Apple Podcasts has very specific feed requirements. Below we will list out the basic requirements and their corresponding fields in Publish.
Basics
Podcast feeds must conform to RSS 2.0 specifications.
If you’re hosting the feed on your own servers please ensure that there are NO duplicate <enclosure> URLs in your feed. Apple podcasts will ignore previously used <enclousre> URLs.
Apple Podcasts recommends artwork for a podcast be in the JPEG or PNG file formats and in the RGB color space with a minimum size of 1400 x 1400 pixels and a maximum size of 3000 x 3000 pixels at 72 DPI. The size should be 512kb (while Apple Podcasts does not recommend an image size, this meets the requirements for NPR One and Spotify).
All podcast episodes, XML, and artwork are hosted on publicly addressable servers with byte-range requests enabled.
All podcasts must contain a GUID (globally unique identifier).
Specifics
You’ll need to have very specific tags in your RSS feed in order to submit it to the podcast apps out there. Below is the list that was promised. We’ve broken down the required tags and the corresponding fields in Publish.
iTunes Feed Requirement |
PRX Publish Field |
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<title> |
Series Title |
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<subtitle> |
Teaser |
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<description> |
Description |
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<itunes:image> |
Profile Image |
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<itunes:category> |
iTunes Caregory |
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<itunes:explicit> |
Explicit |
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<link> |
Homepage link |
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<itunes:owner>
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Owner information
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<itunes:clean/explicit>
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Clean/Explicit Marks the show as clean or explicit. If a show is marked as “clean” but a specific episode has mature themes or curses a producer can mark that ep as "explicit" on the backend.
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<itunes:copyright> |
Copyright Copyright notice for content in the podcast.
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<itunes:new-feed-url> |
Public Feed URL If you change the URL of your podcast feed, you should use this tag in your old feed.
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<itunes:episode> |
Episode An episode must be published in the feed in order for third-party podcast apps to accept a feed submission
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