The live Spotify top-podcasts chart and listening signals from one REST endpoint. Podcast charts are a clean read on what audiences are committing time to, served as JSON without a Spotify developer app or OAuth.
# one POST, every source POST https://api.trendsapi.ai/api Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY { "mode": "get_growth", "source": "spotify", "keyword": "top podcasts", "percent_growth": ["3M", "12M"] }
{
"type": "Spotify Top Podcasts",
"trends": [
{ "rank": 1, "show": "The Daily" },
{ "rank": 2, "show": "Huberman Lab" },
{ "rank": 3, "show": "Acquired" }
],
"timestamp": "2026-08-03T12:00:00Z"
}Podcast charts move slower than social feeds, which makes them a useful filter: a show climbing the Spotify chart is holding attention, not just catching a spike. For media, advertising and audience research, that is a signal worth tracking.
Spotify's own API is built around playback and catalog metadata, not public chart history. Trends API serves the top-podcasts chart as JSON in the same shape as the other 20 live feeds, so you can line it up against YouTube, news and search attention.
Spot rising shows before sponsorship prices catch up.
Track which formats and topics are holding audience attention.
See what podcast audiences are committing time to.
Identify climbing shows for bookings and placements.
| Spotify API | Trends API | |
|---|---|---|
| Public chart history | not exposed | live feed, JSON |
| OAuth app | required | not needed |
| Cross-platform compare | no | same scale as YouTube, news, search |
| Free tier | yes, limited | 100 requests/month |
Historical trend series for a keyword on this source, normalized 0-100.
Growth percentages over 3M / 6M / 12M / 5Y windows.
21 live trending feeds across platforms, no keyword needed.
The live Spotify Top Podcasts chart, no keyword needed, via get_top_trends with type "Spotify Top Podcasts".
No OAuth, no client ID, no redirect URIs. Your Trends API key is the only credential.
It updates through the day. Every response includes its own timestamp.
Yes. Pull the Spotify feed alongside YouTube Trending or a Google search series and compare in the same normalized shape.
Coverage is focused on the podcasts chart, the cleanest public attention signal Spotify exposes.
100 requests a month free. No credit card, no sales call. One key works for every source.
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