Which Podcast Hosts Support Apple Podcasts Video? (2026)
Last updated: November 2026
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Buzzsprout, Captivate, Transistor, Podbean, RSS.com, Acast, Riverside, Blubrry, and Podigee all publish video to Apple Podcasts today. Transistor was the last one in beta, and its help center, updated October 29, no longer uses the word. Libsyn still does not have it, whatever you have read. If you want Apple, Spotify, and YouTube video from one upload right now, Buzzsprout’s Audio + Video plan at $25 a month billed annually is the simplest way to get all three.
Apple switched on its new video format in March 2026, and hosts have been adding it one at a time ever since. The dates are scattered across changelogs, help centers, and press releases, and a few of them contradict each other. So here is the whole picture in one table, with the conflicts called out instead of papered over.
Key takeaways
- As of October 30, 2026, Buzzsprout, Captivate, Transistor, Podbean, RSS.com, Acast, Riverside, Blubrry, and Podigee publish HLS video to Apple Podcasts, and Transistor no longer calls its version a beta.
- As of October 30, 2026, 9 of the 13 hosts in this table deliver video to Apple Podcasts by their own pages.
- Libsyn’s own pricing page still lists Apple HLS video as “coming soon” in October 2026, even though Libsyn was named an Apple launch partner in April.
- Buzzsprout’s Audio + Video plan, at $25 a month billed annually, publishes 1080p video to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube from a single upload.
- Captivate charges a $12 a month add-on per podcast for Apple Podcasts video, with the first 1,000 HLS downloads each month included and bandwidth billed after that.
- As of October 30, 2026, Spotify’s help page names seven hosts that send video to Spotify (Audioboom, Audiomeans, Buzzsprout, Flightcast, Libsyn, Podigee, and Podspace), up from five on its May list, and says a show there may be eligible to earn from Spotify if its host has chosen to offer Spotify’s monetization tools.
Which podcast hosts support Apple Podcasts video right now?
Nine of the 13 hosts below deliver it today on their own word. “Support” here means the host converts your upload into Apple’s HLS video format and delivers it to Apple Podcasts, so listeners can flip between audio and video in the same episode. A plain MP4 in your RSS feed is not the same thing, and Apple’s video page for podcasters explains the difference. Each status below comes from the host’s own pages, dated wherever the host put a date on it.
| Host | Apple Podcasts video (HLS) | Spotify video from the host | YouTube | What video costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzsprout | Live since May 1, 2026 | Live since July 1, 2026 | Direct upload, since August 4, 2026 | Audio + Video plan, $25/mo billed annually |
| Captivate | Live, launch post dated April 29, 2026 | No. You upload video in Spotify for Creators yourself | YouTube’s own RSS import | $12/mo add-on per podcast on any paid plan |
| Transistor | Live, no longer labeled beta as of October 29, 2026 | “Coming soon” | Uploads to your channel and podcast playlist | Professional plan or higher, from $49/mo |
| Libsyn | “Coming soon” | Live since May 1, 2026, with Partner Program access | Included on every plan | Spotify video on Advanced, $25/mo |
| Podbean | Live since March 2026 | No. Manual upload in Spotify | Auto-publish, up to one episode a day on Unlimited Plus | Unlimited Plus, $29/mo billed yearly |
| RSS.com | Live on the Max plan since August 2026 | No | Your own video file on Max, one click per episode | Max, $37/mo billed annually |
| Acast | Open to all creators since August 5, 2026 | Announced in January 2026, not live | No direct publishing | Video plan, $39.99/mo billed yearly |
| Riverside | Live | No. Audio only, you add the video in Spotify for Creators | Automatic, through YouTube’s API | Grow plan, $34/mo billed yearly |
| Blubrry | Live since September 2, 2026 | No | YouTube’s own RSS import | Plans from $7/mo, no separate video fee listed |
| Podigee | Live since spring 2026 | Live. Partner Program through Spotify, per Podigee | Automatic | Paid plans from about €19/mo |
| Spotify for Creators | Announced for “this year,” not live | Native | No | Free |
| Castos | In development, per a May 28, 2026 Castos post, no date | No | Republishing on Growth and up, video episodes need Pro | Pro, $99/mo, for video file hosting |
| Fireside | Not offered, per Apple’s directory | No | No | No video tier |
Prices are the lowest plan that includes the video feature, from each host’s pricing page on October 30, 2026. Monthly billing costs more on every host that offers an annual discount.
Apple’s directory lists more hosts than this table does. As of November 7, 2026, it also marks CoHost and Substack as Video and RedCircle as Video Coming Soon. We have not checked those three against their own pages yet, so they stay out of the table until the next monthly re-check.
Which host is best if you want Apple, Spotify, and YouTube video at once?
Buzzsprout, for most shows. Its Audio + Video plan is $25 a month billed annually for 72 upload hours a year, and it publishes 1080p video to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube from one upload. Among the big English-language hosts, nobody else covers all three for one flat price. Podigee, a German host, does it too on plans priced in euros, and it adds the Spotify Partner Program, which Buzzsprout cannot promise yet.
The honest catch with Buzzsprout is that its Spotify video is not the same as Spotify monetization. Spotify now lists Buzzsprout among the hosts that send video to Spotify, but Spotify says monetization depends on whether the host has chosen to offer its tools, and Buzzsprout’s own Spotify video pages say nothing about the Partner Program. If Spotify ad money is the point, the next section matters more than this one. Start with Buzzsprout’s free plan and upgrade to Audio + Video when the first video episode is ready. The free plan itself does not include video.
Which hosts can get a video show into the Spotify Partner Program?
Five for sure, by Spotify’s own count, and two more now send video there. Spotify’s May 14, 2026 update named Libsyn, Podigee, Audioboom, Audiomeans, and Podspace as live partners whose creators can monetize through the Partner Program. Spotify’s help page for shows hosted elsewhere, read on October 30, 2026, adds Buzzsprout and Flightcast, and says a show there may be eligible to monetize if its host has chosen to offer Spotify’s tools. Acast and Omny Studio were named as partners in January, but neither is on either list, and Acast’s help center still says its shows cannot upload video to Spotify.
Of those five, Libsyn is the one most English-language shows will recognize. Spotify video and the Partner Program need its Advanced plan at $25 a month, and every plan comes with a 30-day free trial. The trade is Apple video: Libsyn does not have it yet. The full enrollment walkthrough, including the ad-category settings and the payout timing, is in how to join the Spotify Partner Program without Spotify. If you want both Apple video and Spotify money today, Podigee and Podspace say so on their own pages, and both tell you to check with them first. Try Libsyn free for 30 days if Spotify is where your audience watches.
Where do the sources disagree?
More often than you would expect, and it matters if you are picking a host on the strength of one announcement. These are the conflicts and the claims that need a caveat, as of October 30, 2026. Apple’s own hosting directory helps here, because it separates hosts marked “Video” from hosts marked “Video Coming Soon.” Where a host’s page and a partner list still disagree, this tracker goes with the host’s page, since that is what you will actually get when you sign up.
- Apple’s own directory: The label at the top of each card is what counts. A card marked “Video Coming Soon” still lists Video in its feature list, in the same dark text a live host gets, and on November 7, 2026 that was true of all five: Audioboom, Libsyn, Megaphone, RedCircle, and Spotify for Creators. Read the feature list alone and you will count them as live. When we put this question to AI answer engines in November, one of them did exactly that with Spotify for Creators.
- Libsyn: Libsyn called itself an Apple launch partner in April, which is where the “Libsyn has Apple video” claims come from. Apple’s directory marks Libsyn as Video Coming Soon, and Libsyn’s own pricing page says the same, so treat it as announced, not live.
- Audioboom: Spotify listed it as live for Spotify video in May. Audioboom’s own half-year report, dated July 15, 2026, says its Spotify and Apple integrations are expected in the second half of 2026, and Apple’s directory marks its video as coming soon.
- Megaphone: Spotify said in May that Megaphone would support Apple’s video format “starting this year,” and now it does. Megaphone’s own help center walks through it: an organization admin opts shows in and connects an Apple Podcasts Connect API key, and from then on video episodes reach Apple Podcasts as well as Spotify. If Apple’s directory still shows Megaphone as Video Coming Soon when you check, go with Megaphone’s page.
- Spotify for Creators: Spotify said in May that it will support Apple’s video format “starting this year,” and Apple’s directory marks it as coming soon. Until that ships, Spotify’s help pages are right: video published there plays only on Spotify.
- Omny Studio: Apple named it a launch partner, and Triton’s docs confirm it sends video to Apple. For Spotify, Triton’s doc, updated October 28, 2026, now says Spotify handles monetization for Omny-hosted video on Spotify, through the Spotify Audience Network, yet Omny is on neither of Spotify’s host lists.
- Flightcast: Apple’s directory lists Flightcast as live for video, dynamic video ads included. In September we could not find that on Flightcast’s own site, but its help pages, published October 12, 2026, now walk through Apple HLS video setup, so this one is settled. Spotify’s help page now lists Flightcast as sending video to Spotify too.
- Transistor: In September, Apple’s directory listed Transistor as live while its help center still called video a beta. That one is settled: the help center, updated October 29, 2026, no longer says beta and puts video on Professional and up. Spotify is the new mismatch. Transistor’s video features page says your upload goes to YouTube and Spotify, but its help center says Spotify publishing is coming soon, so the table goes with the help center.
- Podigee: Spotify’s May list and Podigee’s January press release both say Podigee shows can reach the Spotify Partner Program. Podigee’s own comparison page, marked as of October 15, 2026, is more careful: it says Spotify’s terms list hosting on Spotify for Creators as a requirement and tells you to check with Podigee support first.
- Castos: Apple’s directory does not list Castos for video, and Castos has not shipped it, but a May 28, 2026 post on its blog says it is building HLS support. Its Pro plan already puts plain video files in your feed, which is not the same thing.
Do you need to switch hosts to get video on Apple Podcasts?
Only if your host is not on the live list and you cannot wait. Apple’s format has to come from the hosting side, so a host that has not built it cannot send it, no matter what you upload. If you are on Transistor, it is already there on Professional and up, so check your plan before you think about leaving. If you are on Libsyn and Apple video is the only thing missing, it is announced, so the cheaper move is usually patience.
If you do move, the feed redirect is the part that protects your subscribers, and how to switch podcast hosts without losing your subscribers covers it step by step. For a wider ranking of video hosts beyond Apple support, see the best podcast host for video podcasts.
What about hosts outside the US and UK?
Several regional hosts moved early. Firstory in Taiwan and LISTEN in Japan both publish Apple Podcasts video by their own announcements, and Disctopia does as well. Ausha in France launched it on October 6, 2026, for its Boost plan and up, and ART19 still describes its Apple video as a beta. Audiomeans and Podspace appear on both Apple’s directory and Spotify’s lists. Podspace’s help center covers both as a beta, while Audiomeans has not announced either on its own site.
FAQ
Which podcast hosting platforms support video? For Apple Podcasts video specifically, Buzzsprout, Captivate, Transistor, Podbean, RSS.com, Acast, Riverside, Blubrry, and Podigee as of October 30, 2026. For YouTube, most of the big hosts publish or connect in some form, and the table above shows how.
Does Spotify for Creators post to Apple Podcasts? Audio, yes, through your RSS feed. Video, not yet. Spotify said in May 2026 that Spotify for Creators will support Apple’s video format starting this year, but its help pages still say video episodes play only on Spotify.
Does Apple charge for podcast video? Apple’s announcement says there is no charge from Apple to distribute video. What you pay is your host’s video plan or add-on, listed in the table.
Can I just put an MP4 in my feed instead? You can, and Apple has played video files in feeds for years. But the new format is what lets a listener switch between audio and video mid-episode, and it is what hosts mean when they say they support Apple Podcasts video.
Change log
November 13, 2026: Megaphone now sends video to Apple Podcasts, by its own help center, so it comes off the coming-soon list and gets its own note. Spotify for Creators has not changed. The table and prices are unchanged from October 30.
November 7, 2026: Apple’s hosting directory checked again, still 21 hosts marked Video and 5 marked Video Coming Soon. Added a note on reading its cards, since a Coming Soon card still lists Video as a feature, and named the three hosts on Apple’s list this page did not mention: CoHost, Substack, and RedCircle. The table and prices are unchanged from October 30.
October 30, 2026: monthly re-check, every host against its own pages again. Transistor moves from beta to live: its help center, updated October 29, no longer calls Apple video a beta, and its YouTube upload lost the beta label too. That makes 9 of the 13 hosts live. Riverside’s Spotify cell was wrong and is fixed: it sends audio only, and you add the video yourself in Spotify for Creators.
Castos moves from not announced to in development, from a May 28 Castos post we missed in September, and its price is now Pro at $99 a month, because Growth only republishes to YouTube. RSS.com’s YouTube cell now says one click per episode. Podigee’s own pages now hedge on the Spotify Partner Program.
Outside the table, Spotify’s help page now names seven hosts that send video to Spotify, two more than its May 14 list: Buzzsprout and Flightcast. Ausha launched Apple video on October 6, Flightcast’s help pages now cover it, and Triton’s Spotify doc for Omny Studio changed. Apple’s directory lists 21 hosts as Video and 5 as Video Coming Soon, up from 18 and 6 in September, with Simplecast moving to Video.
September 23, 2026: first version. Every host checked against its own changelog, help center, or pricing page, plus Apple’s hosting directory and Spotify’s May 14, 2026 partner list.
