OMDb · Rate Limits
Omdb Rate Limits
OMDb enforces daily request quotas tied to API key tier. Free keys are capped at 1,000 requests per day. Patreon patrons receive elevated daily limits. There is no documented per-minute or per-second burst limit in official documentation, though community reports indicate approximately 100 calls per 60 seconds per connection for sustained bursting.
Omdb Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for OMDb on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.
It captures 3 rate-limit definitions.
Tagged areas include Movies, Television, Entertainment, Metadata, and Ratings.
3 Limits
MoviesTelevisionEntertainmentMetadataRatingsPostersIMDbOpen Data
Limits
Free Daily Request Limit free-tier
Exceeding the limit returns a 401 error with the message "Request limit reached!" Users must wait for the daily reset or upgrade to a Patreon tier.
Patron Daily Request Limit patron-tier
Exact quota depends on active Patreon tier. Poster API requests (img.omdbapi.com) count separately toward the patron's daily limit.
Sustained Burst Rate connection
This limit is derived from community observation and is not part of official OMDb documentation. Exceeding this rate may result in temporary throttling.
Work with this as data
Every rate limit here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.