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.

Before you start

Before connecting to Spotify, you'll first need a podcast set up on Patreon. You don't need a Spotify account to complete this setup, only a creator account on Patreon. If you haven't created a podcast yet, learn how in Create and manage podcasts on Patreon.

💡 Tip: Use a desktop browser for setup.

Find your Distribution options

1. On desktop, click on Your account from the bottom-left corner, select Settings, then open Podcast and audio
2. Click the podcast you want to connect
3. Select the Distribution card

The Distribution page lets you choose how members can listen to your podcast, across three channels:

• Spotify — with three options: let members listen to exclusive episodes, let anyone listen to public episodes, or combine both into one show
• Apple Podcasts — share your public episodes to Apple Podcasts and other podcast apps
• RSS — find links to your public and member-only RSS feeds

Let members listen to your exclusive episodes on Spotify

This connects your member-only episodes to Spotify, so members can link their Patreon accounts and listen 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.

1. On the Distribution page, under Spotify, toggle on Let members listen to exclusive episodes
2. A pop-up will appear — click Continue, review the podcast information that will be shared with Spotify (title, description, cover art, and more), and continue through the prompts
3. Click Sync with Spotify to start syncing your episodes
4. Future audio or video posts with Add to podcast enabled will also sync automatically

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 — once synced, your Patreon-hosted podcast appears automatically on Spotify for your members.

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.

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

Let anyone listen to your public episodes on Spotify

If you host public episodes on Patreon, you can share them to Spotify so anyone can listen — and share previews of your exclusive episodes to turn more listeners into members. On the Distribution page, under Spotify, select Let anyone listen to public episodes and follow the steps:

1. Log in to Spotify for Creators — Open Spotify for Creators
2. Add your public episodes to Spotify — in Spotify for Creators, go to Add a new show → Find an existing show → Somewhere else, then copy and paste the link Patreon provides to verify you own the show
3. Share your Spotify show link — in Spotify for Creators, copy your public show link from your Settings, paste it back into Patreon, and we'll add it to your Patreon page

Combine your exclusive and public episodes (Synced Feeds)

Synced Feeds combines your member-only and public episodes into one Spotify show, to help promote your exclusive episodes to non-members. When activated, non-members see your exclusive content as a padlock with a Bonus tag, prompting them to link their Patreon and join your membership.

💡 Tip: Synced Feeds isn't available for creators who host their public episodes on Spotify for Creators, and can only be activated and managed on the Spotify for Creators website (not the mobile app).

On the Distribution page, under Spotify, select Combine your exclusive and public episodes and follow the steps:

1. Connect your member-only episodes to Spotify — turn on Let members listen to exclusive episodes (the step above)
2. Connect your public episodes to Spotify — if you host public episodes on Patreon and they're not on Spotify yet, set that up now; if you host them elsewhere, use the RSS link from your host to verify you own the show on Spotify
3. Combine all episodes into a single feed — in Spotify for Creators (on web), select your public (free) show from the list on the left, go to Episodes → Synced Feeds, and approve or manually select episode pairs

For more detail, visit our guide to Spotify Synced Feeds for Patreon creators.

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:

• 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

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, 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 Let members listen to exclusive episodes in your Distribution 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 don't need a Spotify for Creators account to let members listen to your exclusive episodes. You will need one to share your public episodes or to combine your feeds with Synced Feeds.
• In your podcast's Distribution page, under Spotify, toggle off Let members listen to exclusive episodes. 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.