Podbean · Rate Limits

Podbean Rate Limits

Podbean does not publish fixed numeric rate limits for its public API. Access is gated first by OAuth 2.0 - an app must be registered and hold a valid access token scoped to a podcast (single-podcast via Client Credentials or Authorization Code, or per-podcast via the Multiple Podcasts token flow). Practical throughput is shaped by the account's hosting plan (storage, bandwidth, and monthly upload allowances) rather than by a documented per-minute request cap. Media bytes are not sent through the API - the file upload flow returns a presigned URL that the client PUTs to directly - so large uploads do not consume API request budget.

Podbean Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Podbean on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.

It captures 4 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests, podcasts, and bytes.

The profile also includes 3 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled and unauthorized.

Tagged areas include Podcasting, Podcast Hosting, Rate Limiting, and Quotas.

4 Limits Throttle: 429
PodcastingPodcast HostingRate LimitingQuotas

Limits

API Requests app
requests
not published
No fixed numeric request-rate limit is documented for the public API.
OAuth Token Scope token
podcasts
per token
An access token is bound to a single podcast; agencies use Multiple Podcasts tokens for per-podcast access.
Upload Allowance account
bytes
per plan (monthly upload allowance)
Media upload volume is governed by the hosting plan (e.g., 1GB/mo on Unlimited Audio, up to 40GB/mo on higher tiers).
Bandwidth account
bytes
per plan (unmetered on most paid tiers)
Playback bandwidth is a hosting-plan attribute, not an API request limit.

Policies

OAuth 2.0 Gating
All non-oEmbed endpoints require a valid OAuth 2.0 access token obtained from a registered app.
Presigned Uploads
Media bytes bypass the API request path via a presigned URL PUT, so large files do not consume API request budget.
Backoff Strategy
Clients should refresh on 401 and apply exponential backoff with jitter on 429 or 5xx responses.

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