How do I create a new podcast?

You can create as many podcasts as you like in your Transistor account. Each public podcast gets its own RSS feed, website and analytics.

This guide is for public podcasts. To create a private podcast for subscribers only, see How do I create a private podcast?

Log into Transistor and click Add a Podcast. On a new account, click Add Your First Podcast at the top of the page
Under Create a New Podcast, choose Audio-only podcast or Video & Audio podcast
Fill in your podcast's details (see below)
Click Create My Podcast

Video podcasts are included on Professional plans and above.

You only need the basics to get started. You can come back and change any of these later in the Settings tab of your podcast.

Artwork: a square image for your podcast cover. See podcast cover art specs
Podcast Title and a short description of your show (we recommend one or two sentences). Your podcast website uses this description too, unless you add separate intro text for your website
Show type: episodic (newest episodes first) or serial (oldest first, for shows meant to be listened to in order)
Explicit Content Warning: if your show contains explicit content
Primary Category and an optional Secondary Category, which podcast apps use to group shows
Author: the name shown as the creator of your podcast in podcast apps
Copyright, Keywords and Website, all optional
Spoken Language and Publishing Time Zone
Show Owner name and Owner Email, which podcast apps use to confirm you own the podcast

Publish a trailer so you can submit your podcast before your first full episode. See How do I add a trailer to my podcast?
Add your first episode. Your RSS feed is ready once you've published your first episode. See How do I add a new episode to my podcast?
Submit your podcast to podcast apps like Apple Podcasts and Spotify from the Distribution tab
Set up your podcast website, which comes with every podcast

Moving an existing podcast to Transistor? Import it instead, so you keep your episodes. See How do I import my podcast to Transistor?

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Updated on: 01/11/2026

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