How to submit podcast to Podchaser

To submit podcast to Podchaser, search for your show before sending anything. Podchaser builds an aggregated podcast database from online sources, so your page may already exist. If it is missing, submit the public RSS feed through Podchaser's Add Podcast form. The platform also accepts an Apple Podcasts URL or Spotify link.

Adding the show and claiming it are different jobs. Submission creates or finds the listing. Claiming proves ownership and gives you access to management and promotion controls.

What you need before submission

Get the public RSS feed from your podcast host. Do not use the address of your podcast website, a private subscriber feed or the web page where your host displays the show.

Open the feed in a private browser window and check that it loads without a login. The browser may show raw XML. Confirm that the feed contains the correct show title, author, description, artwork and at least one published episode with a playable enclosure.

Podchaser says its database has most podcasts and episodes, and its official adding-a-podcast instructions direct users to submit a public RSS feed when a show is absent. If you need a refresher on what the URL supplies, what is RSS feed podcasting? explains how one hosted feed sends the same show data to directories.

You can also prepare one of these public directory links:

• The show's Apple Podcasts URL
• The show's Spotify URL

Podchaser documents both as alternatives in the same submission guide. Use the RSS feed when you control the show because it points directly to the source metadata. A directory link can help when you are adding a show you listen to but do not publish.

Search Podchaser before adding the show

Use the exact show title first. If it is common, add the host, network or publisher name to the search. Open any likely result and compare its artwork, description and latest episode with the live feed.

This check prevents duplicate listings. Podchaser's explanation of existing show pages says it polls online sources to build its database. Finding your show before you submit is normal and does not mean somebody else owns it.

When the right page already exists, skip submission and move to the claiming steps below. If you find two pages for the same show, do not add a third. Use Podchaser support to report the duplicate and keep the canonical RSS feed handy.

No result should match the current feed before you use the Add Podcast form. A stale show with the same title may belong to a different publisher, while an old page for your own show may need a feed update rather than a new listing.

How to submit podcast to Podchaser

Podchaser's current help article points to its Add Podcast form. The direct RSS route is the cleanest option for a publisher:

1. Sign in to Podchaser or create an account if the form asks you to authenticate.
2. Open the Add Podcast form.
3. Paste the public RSS feed URL.
4. Let Podchaser read the feed and inspect the show it identifies.
5. Confirm that the title and artwork belong to the intended podcast.
6. Complete the addition.
7. Save the Podchaser page URL for verification.

The help article says the form automatically adds the podcast and its episodes to the database from the feed. It also notes that some podcasts choose not to appear in public directories. Respect a publisher's directory preference if you are adding somebody else's show.

Use an Apple Podcasts URL to submit

Copy the public show link from the Apple Podcasts app or website, then place that link in Podchaser's addition flow. Do not copy a private Apple Podcasts Connect address. A public listener should be able to open the link without access to your account.

If the show is not on Apple yet, follow our submit podcast to Apple Podcasts guide or use the direct RSS route instead. Adding Podchaser does not submit the show to Apple.

Submit with a Spotify link

Open the show in Spotify, use its Share control and copy the show link. Make sure you copied the podcast page rather than one episode. Podchaser's instructions accept a Spotify link as another way to identify a missing show.

Our submit podcast to Spotify guide covers Spotify distribution separately. A Podchaser listing does not change whether Spotify has accepted the show.

Use one input route and inspect the result before trying another. Sending an RSS feed, Apple link and Spotify link in quick succession can make it harder to tell whether a second page is a duplicate or the same record resolving through another source.

Claim the Podchaser listing

Claiming gives the account management access after the page exists. Podchaser's official claiming instructions describe two verification routes: email or a feed token.

Open the show page and choose Claim This Podcast. Then select the available method.

Claim by email

The email option appears only when the RSS feed includes an email address. Podchaser sends the ownership check to that address. Complete the verification from an inbox you control.

If the expected option is absent, inspect the public feed rather than the contact details shown inside your hosting account. The email needs to reach the RSS output for Podchaser to see it. Your host may offer a setting that temporarily exposes an owner email for directory verification.

Claim with a feed token

Podchaser can provide a token to place in an episode description or episode notes at your host. The documented sequence is:

1. Copy the claim token from Podchaser.
2. Open the show at the hosting platform.
3. Paste the token into an episode description or notes field.
4. Save or publish that feed change.
5. Return to Podchaser and click Verify Token.
6. After verification succeeds, remove the token from the episode notes.

Check the public RSS feed after saving the token. If it has not reached the feed, Podchaser cannot detect it. Avoid editing the token because the verification needs the exact code.

Verify the listing and ownership

Open the public Podchaser page in a private browser window. A useful verification pass checks both the catalogue entry and the source behind it:

1. Compare the show title, author and cover with the live RSS feed.
2. Confirm that the latest published episode appears.
3. Open a recent episode and test playback.
4. Compare the episode title, date and notes with the feed.
5. Return to your signed-in account and confirm the show appears as claimed.
6. Save the public page and canonical feed URL in your distribution record.

Check both states because a claimed badge or owner control does not prove that every episode imported correctly. Likewise, a complete public page does not prove that your account owns it.

Podchaser says most profile information comes from the RSS feed. Its podcast information guide says claimed owners can manage details the feed does not supply, including links and categories.

Podchaser cannot read the feed

Make sure the URL is public and returns RSS rather than a show website. Open an episode enclosure directly to check that the audio is reachable. Then look for malformed XML, missing show metadata or a redirect loop at the host.

The show already exists

Use the existing page and compare its feed-driven details, then claim it instead of submitting another copy. Report duplicate pages to Podchaser support with both page URLs and the canonical feed.

The email claim option is missing

The option appears only when Podchaser finds an email address in the RSS feed. Expose the appropriate owner email through the host and refresh the feed. Use token verification if the email route remains unavailable.

The token will not verify

Confirm that the exact token appears in the public episode notes inside the RSS feed. A saved draft, scheduled change or website-only edit will not work. Once Podchaser verifies it, remove the token and confirm that the cleaned description reaches the feed.

The podcast changed hosts

Do not create a fresh listing only because the RSS address changed. Podchaser's feed update instructions point publishers to a feed-update form and advise contacting support if a redirected URL has not updated after the documented waiting period.

Manage the show after submission

Change feed-based fields at the podcast host. Podchaser's RSS documentation says it uses the feed to keep show content and information current. Claimed controls are for information the feed cannot provide, not a second copy of every episode description.

Keep distribution and analytics separate. A Podchaser page confirms catalogue presence, while delivery and listening behavior come from your host and listening platforms. How to track podcast analytics shows how to keep those sources in their proper lanes.

Start tracking your show with Podder after the Podchaser page and claim status both pass verification.