI, and Datasets.

3 Limits
Method: generated, dated 2026-06-12.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-06-12 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Limits

global
requests_per_second · second
1
Figshare recommends clients limit to 1 request per second. This is a soft recommendation; there is no hard automatic throttle, but excessive usage may trigger monitoring-based restrictions.
file_upload
max_file_size_standard_gb · per_upload
20
Standard accounts are limited to 20GB per individual file upload. Figshare+ and institutional accounts support up to 5TB per file (AWS S3 multipart upload).
items
max_files_per_item · per_item
500
A maximum of 500 files per item/article applies. Institutional admins may be able to request an increase.

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