

The news comes on the same day that Spotify announced a major redesign to its mobile app. Login Anchor Skip to main content Anchor is now part of Spotify for Podcasters. Plus, we’re launching a new space for educational podcasting content-complete with growth tips, comprehensive how-to guides, advice from fellow creators, and more.Creators can apply to participate in Spotify Labs, a global series of workshops that will provide opportunities to create in our world-class production studios, learn from Spotify experts, and connect with fellow podcasters and artists.These allow listeners to browse through an episode by topic or section. Anchor allows anyone to record or upload high-quality audio, host unlimited episodes, and distribute everywhere with just one click. Creators can now add Podcast Chapters to their episodes by including time stamps in their episode descriptions.Podcast previews, which enable listeners to sample a show right in their Home feed.Advanced analytics to track a show’s growth, including streaming numbers and audience demographic dataįor listeners, Spotify is bringing Podcast previews to the Home feed, which will allow users to preview an episode of an audio or video version of the podcast.Interactive features like Q&A and Polls Anchor, by Spotify, is a podcasting platform, enabling the user to create, distribute, and monetize a podcast.The ability to upload and publish episodes (for users hosting their show with Spotify for Podcasters).What does this mean for YouTube? It may not make a significant change to video podcasting on there, but we’ll have to wait and see for any noticeable results. While many creators upload the video form of their show to YouTube, this is one less step to take to visualize their work. Spotify has been gradually testing video podcasts for almost two years.

For users who never uploaded video versions of their show, Anchor has a bulk-replace tool so you can easily replace existing audio episodes with video versions instead. With a Riverside integration, podcasters can record and publish quality video content for free. Spotify’s press release also mentions its new partnership with Riverside, a platform for remote recording. There are also interactive podcast features like polls and Q&A. Video podcasts work with Spotify’s subscription feature as well as embeds – creators can view video-specific analytics to get insight on their performance. Once you’ve created your Spotify for Podcasters account, you can start using it immediately to create, host, and distribute your podcast to the world. We don’t have trial periods, hosting fees, or paywalls. Using Anchor, Spotify’s podcast creation tool, it’s just as easy to publish a video podcast as it is audio. Spotify for Podcasters to host and manage your podcast Spotify for Podcasters is Spotify's hosting platform that’s 100 free to use. All creators within the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand can use this feature. Starting today, Spotify creators are now able to upload video podcasts to the platform.
