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Clips

Clips are short videos that you can upload to your episodes through Spotify for Creators to enhance how people discover and engage with your show.

Uploading Clips can help you drive your show’s discoverability, strengthen listener loyalty and build a deeper connection with your audience.

Unlike episode previews, which are snippets of your episode, Clips allow you to upload unique, visually engaging videos that go beyond the episode content.

Where Clips appear

Clips are available to upload in Spotify for Creators.

They appear on your Spotify show page, and may be recommended on Spotify across places like the Home and Podcast feeds, the Browse tab, and the Now Playing View.

Uploading Clips

Clips are uploaded to your episodes. You can upload one clip per episode. Clips can only be uploaded on Spotify for Creators web. You can upload clips for scheduled or published episodes.

On web:

  1. Log in to Spotify for Creators
  2. Go to Episodes.
  3. Click the three dots next to the episode you want to add a clip to, then select Upload a clip. Alternatively, click an episode, then hit Clips and Upload a clip.
  4. Click Select file then choose a video file from your device.
  5. Add a description for your clip, complete the clip content checks then hit Publish.

On mobile:

  1. Open the Spotify for Creators app.
  2. Go to Podcast.
  3. Select the episode you want to add a clip to, then tap Upload clip. Alternatively, tap the +, then Upload clip, and select the episode for the clip to get uploaded to.
  4. Tap Select file then choose a video file from your device.
  5. Add a description for your clip, complete the clip content checks then hit Publish.

Troubleshooting uploading errors

If your clip is having trouble uploading, make sure your file:

If you’re still seeing issues after checking your file meets our requirements, contact us.

Clips analytics

To find your Clips analytics, go to Analytics then Discovery. Under the Clips section you’ll see your uploaded Clips, alongside total impressions and plays from Clips.

You can also check your Clips analytics by clicking into your desired episode and clicking the Clips tab.

Impressions

The number of times that a Spotify user saw your clip on the Spotify app in the last 30 days.

Plays from clips

Number of times a Spotify user actively watched or listened to your content on the Spotify app within 24 hours of viewing your clip.

Editing clip description

On web:

  1. Log in to Spotify for Creators
  2. Head to Episodes and click the episode you want to edit the clip description for.
  3. Head to the Clips tab and click Icon for editing
  4. Update your description then hit Save.

On mobile:

  1. Open the Spotify for Creators app.
  2. Go to Podcast and tap the episode you want to edit the clip description for. Alternatively, tap the Clips tab and tap the three dots next to the clip you’d like to edit, then click Edit.
  3. Tap the three dots next to your uploaded clip to launch the editor.
  4. Update your description then hit Save.

Note: You can only edit the description of your clip. To update any other details, delete the clip and re-upload it with the amended information.

Deleting Clips

On web:

  1. Log in to Spotify for Creators
  2. Head to Episodes and click the episode you want to delete the clip for.
  3. Head to the Clips tab and hit Delete icon

On mobile:

  1. Open the Spotify for Creators app.
  2. Go to Podcast and select the Clips tab.
  3. Tap the three dots next to your desired clip and select Delete.

Need help creating Clips?

Looking to create or enhance your clips? A couple of tools that can help you get started with clips are:

  • Headliner offers a user-friendly platform for creating engaging video clips. With features like audiograms and customizable templates, you can easily enhance your show and make it stand out.
  • Riverside's AI tools can automatically choose the best segments of your videos to turn into Clips. Their platform also provides high-quality recording solutions, making it simple to capture professional-grade audio and video for your Clips.

    • Vertical videos: Ensure your clip fills the screen to maximize viewer engagement on the Spotify mobile app.
    • High quality audio and video: Use clear visuals and sound to retain viewers' attention.
    • Engaging content and pace: Make your clip captivating with a smooth and engaging flow.
    • Episode-focused content: Give your viewers a taste of the episode to help draw them in to listen to more of your content.
    • Length: Keep your Clips short to maintain interest and encourage viewers to watch the full episode.
    • Captions: Include captions for viewers browsing without sound as they can effectively boost engagement.

  • Make sure your file:

    • Is between 15-90 seconds long
    • Isn't bigger than 1GB
    • Contains audio
    • Is an .MP4 or .MOV file

    We recommend vertical videos, but we support horizontal ones too.

  • The content of your Clips should:

    • Be related to and promoting the episode.
    • Adhere to Spotify's platform rules and content policy.
    • Not contain copyrighted music, unless you own the rights.

  • You can upload one clip per episode.

  • Previews and Clips have some key differences:

    Previews

    Format: Always square (1x1 format)

    How they’re created: Automatically generated by Spotify, or you can choose timestamps in Spotify for Creators

    Length: Up to 60 seconds

    Where viewers see them: On the Home and Podcast tabs of their Spotify mobile app. They appear if you haven’t added a Clip

    Clips

    Format: Vertical (16x9) preferred

    How they’re created: Uploaded by the creator

    Length: Up to 90 seconds

    Where viewers see them: On the Home and Podcast tabs of the Spotify mobile app, the Now Playing View, Browse, and your show page

  • If you don't upload a clip, episode previews will still be generated for your episodes and displayed in the Spotify mobile app as long as you have them enabled in your settings.

    Learn more about episode previews

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