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10 Secret APIs That Need No Authentication — Free Data Right Now

Here are 10 APIs you can call right now — no signup, no API key, no payment.

1. Reddit JSON API

Append .json to any URL → structured posts, comments, scores.
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2. YouTube Innertube API

Comments, search, captions — YouTube's internal API. No quotas.
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3. Google News RSS

Real-time news for any query via RSS feed.
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4. Hacker News Firebase + Algolia

Stories, comments, search — two complementary APIs.
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5. Bluesky AT Protocol

Full social media API — profiles, posts, followers.
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6. Wikipedia REST API

Clean JSON summaries, search, media for any topic.

7. Stack Overflow API

Questions, answers, tags, votes — 300 req/day free.
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8. arXiv API

2.5M research papers, searchable by keyword.

9. npm Registry API

Package search, download stats, dependency trees.
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10. DuckDuckGo Instant Answer

Quick factual answers — api.duckduckgo.com/?q=query&format=json


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