Strava declares war on scrapers ahead of IPO
Strava will put public profile and club data behind login and charge developers $11.99 a month as it tightens controls on AI scraping.
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Strava tightens API access ahead of IPO
Fitness-tracking platform Strava is tightening access to user data and introducing new developer fees to curb AI-driven scraping ahead of its anticipated public market debut, according to reports published Sunday. The San Francisco-based company said developers seeking access to its application programming interface (API) will now pay a flat monthly fee of $11.99, marking a significant shift from its previous tiered system that allowed many dev…
Strava blames zero-code AI apps and scrapers as it tightens API access
The popular fitness-tracking platform, Strava, is restricting access to its API as part of efforts to clamp down on AI scraping, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Developers who want to build an app using Strava's data now need to pay for a flat $11.99 / month subscription. In an update on its developer hub, Strava blames the change on "zero-code AI tools" that allow users to quickly create apps that "hammer" APIs. "We have felt this firsthand …
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Strava will charge a flat monthly fee from developers to access its API.
As Strava prepares to go on the stock market, the social fitness platform is doing something that Reddit did before her: shutting down the tap of free data. TechCrunch reported on June 1, 2026 that Strava is strengthening the security of its website, limiting what data is visible without authentication and announcing fees for developers’ access to its API. The official reason is to protect the data of the 180 million users of the massive scrapin…
If you want to access data via the API at Strava in the future, you need a paid subscription. The fitness service justifies this with the approach of the AI industry.
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