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 are available

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.

Clips are available to to upload in Spotify for Creators and view on Spotify in the following markets:

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.

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:

• Is between 15-90 seconds long
• Isn't bigger than 1GB
• Contains audio
• Is an .MP4 or .MOV file
• Is compliant with platform rules and content policy.

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

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
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

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.

• Tips for creating engaging Clips

• What are the specs for Clips?

• What type of content can my clip contain?

• How many Clips can I upload?

• How are Clips different to previews?

• What appears if I don't upload a clip?