Foursquare · Rate Limits

Foursquare Rate Limits

Foursquare's Places API enforces per-API-key rate limits documented per endpoint in the developer docs. Specific per-second/per-minute thresholds vary by endpoint and account tier and are not published on a single consolidated page; monthly call volume governs CPM pricing tier placement.

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

It captures 2 rate-limit definitions, measuring varies and requests_per_month.

An exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.

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.

The profile also includes 2 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled and quotaExceeded.

Tagged areas include Locations, Places, Geospatial, and Rate Limiting.

2 Limits Exhausted: HTTP 429 Quota: 429
Method: generated, dated 2026-05-05.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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LocationsPlacesGeospatialRate Limiting

Limits

Places API per-key throttling api-key
varies
see endpoint-level documentation
Places API monthly volume tier api-key
requests_per_month
see Pro/Premium pricing tier

Policies

Volume-tier billing
Monthly call volume rolls up to a pricing tier; charges apply per CPM (per 1,000 calls) according to the tier hit.
Backoff on 429
Implement exponential backoff with jitter on 429 responses; honor Retry-After when present.

Sources

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