Spotify for Creators review

Spotify for Creators is the right host if your budget is zero and Spotify is where you expect most listeners. Spotify describes it as free hosting with unlimited storage and distribution to all major podcast apps, and you can upload both audio and video. Analytics cover how the show performs on Spotify and on other platforms, and comments let listeners respond on Spotify. Shows hosted here can qualify for the Spotify Partner Program, which pays ad revenue share whether fans listen on Spotify or elsewhere, plus earnings when Premium users in select markets watch video. Moving an existing show is guided: you paste your RSS feed, wait for the import, then set a redirect at your old host and check its status. The main limits are video and control. Video episodes stay video only on Spotify and other apps receive audio, and the monetization program requires qualifying rather than being open to every show.

Who it is for

podcasters who want free hosting and an audience on Spotify

Price

Free hosting and distribution.

Host for free, distribute everywhere
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 12, 2026.

Key features

• Free, unlimited hosting with distribution to major podcast apps
• Audio and video uploads, with comments and analytics
• Analytics for performance on Spotify and across other platforms
• Spotify Partner Program ad revenue share for hosted shows, including listens on other apps
• Import an existing show by RSS feed and redirect from the old host

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Hosting costs nothing
• Strength: Built-in reach to Spotify's audience of more than half a billion fans, per Spotify
• Strength: Migration tool imports episodes and checks your redirect status
• Weakness: Video episodes play as video only on Spotify; other platforms get the audio
• Weakness: Monetization through the Spotify Partner Program requires qualifying
• Weakness: You can switch only one show at a time into Spotify hosting

Key facts

• Price: Free
• Hosting: Unlimited
• Video: Video on Spotify, audio on other platforms
• Monetization: Spotify Partner Program for qualifying shows
• Migration: RSS import plus a 301 redirect from the old host

Where it ranks

Spotify for Creators is No. 3 in our Best Podcast Hosting Platforms verdict.