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Apple Podcasts audio requirements: loudness target, true peak and accepted upload formats
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A source note on Apple's published audio requirements for podcasters: the loudness and true-peak figures it recommends, how loudness metadata can be embedded, and the audio file formats accepted for upload. It helps podcast and voice-over producers prepare a mix. It reflects one page captured on 2026-11-04, and no file was measured or uploaded.
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Apple Podcasts audio requirements: loudness target, true peak and accepted upload formats
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A source note on Apple's published audio requirements for podcasters: the loudness and true-peak figures it recommends, how loudness metadata can be embedded, and the audio file formats accepted for upload. It helps podcast and voice-over producers prepare a mix. It reflects one page captured on 2026-11-04, and no file was measured or uploaded.
Useful starting points
- Apply the loudness and peak limits before encoding; the page says compression does not change loudness and can clip a signal that is too hot.
- WAV and FLAC uploads must be stereo; if you only have a mono source, send two identical channels.
- For RSS feeds the page prefers AAC in an MP4 container over MP3 or the ADTS container.
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