Podcast Cover Templates

Start with a podcast cover design, replace the sample content, and generate a image from your own data.

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Start with the job this podcast cover has to do

Podcast artwork is browsed as a grid of small squares. It competes at roughly the size of an app icon, and it has to be recognizable there before it is beautiful at full size.

Give the reader what they need

  • The show name, readable at thumbnail scale
  • A square that works cropped into a circle, since some players do that
  • Contrast strong enough to stand out against a dark and a light interface
  • Artwork at the resolution the directories require

Check the failure case before you automate it

Cover art designed at full size and never checked small. A subtitle that reads at 3000px is a gray smudge at 55px, which is the size most listeners actually see when choosing.

Measured from their own output, the 3 templates here render at 3000 x 3000 px.

Useful dimensions and layout checks

Large square export
3000 x 3000 px for a high-resolution directory submission
Smaller square export
1400 x 1400 px when the destination accepts that size
Aspect ratio
1:1 square
Format
JPEG or PNG, RGB color
Smallest display
Roughly 55 x 55 px in a phone list, which is what the title has to survive

Podcast Cover template questions, answered

What size does podcast cover art need to be?

The major directories ask for a large square, commonly 3000x3000, and check it before accepting a feed. Render at the size the directory specifies rather than upscaling a smaller file.

Why does my cover look wrong in a podcast app?

Usually because it was judged at full size. Apps show it as a small square, and some crop it to a circle, so anything near the corners or set small disappears.

Can I generate cover art per episode?

Yes. Pass the episode title and number with the request and produce an image per episode from one design, which is how a show keeps a consistent look across a season.

Should the show name be in the artwork?

Yes. Players show the artwork next to the title in some places and alone in others, so artwork that does not name the show loses the listener in the second case.

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