Apple Podcasts offers an integrated experience
with a single show page for everyone — subscribers and free listeners.
Follow along to make sure you set up your episodes correctly
so all of your listeners get the best experience.
To add subscriber audio, choose the Episodes tab.
If you haven’t already, you’ll need to sign up
for the Apple Podcasters Program to create an episode.
Next, start by giving the episode a title.
Just like shows, we have a form to provide episode information,
such as the episode description, episode type, episode number, and more.
And if you set up your show using your RSS feed,
we have ingested the episodes and episode details into your account.
For episodes that will have subscriber-only audio,
you’ll need to upload the audio in Apple Podcasts Connect.
If you would like to offer ad-free listening or early access
to your subscribers, you’ll upload the subscriber audio
in Apple Podcasts Connect first, and when the episode becomes available
in your RSS feed, we will automatically link the subscriber audio
with the RSS episode using the same episode number,
season number, and episode type.
Now, let’s Add Subscriber Audio.
First decide if the audio should be available immediately,
or make it available at a later date.
You can even make it available until a specific date or between two dates.
Next, decide if you want to make this audio available
to subscribers only, limit the availability
to subscribers during a specific time frame,
or make it available to anyone on Apple Podcasts.
Making an episode available to anyone is a great option
if you are adding a trailer or you have an episode you want to use
as a sample.
The final step is to upload your premium audio file —
this can be a WAV, FLAC, or MP3 file of the episode.
Now the episode is ready to upload.
We’ll show you a progress indicator
to let you know once your file has been uploaded.
The episode is ready to publish.
If the form is complete, the episode status will change
from “Draft” to “Published.”