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Inserting ad breaks in your episodes
If you use Spotify for Creators' ads, you can insert ad breaks in your episodes.
On web:
Upload your episode file to Spotify for Creators, you can use our waveform ad insertion tool to place ad breaks within your episode.
- Click New Episode and then Select a file.
- Upload your episode file.
- Once the episode file has finished uploading, click Insert ads on the Episode options page.
You can insert up to five ad breaks per episode. Each ad break can be configured to play up to five ads.
To edit ad breaks in existing episodes:
- Click into the episode and head to Monetize
- Find Ad insertion and click Insert ads.
Number of ad breaks
The number of ad breaks that you insert into an episode equals the maximum number of ads that could play.
Ad delivery is subject to availability and advertiser demand for your audience, so listeners might not always hear the full number of ads.
Ad breaks not playing?
- We currently support ad delivery through the Spotify desktop, iOS, and Android apps. If someone plays your show via another Spotify platform (e.g, web player, smart speakers, car, or TV), ads won’t play.
- We currently support ad delivery when the listener or viewer's device is connected to the internet. Listeners or viewers won’t hear ads on Spotify if they use the app in offline mode or disable the internet connection on their device.
- If your ad break is inserted in the first 10 seconds of an episode, it may not play. We suggest placing an ad break after the first 10 seconds of your episode.
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