How to Upload Your Podcast to Apple

How to Publish Your Podcast on Apple Podcasts

Step-by-step guide for how to submit your podcast to Apple Podcasts and become live in the iTunes Store directory.

Written past Luke
Updated over a calendar week ago

This article is going to evidence you how to submit your prove to Apple tree Podcasts Connect and get listed in the Apple Podcasts Directory and share your podcast with the world.

Apple Podcasts Connect:
https://podcastsconnect.apple.com/

The Checklist (Details Below):

Fill out SHOW SETTINGS completely in your Simplecast dashboard
Publish at least 1 podcast episode (required)
Enter your billing information to access and copy your RSS Feed URL
Sign in to Apple Podcasts Connect with existing Apple ID/Password or create a new one for your podcast (recommended)
Add Show using Simplecast RSS Feed
Review 'Bear witness Information'
Enter Contact Information (name, email, phone)
Select AVAILABILITY from the lefthand side menu, and update feed availability
Select 'Publish' or schedule 'Release Date' of bear witness
Click 'Submit for Review'
Congratulations. You are a podcaster!

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How To Submit Your Podcast to Apple tree Podcasts

Pace one: Tasks to Complete Before You Submit Your Evidence

Bear witness Settings: Fill in all of the fields as all-time you lot can (Championship, Clarification, Evidence Artwork, Format, Publishing Time Zone, Language, Categories, Author Information Email, etc). This is the chief digital metadata most your show and is in the top section of your RSS Feed. This information is what is displayed when people view your show in podcast directories such as Apple Podcasts.
Publish One Episode: You must publish at to the lowest degree one episode before you can submit your RSS Feed to Apple Podcasts or whatsoever other directory. 1 practiced strategy is to publish a Trailer or 'Well-nigh This Podcast' episode to get started and get people excited about your show.
RSS Feed: Your RSS Feed URL is located in 'Podcast Distribution Settings' and is activated after you publish at least one episode and at that place is a credit bill of fare on file.

              Evidence Settings Helpful Tips:
1. Title: Enter show name simply. Avoid descriptions, tag-lines.
2. Artwork: Continue artwork under 500kb, 3000 x 3000 px, jpeg
3. Writer Tag: Enter name of host/co-host only. No descriptions.
four. Tags: Utilise relevant keywords and utilize a moderate corporeality.
v. Email: Enter email address so listeners tin can contact you.Apple Podcast All-time Practices:
https://aid.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itc2b3780e76

Pace ii: Sign in to Apple Podcasts Connect or Create Apple ID

It is recommended you create a new Apple ID for your podcasts instead of using your personal Apple ID that yous utilize for apps, music, games, etc.

Re-create your RSS Feed URL to your clipboard (cmd/ctrl + c)
In a web browser, get to https://podcastsconnect.apple tree.com
Sign in with an existing Apple ID & Password used to manage your shows or click on 'Create yours at present' to create a new Apple ID.
When first signing in to Apple Podcasts Connect, y'all will need to 'Fix Business relationship'
1. Enter 'Business relationship Name' (The display name for your account in Apple Podcasts Connect. This does not demand to lucifer your legal entity name.)
2. Select the radio push button for either 'Individual' or 'Company'
3. Read the Terms of Service and check the box at the bottom
4. Click 'Save' to keep
5. Sign in using Apple tree ID/Countersign

Stride three: Add New Prove in Apple tree Podcasts Connect

After you log in, click the "+" next to 'Podcasts' in the top left corner or click push button in the middle of the folio and select NEW SHOW
Check the radio button side by side to Add together a show with an RSS Feed
Click NEXT
Paste your Simplecast RSS Feed URL (cmd/ctrl + v) into the URL field.
Click Add
Review Prove Information
Enter Contact Information (Proper noun, Electronic mail, Telephone)
Select AVAILABILITY from the lefthand side carte du jour
Check the appropriate boxes for COUNTRIES OR REGIONS and DISTRIBUTION
Cull Release Date Preference
1. 'Release the show every bit soon every bit it's published' will make your evidence bachelor in the Apple tree Podcasts directory immediately
2. 'Release the Show' will allow you to select the date and time when you lot want your show to go live in the Apple tree Podcasts directory
Congrats! You have a podcast on Apple Podcasts.
If you accept whatsoever questions about your podcast on Apple tree Podcasts, you tin email Apple Support at podcastsupport@apple.com