Publishing my Podcast on Spotify
This guide describes audio submission through RSS. The Spotify Video API connection can send audio and video episodes and uses different procedures. Before a change, examine the existing connection and Spotify show.
Send your audio podcast
- First, search for your podcast on Spotify. If it is listed, use the existing show.
- Examine the public RSS feed and published audio files. Do not use a personal feed with access credentials.
- Open Exports > Spotify in Podigee. Read the terms. If the button is available and you accept the terms, select Submit.
- Examine the response and later the public podcast page. A sent request or active connection does not show that every episode is published.
The images show older screens as examples. Names and available options can be different. Publication and search can update at different times. This guide does not give a fixed processing time.
Analytics and advertising
Spotify plays and Podigee downloads measure different events. The delivery route for each episode is important. Playback of a copy stored at Spotify does not automatically cause a request for the Podigee audio file. An active connection alone does not show that all analytics are available.
Use Spotify for Creators for the available Spotify analytics. Examine the definition and date range. Dynamic audio ads from Podigee are not automatically inserted into a video copy. Ads already in a file are different.
Custom feed domains
If submission fails with your feed URL, or the delivery route is not clear, contact Podigee with the feed URL and error message. Do not change the domain only to try again. Do not create a duplicate show.
Remove the podcast from Spotify
The audio connection can show a removal option in Exports. Read the confirmation and make sure that it is for the correct show. Then examine the public status. If removal does not occur or the option is missing, contact Podigee.
Do not delete the podcast or an episode in Podigee to change only Spotify. For a video connection, read the separate instructions. Disconnection and return to RSS are different procedures.
Change the RSS feed URL
For a show managed through RSS, open your podcast and Settings in Spotify for Creators. Select Update for the feed. Enter the new public feed URL, examine the host and send the change. Follow Spotify's current steps. If you do not have access, use the claim instructions.
A feed redirect alone does not replace examination of the saved feed and episodes on Spotify. For API management, contact Podigee before a change.
Chapter marks
Add the chapter marks to the episode and save them. Start the first chapter at 00:00:00. Then examine the published episode on Spotify.
Spotify has Podlove chapters through RSS and its own manual and automatic chapters. This does not mean that each Podigee connection or ad configuration sends the same chapters. Dynamic ads can change timestamps and delivery. If chapters are missing or start at incorrect positions, contact Podigee with the episode, delivery route and ad configuration.
Chapter marks from the Podigee audio file are not automatically transferred through the video connection. Read Spotify's chapter instructions for its different methods. A chapter mark in Podigee does not show that it appears on Spotify.
For the Podigee editor, see Chapter marks.