aid: metacritic
name: Metacritic
description: >-
  Metacritic is a review aggregator that collects critic and user scores for games, movies, TV shows,
  and music, computing a weighted Metascore for each title. The Metacritic API (provided via Fabric Origin /
  IVA / Gracenote) gives programmatic access to Metascores, user scores, individual critic reviews,
  publication details, and entertainment rankings for movies and television. Unofficial community-built
  wrappers also expose game, movie, and TV data from Metacritic's public backend.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Entertainment
  - Reviews
  - Metascore
  - Games
  - Movies
  - Television
  - Music
  - Review Aggregator
  - Critic Scores
  - User Scores
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/metacritic/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: metacritic:metacritic-api
    name: Metacritic API (Fabric Origin)
    description: >-
      The official Metacritic API, delivered through Fabric Origin (formerly IVA / Gracenote), provides
      structured access to Metascores, user scores, and individual critic reviews for movies and TV shows.
      Requests are authenticated with a subscription key passed via the Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key header
      or as a query parameter. Access requires a paid Fabric Origin subscription — data is not available
      on free trial plans and each developer account must be approved before use.
    humanURL: https://developer.origin.fabricdata.com/origin/apis-all/metacritic-api-docs/metacritic
    baseURL: https://api.origin.fabricdata.com/api/Metacritic
    tags:
      - Reviews
      - Metascore
      - Movies
      - Television
      - Critic Scores
      - User Scores
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.origin.fabricdata.com/origin/apis-all/metacritic-api-docs/metacritic
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://developer.origin.fabricdata.com/origin/apis-all/metacritic-api-docs
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://developer.origin.fabricdata.com/origin/apis-all/metacritic-api-docs/metacritic
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/metacritic/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/metacritic/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
      - type: FinOps
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/metacritic/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
    contact:
      - FN: Fabric Origin Sales
        url: https://www.fabricdata.com/contact
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.metacritic.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.origin.fabricdata.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.origin.fabricdata.com/origin/apis-all/metacritic-api-docs/metacritic
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.metacritic.com/about/terms-of-use
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://www.metacritic.com/about/privacy-policy
  - type: Support
    url: https://metacritichelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.fabricdata.com/contact
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com