What is search listening?

AnswerThePublic describes search listening as understanding what an audience thinks from the questions and phrases it types into search engines. The tool collects those questions, prepositions, comparisons and related searches around a keyword.

Can AnswerThePublic alert me when new questions appear?

Yes. Search Listening Alerts are a paid feature that sends a weekly email digest showing what new questions are being asked around a tracked keyword.

Does AnswerThePublic have an API?

Yes. Paid plans include a public API, currently in alpha, that creates searches and retrieves their reports, including AI-model answers for the ChatGPT and Gemini reports. It is enabled per workspace under Account, API Access, and is not available on the free plan.

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AI features

Content Studio drafts articles from selected search questions with AI, with a custom writing style, plagiarism score and AI editing

A search listening tool that maps the questions, prepositions and comparisons people type into search engines around a keyword.

Starting price: From US$20 / month
Free trial: Free tier with a daily search limit
API: Yes, a public API in alpha on paid plans

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Overview

AnswerThePublic is a search listening and keyword research platform. From one keyword or a website URL it collects the questions, prepositions, comparisons and related searches people type into search engines, drawing on Google, YouTube, Amazon, ChatGPT and other sources, and lays them out as a visual map or a list across several languages and regions. Paid plans add more daily searches, weekly alerts on new questions around a tracked keyword, CSV export and a shared team workspace. They also bundle Content Studio, which drafts articles from chosen questions.

Our take

AnswerThePublic answers one question better than the big suites: how do people actually phrase their searches around a topic. That makes it a brief-writing and ideation tool for content, PR and consumer research teams rather than a measurement tool, and it sits best next to a full SEO suite rather than in place of one. The weekly alerts suit teams that watch a brand or topic over time. The AI writer bundled into every paid plan is useful mainly to those who want to draft and publish from the same place.

Key Facts

Category	SEO Tools
Starting price	From US$20 / month Starter plan billed monthly, or US$160 / year billed annually. Prices are shown in USD; the vendor serves localized prices, taxes and offers by region.
Free trial	Free tier with a daily search limit
API	Yes, a public API in alpha on paid plans
Hosting	Cloud (SaaS)

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Features

Keyword research: Yes, questions, prepositions, comparisons and related searches around a keyword or a website, shown as a visual map or a list and organised in keyword lists
Rank tracking: No, rank tracking sits in Ubersuggest, a separate Neil Patel tool with its own subscription that AnswerThePublic plans do not include
Site audit: No, SEO audits sit in the separate Ubersuggest subscription, not in AnswerThePublic
Backlink data: No, competitor and backlink analysis sit in the separate Ubersuggest subscription, not in AnswerThePublic
Content optimisation: Yes, Content Studio (Composeo) drafts articles from selected questions with AI, with a custom writing style, content schedule, plagiarism score, AI editing and publishing to WordPress and Webflow; 6, 35 or 80 articles per month by plan
Index and market coverage: Search suggestions from Google, Bing, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Amazon, ChatGPT and Gemini, across several languages and regions
Integrations and API: Yes, a public API in alpha on paid plans that creates searches and retrieves their reports, limited to 60 requests per minute per personal access token; it does not cover content generation or publishing

Integrations

WordPress
Webflow

Deployment and Support

Deployment: Cloud (SaaS)
Browser-based
Support: Email helpdesk
Onboarding: Documentation and knowledge base
Video tutorials
Company size: Freelancers
Small and mid-sized

Pros and Cons

Strengths

Shows the exact questions and phrasings people search for, grouped into questions, prepositions and comparisons
Search Listening Alerts send a weekly digest of new questions around a tracked keyword
Draws on Google, YouTube, Amazon and ChatGPT rather than a single search engine
Free tier for occasional searches, with a low entry price for the paid plans

Limitations

Rank tracking, site audits and backlink data are not included; the vendor sells them separately in Ubersuggest
Paid daily searches run under a fair usage limit whose size is not published
The paid plans are bundled with the Content Studio AI writer whether or not it is needed

Pricing

Free

$0

Searches up to a daily limit.
Starter

US$20 / month

Or US$160 / year billed annually. Content Studio with 2 projects, 60 credits and 6 articles per month.
Growth

US$99 / month

Or US$792 / year billed annually. Content Studio with 4 projects, 350 credits and 35 articles per month.
Business

US$199 / month

Or US$1,592 / year billed annually. Content Studio with 8 projects, 800 credits and 80 articles per month.

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FAQ

What is search listening?: AnswerThePublic describes search listening as understanding what an audience thinks from the questions and phrases it types into search engines. The tool collects those questions, prepositions, comparisons and related searches around a keyword.
Can AnswerThePublic alert me when new questions appear?: Yes. Search Listening Alerts are a paid feature that sends a weekly email digest showing what new questions are being asked around a tracked keyword.
Does AnswerThePublic have an API?: Yes. Paid plans include a public API, currently in alpha, that creates searches and retrieves their reports, including AI-model answers for the ChatGPT and Gemini reports. It is enabled per workspace under Account, API Access, and is not available on the free plan.

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