# clonecho Media Trends – iTunes Top Podcasts & Apps

> clonecho Media Trends – iTunes Top Podcasts & Apps is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns top-ranked podcasts or apps from iTunes for a given search term, providing media and marketing trend signals

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/media-trends
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/clonecho-media-trends-itunes-top-podcasts-apps-8a49c04e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__zJk-ueXRi12f6IvvyZnj

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability clonecho-media-trends-itunes-top-podcasts-apps-8a49c04e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What are the top podcasts about personal finance on iTunes right now? Search for 'personal finance' as a podcast type and show me the rankings.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need live iTunes chart data to identify trending podcasts or apps for a specific keyword — ideal for media research, competitive analysis, content marketing strategy, or discovering what's currently popular in a niche. Prefer this over general web searches when you want structured, ranked iTunes data in JSON format.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'term' parameter returns an error or empty result
- Invalid 'type' value (not 'podcast' or 'app') may return unexpected results or error
- No results found for obscure or misspelled terms
- iTunes API downtime causing unavailable data
- Rate limiting if called too frequently

## How this service works

Top podcasts or apps for a term (?term=ai&type=podcast|app) — media/marketing signal (iTunes). Live. Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON array of top-ranked podcasts or apps from iTunes matching the search term, including titles, rankings, and relevant metadata useful for media trend and marketing signal analysis.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/clonecho-media-trends-itunes-top-podcasts-apps-8a49c04e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clonecho.builda.company](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clonecho.builda.company/llms.txt)