Podcast Artwork Specifications
Your podcast cover art is the square image that listeners see on their listening devices and on most podcast players.
Each podcast can have a couple of types of artwork:
- Podcast show artwork - the cover art for the podcast itself, the main cover; and
- Podcast episode artwork - cover art specific to each episode, shown in more and more podcast players on an episode-by-episode basis
Luckily, both pieces of artwork follow the same specification.
Here's the official specification from Apple
Note: With the release of iOS 17 and support for individual episode artwork, Apple Podcasts has changed the requirements for podcast artwork. These specifications are below.
- A square image
- 3000 x 3000 pixels in size
- JPEG or PNG format
- Max 1MB in file size (JPEGs are smaller in file size)
From experience, don't put anything naughty on the artwork, either. They won't like that. That means:
- No swearing or explicit language
- No explicit images
- No offensive or discriminatory imagery
Recommended Reading
5 Do’s and Don’ts for Creating Knock-Out Podcast Logos and Cover Art Design
Updated on: 29/10/2024
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