Podcast creators can now submit their RSS feed to YouTube and YouTube Music, the corporate revealed in a video uploaded to its Creator Insider channel. It was previously announced in August that help was coming for RSS feeds. The performance was out there as an invite-only beta take a look at final 12 months.
The transfer to embrace RSS feeds helps YouTube cement its place as a prime vacation spot for podcasts, particularly since rival Spotify doesn’t help the performance. Different platforms solely make RSS feeds out there for listeners, whereas YouTube takes episodes from an RSS feed and turns them into YouTube movies. This advantages audio-first podcasters since YouTube mechanically takes an uploaded RSS feed and creates movies with the podcast’s present artwork as a static picture.
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Podcasters can submit an RSS feed to YouTube by going to YouTube Studio, clicking the “Create” button within the higher proper nook after which choosing “Submit RSS feed.” There’s additionally an choice to attach an present podcast to an RSS feed within the Content material tab. When a brand new episode is added to the RSS feed, YouTube will mechanically add the video to the channel and notify subscribers.
Final week, Google reported that YouTube has over 100 million paid customers throughout YouTube Music and YouTube Premium.
