Share your podcast on Spotify

As a podcaster on Patreon, you can share your episodes directly to Spotify, giving fans a seamless listening experience and helping new audiences discover your show.

Whether you’re launching your first podcast or already building your audience, the Spotify integration makes it easy to manage distribution for your podcast(s) from your Patreon.

Before you start, make sure the Add to podcast option is turned on for any audio or video post you want to share through RSS. This setting is required for your episodes to appear on Spotify → Enable audio RSS feed for my members.

What you’ll learn

In this article, you’ll learn how to:

• Connect your Patreon podcast to Spotify
• Share both public and member-only episodes
• Manage access and visibility across your posts
• Use Synced Feeds to combine free and paid episodes

Learn how creator Midnight Burger doubled their Patreon earnings by turning on Spotify Synced Feeds here! Currently, Patreon for Creators is only available in English.

Set up your podcast for Spotify distribution

Before connecting to Spotify, you’ll first need to enable your podcast on Patreon. You don’t need a Spotify account to complete this setup, only a creator account on Patreon.

💡Tip: Use a desktop browser for setup.

Add a new podcast

1. Log in to Patreon on desktop and go to Creator settings → Podcast and audio
2. Click Set up a podcast or the + New podcast button
3. Add your podcast details:
   • Title and cover artwork
   • Description (optional)
   • Category and language
   • Whether it’s episodic or serial
   • Explicit language and copyright (optional)
4. Click Create podcast — Once it’s created, you can import an existing show or start fresh
5. You'll be taken to the distribution page, where you can connect to Spotify right away or return later to connect to an existing show

Edit an existing podcast

If you already have a podcast set up on Patreon, you can edit and connect it to Spotify:

1. In your Creator settings, open the Podcast and audio tab
2. Find the podcast you want to connect
3. Click edit next to Distribution settings

From here, you’ll be ready to enable the Spotify integration.

Enable Spotify integration

Once your podcast is set up on Patreon, you can connect it to Spotify so your episodes automatically appear there. This includes both public and member-only episodes, depending on the access settings you’ve chosen for each post.

💡Tip: When you sync with Spotify, only posts with Add to podcast turned on will be shared.

Connect your Patreon podcast to Spotify

1. In your Podcast and audio settings, find your show and click the edit button next to Distribution settings
2. Toggle on Spotify. A pop-up will appear — click Continue
3. Review the podcast information that will be shared with Spotify (title, description, cover art, and more)
4. If you need to make updates, you can edit these details in Podcast settings
5. Click Sync with Spotify to start syncing your episodes
6. Future audio or video posts with Add to podcast enabled will also sync automatically

Watch how to connect Spotify — this short clip shows the full process of turning on Spotify integration in your podcast distribution settings.

Once syncing starts, Patreon will create a new Spotify show for your podcast. If you already have a public show on Spotify, this new show will host your Patreon-exclusive content separately.

You don’t need to manually submit your RSS link to Spotify. Once synced, your Patreon-hosted podcast appears automatically on Spotify for your members.

What happens when syncing starts

• Audio from video posts is automatically extracted and shared with your members on Spotify
• Only audio and video posts are distributed to Spotify. Shop items and other content types won’t appear there
• We recommend adding a note in your podcast description to let listeners know that available episodes depend on their membership tier

Once syncing begins, you’ll see a message in your Distribution settings. Syncing usually completes within 30 minutes, though large shows can take longer. You can refresh the page to check progress.

If you edit or delete episodes on Patreon, those changes will automatically apply to Spotify.

Manage your episodes

Once your podcast is synced with Spotify, your episodes on Patreon will be mirrored on your Spotify page. What’s visible on Spotify depends on how you set access for each post on Patreon.

How syncing works

• Only audio and video posts with Add to podcast enabled are shared to Spotify
• Any edits or deletions you make to those posts on Patreon are automatically applied on Spotify
• Access settings on Patreon determine who can listen on Spotify

Check your Spotify page

After syncing, you can visit Creator settings → Podcast and audio → Distribution settings → then click on View on Spotify to preview your page. This will open your Patreon exclusive show page on Spotify, separate from any existing show you might already have on Spotify.

Use Synced Feeds and Spotify for Creators

If you already publish your podcast on Spotify, you can use Synced Feeds to connect that existing public show with your Patreon-exclusive version. This lets listeners see all of your episodes in one place while keeping member-only content locked behind Patreon access.

💡Tip: Synced Feeds only works for creators who do not host their public show on Spotify for Creators

What Synced Feeds does

• Merges your public and Patreon feeds into one Spotify show. Patreon exclusive episodes will be locked with upsells to join your membership
• Automatically matches episodes between your public and paid versions to avoid any duplication issues. Spotify calls this episode pairing

For a more detailed description of how to use Synced Feeds, visit our help guide to sync an Existing Feed to Patreon.

⚠️ Note: If your public feed includes episodes that also exist on Patreon, make sure to pair them using the Paired episodes tool in your Library to avoid duplicates. → Learn more about Spotify’s episode pairs

FAQ

• In order to make your podcast available on Spotify, Spotify needs the information necessary to create and populate a page for your podcast on Spotify.

  To that end, when you sync your podcast with Spotify, you are sending to Spotify your podcast title, description, cover artwork, author name, public author email address, and all of your existing episodes on Patreon, including the text for those posts.

  You are also choosing to share all of your future audio posts with Spotify, including the text for those posts.

• For paid members
   

  After members link their accounts to Spotify, your posts will show as unlocked for them according to the tier they are in. The tier permission is done at the post level on Patreon.

  Feel free to refer to Managing access to your posts to learn more about setting post access.

  If you set your posts to Everyone, everyone can listen to your content on Spotify, regardless of whether they have a membership or a Patreon account.

  

  For non-members
   

  If you set up the Spotify integration, your Patreon episodes will be distributed to a new Spotify page that hosts all of the Patreon-exclusive content. Only members can enjoy these episodes on Spotify.

  When you activate Synced Feeds on Spotify, non-members will see your content as a padlock with a Bonus tag, prompting the listener to link their Patreon to Spotify and sign up for a membership. This can be a great way to promote your Patreon to a wider audience!

  

   

• Yes, members will need to link their Patreon accounts to access your episodes on Spotify. They will be able to do this on Spotify after you’ve turned on the ability to sync with Spotify on their Patreon account settings.

  Members will only have access to the podcast episodes that are available on their tier. Learn more about how your members can listen to your content on Spotify.

• You do not need a Spotify for Creators account to turn on the integration.

• In the Podcast and audio tab, go to the Distribution option. There you can disable syncing your audio posts with Spotify by clicking the edit button and toggling off the Spotify sync. Click Save. After the change, all your Patreon-exclusive episodes will no longer show up on Spotify.

  

• Only audio/video posts with the Add to podcast setting enabled in the post editor will be available to listen to on Spotify
• Yes, you will be able to turn on the Spotify integration even if you’re not on a paid Patreon plan.
• To manage which audio/video posts are available on Spotify, you can adjust the Add to podcast setting for each individual post. By turning off this option in the post editor, the episode will be removed from your members' RSS feed and your Spotify page.
• Any analytics data related to Patreon-exclusive episodes that fans listen to on Spotify will be available on Spotify for Creators if you claim your Spotify page. Learn more about Linking and promoting your paid podcast.

• If the episodes are locked on Patreon, that will also be the case on Spotify. Once their membership term ends, members no longer have access to paid episodes on Spotify. This is also true if a member cancels or their payment method declines.

  When a member cancels, access will be revoked according to the billing model you’ve chosen for your Patreon page:

  • If monthly (non-charge upfront) or per creation, members immediately lose access to the paid episodes
  • If charge upfront or subscription billing, access to paid episodes will be revoked at the end of a member’s final billing cycle
  • If the member is on an annual membership, access to paid episodes will be revoked when their yearly membership ends

• You can check if the member’s payment is in good standing and if they are in the correct membership option to unlock Spotify content by going to your Relationship Manager.

  If you've verified the above and they continue to run into difficulties, feel free to send them the following article: Listen to Patreon exclusive audios on Spotify. The article FAQ includes troubleshooting for different issues that may arise.

  It’s important to note that only audio or video posts that have Add to podcast enabled are mirrored on Spotify; other types of posts won't be visible there.

• Yes! If you offer both free and paid versions of your podcast, you can use Spotify’s Synced Feeds to merge them into one seamless experience. Here’s what it does:

  • Combines your free and paid feeds into one Spotify page
  • Automatically matches episodes between your free and paid versions
  • Shows different content to subscribers and non-subscribers

  To learn more about the option and how to set it up, check out our guide for Spotify Synced Feeds for Patreon creators.