Listen Notes

The best podcast search engine

Listen Notes is a podcast search engine and database that indexes podcast shows and episodes, including show notes and audio transcripts, so users can find episodes covering a person, place or topic without subscribing to individual shows. The database is maintained through automated scripts and human moderation.

For listeners, the site offers Listen Later playlists, Listen Clips for creating podcast excerpts, and Listen Alerts for monitoring podcast mentions, along with discovery tools such as Explorer, real-time episode listings, and curated and community playlists. For developers and businesses, it provides a Podcast API for building podcast apps and Podcast Datasets for batch export, with CSV export available for smaller datasets. Podcasters can submit their shows, use integrations, and access podcast transcription and hosting services.

Listen Notes serves individual listeners, researchers, journalists, students, podcasters, and developers building podcast applications. It offers a free podcast hosting option, a paid API, and a Premium Membership with advanced search features; specific pricing details are not stated on these pages.

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