Getting Your Podcast on Spotify: The 2026 Walkthrough

Spotify is the largest podcast platform for most genres. The exact submission and verification process, step by step.

The landscape

When it comes to the precise steps and verification gotchas, the details matter. Here's what the evidence and practitioner experience point to:

• Spotify for Creators (podcasters.spotify.com) accepts RSS submission directly — sign in, choose 'Add your podcast', paste your feed URL.
• Spotify sends a verification code to the email address in your RSS feed's itunes:email or field — make sure your feed's author email is one you control.

What actually works

When it comes to the precise steps and verification gotchas, the details matter. Here's what the evidence and practitioner experience point to:

• Feed requirements: valid XML, 3000×3000 artwork, at least one published episode with a working enclosure URL — publish before submitting.
• Review is typically minutes-to-hours for technical checks; the show appears searchable within 24 hours of approval.

Putting it into practice

When it comes to the precise steps and verification gotchas, the details matter. Here's what the evidence and practitioner experience point to:

• Spotify indexes episode titles and descriptions for search — the same SEO rules apply; descriptive titles win.
• PodKrafter generates compliant feeds with author email, artwork and enclosures ready — copy the feed URL from Distribution and submit once.

Key takeaways

• Spotify for Creators (podcasters.spotify.com) accepts RSS submission directly — sign in, choose 'Add your podcast', paste your feed URL.
• Review is typically minutes-to-hours for technical checks; the show appears searchable within 24 hours of approval.
• PodKrafter generates compliant feeds with author email, artwork and enclosures ready — copy the feed URL from Distribution and submit once.

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