generated: '2026-08-01'
method: searched
source: https://apidocs.imgur.com/#rate-limits
note: >-
  Captured verbatim from Imgur's published "Rate Limits" documentation. The Genius API
  publishes no rate-limit documentation and returns no rate-limit headers that are
  documented, so no Genius entry is recorded.
rate_limits:
- api: Imgur API
  scope: application
  model: credit-allocation
  limit_count: 12500
  limit_period: day
  limit_unit: requests
  description: >-
    Each application can allow approximately 12,500 requests per day. Unless otherwise
    noted an API call deducts 1 credit from the allocation.
  headers:
  - name: X-RateLimit-ClientLimit
    description: Total credits that can be allocated for the application in a day.
  - name: X-RateLimit-ClientRemaining
    description: Total credits remaining for the application in a day.
  penalty: >-
    If the daily limit is hit five times in a month, the app will be blocked for the
    rest of the month.
  source: https://apidocs.imgur.com/#rate-limits
- api: Imgur API
  scope: application
  model: credit-allocation
  limit_count: 1250
  limit_period: day
  limit_unit: uploads
  description: >-
    Each application can allow approximately 1,250 uploads per day. Uploads have a
    significantly higher computational cost and deduct 10 credits per call.
  cost_per_call: 10
  source: https://apidocs.imgur.com/#rate-limits
- api: Imgur API
  scope: user
  keyed_by: IP address, per application
  model: credit-allocation
  window: hour
  description: >-
    Each user (via their IP address) is limited per application to ensure no single
    user can spam an application. Exceeding it stops the user from requesting more
    data for an hour.
  headers:
  - name: X-RateLimit-UserLimit
    description: Total credits that can be allocated.
  - name: X-RateLimit-UserRemaining
    description: Total credits available.
  - name: X-RateLimit-UserReset
    description: Timestamp (unix epoch) for when the credits will be reset.
  source: https://apidocs.imgur.com/#rate-limits
- api: Imgur API
  scope: ip
  method: POST
  limit_count: 1250
  limit_period: hour
  limit_unit: POST requests
  description: >-
    Use of the API is also limited by the number of POST requests an IP can make
    across all endpoints - 1,250 POST requests per hour. Commercial usage is not
    impacted by this limit.
  headers:
  - name: X-Post-Rate-Limit-Limit
    description: Total POST credits that are allocated.
  - name: X-Post-Rate-Limit-Remaining
    description: Total POST credits available.
  - name: X-Post-Rate-Limit-Reset
    description: Time in seconds until the POST rate limit is reset.
  source: https://apidocs.imgur.com/#rate-limits
exemptions:
- scope: oauth
  description: >-
    All OAuth calls, such as refreshing tokens or authorizing users, do not deduct
    any credits.
  source: https://apidocs.imgur.com/#rate-limits
status_endpoint:
  api: Imgur API
  operation: GET https://api.imgur.com/3/credits
  description: Check the current rate limit status for the application.
  source: https://apidocs.imgur.com/#rate-limits
not_documented:
- api: Genius API
  finding: No published rate limits, quotas or rate-limit response headers.