How to get popular podcasts by country / category using podcast api?

Use the GET /best_podcasts endpoint and pass the parameter sort=listen_score.

In this way, you'll fetch a list of "best podcasts" sorted by popularity. Listen Score is our proprietary metric to estimate podcast popularity.

GET /best_podcasts returns the same data as the "Best Podcasts" page on our website:

If you haven't used Listen Notes Podcast API yet, get API keys here - Get API keys