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# 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](https://podcasters.apple.com/support/896-artwork-requirements)

**_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](https://www.captivate.fm/blog/podcast-logos-cover-art-design/)