# Apple API: Get podcast reviews > Gets a podcast's country-specific rating total and average, plus up to 500 listener reviews sorted by newest or most helpful. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/podcasts.apple.com/get-podcast-reviews - Method: `podcasts.apple.com/get_podcast_reviews`, version 1 - Website: podcasts.apple.com - Returns: podcast name, average rating, number of ratings, show URL, reviews (reviewer, stars, title, text, date) - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `sort` | string | no | | Review order, for example most_recent. One of "most_recent", "most_helpful". Default "most_recent". | | `country` | string | no | | Country name or two-letter code for ratings and reviews, for example United Kingdom or GB. Default "United States". | | `podcast` | string | yes | `"Crime Junkie"` | Podcast name or Apple Podcasts link, for example Crime Junkie or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-junkie/id1322200189. | | `max_results` | integer | no | | Maximum number of reviews, for example 50. Default 50. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "podcast": "Crime Junkie" } ``` Its output: ```json { "reviews": [ { "date": "2026-10-21", "stars": 5, "page_url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1322200189", "review_text": "Found Crime Junkie a few months ago and I haven’t listened to music in my car since! Love listening to Ashley and Britt!!", "review_title": "My Favorite", "reviewer_name": "Tay12yyyy" }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "stars": 5, "page_url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1322200189", "review_text": "This pod is amazing and so well done! Love you both ladies! Ignore the trolls. ✨🖤", "review_title": "AMAZING", "reviewer_name": "A. Hardesky" }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "stars": 5, "page_url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1322200189", "review_text": "Ashley Flowers and Brit, You are both so good at what you do! Keep up the great work. I love you both!", "review_title": "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️", "reviewer_name": "AuspiciousAJS" } ], "podcast_url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1322200189", "podcast_name": "Crime Junkie", "average_rating": 4.7, "number_of_ratings": 365528 } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"podcasts.apple.com/get_podcast_reviews","input":{"podcast":"Crime Junkie"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - What are the latest listener reviews for the Crime Junkie podcast in the United States? - Show me the most helpful reviews for Huberman Lab with their star ratings. - How do British listeners rate The Rest Is History? Pull the UK average and recent reviews. - Get the 20 most recent reviews for the Serial podcast on Apple Podcasts, including reviewer names and dates. - Find the average rating and total number of ratings for My Favorite Murder in Canada, plus its top helpful reviews. ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "podcast" ], "properties": { "sort": { "enum": [ "most_recent", "most_helpful" ], "type": "string", "default": "most_recent", "description": "Review order, for example most_recent." }, "country": { "type": "string", "default": "United States", "description": "Country name or two-letter code for ratings and reviews, for example United Kingdom or GB." }, "podcast": { "type": "string", "description": "Podcast name or Apple Podcasts link, for example Crime Junkie or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-junkie/id1322200189." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 50, "maximum": 500, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum number of reviews, for example 50." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "podcast_name", "average_rating", "number_of_ratings", "podcast_url", "reviews" ], "properties": { "reviews": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "reviewer_name", "stars", "review_title", "review_text", "date", "page_url" ], "properties": { "date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "format": "date" }, "stars": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "page_url": { "type": "string", "description": "Podcast page on which the listener review can be read." }, "review_text": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "review_title": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "reviewer_name": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "podcast_url": { "type": "string", "description": "Apple Podcasts show page in the selected country." }, "podcast_name": { "type": "string", "description": "Podcast title." }, "average_rating": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Average country-specific rating out of five, or null when unavailable." }, "number_of_ratings": { "type": "integer", "description": "Number of country-specific ratings." } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [Apple API: Get app reviews](https://fous.com/methods/apps.apple.com/get-app-reviews.md): Gets customer reviews for an iPhone or iPad app, found by name or App Store link, from the selected country's App Store. - [Apple API: Get podcast](https://fous.com/methods/podcasts.apple.com/get-podcast.md): Gets an Apple Podcasts show's details and its newest available episodes, by show name or Apple Podcasts link. - [Apple API: Search podcasts](https://fous.com/methods/podcasts.apple.com/search-podcasts.md): Finds Apple Podcasts shows by name or topic in a country, ordered by search relevance, with ratings when the show page provides them. - [Apple API: List top podcasts](https://fous.com/methods/podcasts.apple.com/list-top-podcasts.md): Lists Apple Podcasts chart entries in rank order for a country and category, as top shows or top episodes. - [Apple API: Search apps](https://fous.com/methods/apps.apple.com/search-apps.md): Finds iPhone and iPad apps by keyword in a chosen country's App Store, with ratings, prices, categories and App Store links. - [Apple API: Get App Store app](https://fous.com/methods/apps.apple.com/get-app.md): Gets an iPhone or iPad app's public App Store listing by name or link. You can narrow it by developer and country. In-app purchases are included when the page lists them. - [Apple API: List top charts](https://fous.com/methods/music.apple.com/list-top-charts.md): Lists the current top songs, albums, or music videos on Apple Music for a country, in chart order. Countries without an Apple Music chart return no results. - [Apple API: List top App Store charts](https://fous.com/methods/apps.apple.com/list-top-charts.md): Lists ranked iPhone or iPad apps from the public App Store charts for a chart, category, and country. App bundles and apps that are no longer available are left out. - [All Apple methods](https://fous.com/methods/apple.com.md)