Hey all, I took a hiatus from podcasting during pandemic as it was all hands on deck for health care professionals. But I am bringing back one of my cancer podcasts.

I am looking around at the hosting world now (last podcast was on Libsyn for 5 years after picking it over Buzzsprout and podbean for features i liked and wanted at the time) and I see Spotify purchased Anchor FM

Spotify for Creators is free. so no monthly cost. it also lets you participate in a few Spotify programs that are limited to people who use it, unlike if you use Transister or Libsyn and then add your podcast to Spotify.

I did some googling, but spotify is so good at SEO almost all the hits come from them or posts on blogs clearly sponsored by them.

so whats the catch? what are the downsides? is there something in the Terms of Service I missed? is there people who have used it but had bad experiences?

I know some other services offer landing pages, but I dont need that. I can code and enjoy maintaining my own site anyway with full control and multi-page events etc. I did enjoy the ability to customize the player with libsyn for embeding on my site, but now there are so many javascript based players that can take any feed I dont think I am worried about that. but please do let me know about other missing features for why you wouldnt recomend spotify for creators.... else I think I am going to relaunch on there.

Is this the best distribution platform? What other platforms are y’all using? I am irritated already because I am unable to edit just the basic description of the show. Seems like a very basic thing lol I can change the name, the image etc.. but that description is NOT budging. So I’m annoyed and wondering what else there is that’s actually decent, but also, is this something anyone else has run into? I’m not tech illiterate either, it’s just so odd.

Spotify just launched their creator program in India and I got an invite to join it. But I am not sure about the contract. It says one ad will come up every 10 minutes of the episode and also the creator gives rights to Spotify to use their podcast as a marketing material. I am not sure of how much the payout is too. Any thoughts?

Hi, Does anyone use Spotify as their podcast host? I’m currently with Libsyn, but considering moving over to Spotify for Podcasters if it’s a better option for monetizing and growing a pod.

I'm starting a podcast.

I've have Spotify Premium for years, and listen to music/content on it.

Do I create a new profile for my podcast, or is there zero concern/reason against using my personal?

Would love the pros/cons/considerations for either direction. Thanks so much!

I've been with Podbean for a while, but just saw Spotify's hosting is free. I'm wondering what the catch is, or if anyone has made the switch and how the experience has been?

If there is already a thread for this then a link will be appreciated and the post can be removed but in case not or perhaps not the answer to my question then I much like most use spotify for podcasters formerly known as anchor. I see that soon their recording and editing tools wont be available anymore and that now it must be done via riverside. I've made an account and looked around but see its a video format that I don't use for personal reasons. My question is what's changing, can I still monitor my podcast via SFP(shortening it) will it post the episodes everywhere SFP does? I've tried doing my own research but the things that come up are very limited

I’m just starting out with podcasting and I’ve set up Spotify for Creators, which lets me post to multiple platforms. I’m wondering:

1. Which platforms should I choose? Should I distribute my podcast to all available platforms, or focus on just a few like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music?

2. Is Spotify for Creators the best option? Or are there other platforms or tools, like Captivate or PodBean, that might offer better functionality or results?

Any insights or experiences would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!

I don't see much talk about the Spotify for Podcasters platform (https://podcasters.spotify.com/), which seems to be completely free and unlimited for hosting along with other features.

Any thoughts on the pros / cons or issues or anyone having good experience (or bad) on this platform?

I work for an organization that publishes a daily podcast built from multiple prerecorded interchangeable segments. Some portions of the podcast rotate based on the day of the week, some rotate every three days, and one portion is unique to each day of the year.

We started with Anchor, which was perfect for the modular design of our podcast. We simply uploaded our prerecorded library in segments, then dragged and dropped to produce each episode.

Anchor was incorporated into Spotify, and Spotify announced just last week that the drag and drop editor originally made by Anchor is being discontinued in June 2024, to be replaced by Riverside.

What platform should we use once the Anchor editor is gone for good? It's crucial that it offers modular editing from prerecorded segments, as years' worth of our podcast content is constructed this way. Is Riverside worth a shot, or is there another platform that would be a better fit?

Edit:

I ended up creating a basic Python script using pandas and Pydub. It references a spreadsheet with instructions on which segment to include in each episode, pulls those segments from a directory, then outputs a named file. After dealing with some file naming flubs, I was able to assemble a year's worth of podcasts in a couple hours.

I realize this is a pretty niche situation, but if anyone else finds themselves having to produce a bunch of podcast episodes this way, just shoot me a DM and I'll be happy to share what I have.

Hi guys. I just started a podcast. I'm only uploading to Spotify. Is it possible to grow the podcast solely based on Spotify's algorithm showing it to people if the content is good enough? Thanks.

We are about to launch a video (with audio version) podcast, fortnightly or monthly (depending on how many episodes we will have banked). Looking at hosting, all other services except Spotify have a cost

We don’t mind paying for a host if there is a reason to do so, but it seems like Spotify will allow us to do what we need and export an RSS for other providers. What am I missing? Is there a better way to go?

A few weeks ago, I had started a music podcast (basically a radio show) using Anchor through Spotify, where you're able to add songs from Spotify, as well as recorded audio clips together to create an episode. Spotify allows you to use songs from their catalog, so long as the episode is released through Spotify only. However, today they got rid of that feature and replaced it exclusively with the editing program Riverside, which does not allow for songs to be added to a podcast from Spotify.

Basically, my question is: Does anyone know of any other programs with a similar feature where I can use songs without any worry of copyright infringement? I would really hate to shut down my brand new show just because of a change like this.

Curious about experiences you've had using Spotify (formerly anchor FM) for hosting and distribution as compared to platforms like libsyn or blubrry?

I'll make this as succinct as possible. I'm looking for some help. I have created a Spotify for Creators account and it's asking me to Publish an episode. The problem is that I already have published all episodes via acast. Is there a way to link the podcast to my Creators account?

There's already a fully-fledged podcast on Spotify, but I guess I don't 'own' it?

Hi there,

The equipment I have is a mid range audio-tecnica microphone USB, a MacBook Air M2 and some headphones.

Because it's free, powerful and I have it installed by default on my Mac, I was thinking of using Garage Band.

My plan is to create my own podcast on Spotify or any other audio-based platform, potentially YouTube but to be confirmed.

Would you recommend Garage Band for this?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks very much!

We just recorded our first podcast!

Uploading a finished episode to Spotify For Podcasters should not be this hard. I consistently have uploads fail repeatedly. This has happened for over a year and seems so random. My files are between 100-200 mb, so I don't understand how something with one job can be so bad. What alternatives do you use? Just need to upload my episodes to get onto the various platforms.

Hello! I have started my podcast a few weeks ago and have published only 4 episodes so far. The podcast is currently hosted on Spotify for Creators because I found it to be the best platform for beginners with a low budget and so far I've been happy with it because it's really easy to use, the app also works well and haven't had any particular issues. However recently I found RedCircle, which seems to offer a great free plan. I have been wondering if it's worth moving my podcast there, because even if at the moment I don't see significant additional benefits, RedCircle might offer better analytics data (Spotifyis not horrible but is obviously more focused and accurate on data coming from Spotify and not as much for other platforms). Also, hopefully my podcast will grow and with RedCircle I could upgrade my plan in the future. I wanted to ask if there's anyone that is using RedCircle's free plan? Anyone that moved from Spotify? Which one do you think is best overall?