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How to Publish a Podcast to Apple Podcasts in 5 Minutes

Frank published his first video podcast to Apple Podcasts in under 5 minutes using Subwave's RSS feed. You need three things: a Subwave account, some content, and an Apple ID.

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You can get your podcast live on Apple Podcasts in about five minutes, using three things: a free Subwave account, content you've already recorded, and an Apple Account (formerly Apple ID). If you've got an iPhone, you already have the third one.

Step 1: Get your RSS feed from Subwave

Once you've uploaded content to your Subwave channel, go to your account settings and open the channel you want to syndicate
Click Manage, you'll see an RSS URL right there on the page (something like subwave.app/@yourchannel/feed), copy it
While you're there, fill in a couple of optional fields too: a category (Technology, Comedy, whatever fits) and a contact email
Your channel description and cover art carry over into the feed automatically, no extra work needed

Step 2: Submit it to Apple Podcasts Connect

Don't have an Apple Account yet? Here's how to create one first
Go to Apple Podcasts Connect in any web browser, this works on Windows too, you don't need a Mac
Sign in, click the + icon, select New Show, then Add a show with an RSS feed
Paste in the URL you copied from Subwave, click Add, done

Step 3: Let Apple pull your content

Apple pulls your show details, description, and full episode list directly from the RSS feed. Once approved, every episode you've published gets its own card in the Podcasts app, no manual re-uploading.

Works for video and audio

This isn't audio-only, video podcasts are fully supported. Whatever you upload to Subwave, a straight audio recording or a video file shot in Detail or on your iPhone, comes through on Apple Podcasts correctly formatted either way.

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