For developers and data teams
Podcast advertising data, as JSON
The same brand, show and ad-read data the site runs on, over a key-authenticated REST API. Create a key in Settings and make your first call in a minute.
No card · Pro from $30/month
One call, one ad read
curl https://trackpodcasts.com/api/v1/ad-reads?brand=squarespace&limit=1 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer tp_live_…"
{
"adReads": [
{
"brand": { "name": "Squarespace", "slug": "squarespace", "category": "technology" },
"podcast": { "title": "…", "slug": "…" },
"episode": { "title": "…", "slug": "…" },
"adType": "HOST_READ",
"adPosition": "MID_ROLL",
"startSec": 1834,
"promoCode": "…",
"quote": "…",
"detectedAt": "2026-09-25T14:02:11.000Z"
}
],
"count": 1
}How it works
- 1
Start a trial
Every business plan includes API access, and so does the 7-day trial.
- 2
Create a key
Settings → API. Keys start with tp_live_ and are shown once; we store only a hash.
- 3
Call the API
Send the key as a Bearer token or an X-API-Key header. JSON comes back.
An example workflow
A data team building a sponsor feed
Hourly
A job calls /v1/ad-reads?since=<last run> and writes new reads to the warehouse.
Daily
A dashboard joins the reads to their CRM to flag accounts newly advertising on podcasts.
Realtime
A webhook, set in Settings → Integrations, pushes sponsor alerts for tracked brands as they are detected.
What you get
Ad-read feed
Every new read across all brands, with brand, show, position, type, promo code and quote.
Brand and show lookups
Everything on a brand page or a show’s sponsor page, as JSON.
Mentions
Organic mentions of a brand, with sentiment.
Signed webhooks
Push delivery for alerts, with an X-TrackPodcasts-Signature HMAC-SHA256 header.
Daily quotas
Pro 100, Team 1,000, Agency 10,000 requests a day. Headers show what is left.
Team keys
Up to 10 keys per account, each revocable on its own.
Reference
Authentication
Base URL https://trackpodcasts.com/api. Send your key as Authorization: Bearer tp_live_… or X-API-Key: tp_live_…. A missing or revoked key returns 401.
Quotas
Quotas are per account per UTC day. Every response carries X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Remaining; over quota returns 429. Need more? Talk to us.
| Endpoint | Query | Returns |
|---|---|---|
| GET /v1/ad-reads | since, brand, podcast, limit (≤200) | The newest detected ad reads across every brand, newest first. Poll with `since` for a feed. |
| GET /v1/brands | q, category, page | The brand directory: every advertiser we detect. |
| GET /v1/brands/:slug | — | Every show a brand sponsors, with its ad reads, positions and promo codes. |
| GET /v1/brands/:slug/activity | — | Shows and reads per month for a brand. |
| GET /v1/podcasts/:slug/sponsors | — | Every brand heard on a show. |
| GET /v1/mentions | brand (required), limit (≤200) | Organic mentions of a brand, classified by sentiment. |
| GET /v1/search | q | Transcript and episode search. |
| GET /v1/stats | — | Market-level advertising stats: weekly reads, categories, host-read share. |
Priced at 30% of Podscan
Pro
Best fit$30/month
- Every show a brand sponsors, and every verbatim ad read
- Host-read vs network-inserted, promo codes, timestamps
- Sponsor alerts for 10 brands and 2 categories
- 25 keyword alerts, instant by email or SMS
Team
$60/month
- Everything in Pro, for 5 seats
- Sponsor alerts for 100 brands and 10 categories
- Weekly email: new advertisers and movers in your categories
- 100 keyword alerts
Agency
$750/month
- Everything in Team, for 25 seats
- Sponsor alerts for 1,000 brands and 50 categories
- 1,000 keyword alerts
- API access, 10,000 requests a day
Questions
- Which plans include the API?
- Pro (100 requests a day), Team (1,000) and Agency (10,000). The 7-day free trial includes it too.
- Is there a firehose or bulk export?
- The /v1/ad-reads feed with `since` covers most pipelines. For bulk historical data, Enterprise plans are scoped with you.
- Can I get pushed updates instead of polling?
- Yes. Add a webhook URL in Settings → Integrations and sponsor and keyword alerts are POSTed to it as JSON, signed with your webhook secret.
- What does a request count as?
- Every authenticated call counts once against the daily quota, whatever the page size.