StreamLive Pro

Publish your podcast to Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Connect your podcast once with its RSS feed link, and from then on every episode you publish shows up in both apps by itself.

Updated November 2, 2026 · 3 min read

Spotify and Apple Podcasts have no way to upload episodes straight from other software. They read your podcast's RSS feed: one link that holds every episode you published. We host the feed for you. You submit it once in each app's own portal, and from then on every new episode reaches them with nothing else to do.

The Connections screen shows where you stand in each app:

• Feed ready: you have a cover, a verified owner email and a public podcast. You can submit.
• Waiting for claim: you marked it submitted and we are waiting for you to finish the ownership step in the app. A claim is you proving the show is yours. You do it once.
• Waiting for verification: the app has already read the feed, and we are waiting to see the show listed there.
• Connected: the show is live. You see the show name, the latest synced episode and a link to the show.

Before you start

• A paid plan. A public feed is part of the paid plans.
• At least one podcast with a name, a description, a 3000x3000 cover, a category and a language (My podcasts).
• An owner email. Spotify and Apple send a verification code to this address, so it is written in the public feed. You approve that in the podcast form and verify the address with a code. You can change it any time.
• At least one episode you published. Only episodes you chose to publish go into the feed.

Spotify

1. In Connections press Add a connection, More networks, then Spotify.
2. Copy the feed link (Copy feed link).
3. Press Open Spotify for Creators and sign in with your Spotify account. You can create one for free.
4. Choose Get started, then I already have a podcast, and paste the link.
5. Spotify emails a code to the owner email. Enter it there and press Submit.
6. Back in StreamLive Pro, press I submitted it.
7. When the show is live on Spotify, paste its link under Or paste your show link and press Mark as connected.

Spotify has no public lookup that confirms from the outside that your show is connected, so you do step 7 yourself. If Spotify reads the feed you will see Waiting for verification and the time it read it.

Apple Podcasts

1. In Connections press Add a connection, More networks, then Apple Podcasts.
2. Copy the feed link.
3. Press Open Podcasts Connect and sign in with your Apple Account.
4. Press +, choose New Show then Add a show with an RSS feed, and paste the link.
5. Apple emails a code to the owner email. Enter it there.
6. Press Submit for Review. Apple usually reviews in 1 to 5 days.
7. Back in StreamLive Pro, press I submitted it.

We check Apple by ourselves every few hours, by your feed address. When the show appears there the screen turns to Connected and we send you a notification. You can also press Check now.

After the first connection

Every episode you publish in StreamLive Pro goes into the feed, and Spotify and Apple read it by themselves, usually within a few hours. There is nothing else to do. A live is saved as a recording and its audio is published as an episode, because neither app takes a live stream.

More apps

The same works for Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Pocket Casts, Podcast Index, Castbox, iHeartRadio and Deezer. Open the podcast card in Connections and you get the same steps and the same connection status.

If something does not work

• The code did not arrive. Check spam, and that the address shown in step 1 is the one you read. You can ask for a new code.
• The app says the feed is not valid. In the connection window open Help and press Check my feed. It lists the problems, if any.
• A new episode does not show up. The apps read the feed every few hours. Check that the episode is marked published.
• Apple rejected the submission. Apple writes the reason in the portal. Usually the cover is the wrong size or the description is missing. Fix it and submit again.

Frequently asked questions

Why can't I upload episodes straight to Spotify or Apple?

They have no such way for outside software. They read the RSS feed. You submit it once, then every new episode arrives by itself.

Will my email be shown to everyone?

It is written in the public feed because Spotify and Apple send the verification code to it. We write it only after you approved it in the podcast form and verified the address with a code.

Which episodes go into the feed?

Only episodes you chose to publish that finished processing. Drafts are not included.

What is a claim?

Proof that the show is yours. The app sends a code to the owner email and you enter it. You do it once.

Can I go live to Spotify?

No. Spotify and Apple Podcasts do not take a live stream. When your live ends, its audio is published as an episode.

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