Podcast Cover Art Size
Drop your cover in and see it at every size people actually see it — before you submit.
Podcast Cover Art Size Checker
Podcast cover art must be between 1400×1400 and 3000×3000 pixels, square, in JPEG or PNG format, RGB color space, and under roughly 512KB for Apple Podcasts (Verified Sep 2026) — the strictest of the major platforms. Drop your image below to check it against Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon Music at once.
Planning the episode behind this cover?
Build the outline with the podcast script template, write the description with the podcast description builder, and check your export settings before you render with the export preset generator.
Cutting clips from this episode afterward? Check captions against Instagram's Reels safe zone before you post.
What's the difference between cover art dimensions and file size?
Dimensions are the pixel measurements of the image itself (Apple requires 1400–3000px square); file size is how many kilobytes the exported file takes up (Apple rejects covers over roughly 512KB). An image can have perfect dimensions and still fail because the file is too heavy, or vice versa — the checker above checks both separately.
Do Apple Podcasts and Spotify need different cover art?
No — one file works for both if you design at 3000×3000px. Apple's own range is narrower (1400–3000px); Spotify accepts a wider range (as low as 640px), so a file that passes Apple's stricter spec automatically passes Spotify's more lenient one.
What size is the podcast thumbnail people actually see?
Much smaller than the 3000×3000px you upload — often under 100px in an app's list view, and as small as ~55px in some contexts. The previews above render your actual cover at those real display sizes, not just the upload size, so you can see if your title is still legible before you submit.
Why does my cover art title disappear at small sizes?
Because most listeners never see your cover at full resolution — they see a 55-150px thumbnail in a list. Thin fonts, low-contrast text, and anything placed near the edges (which gets cropped tighter on some surfaces, like a circular avatar) are the most common reasons legible-at-full-size text becomes unreadable at thumbnail size.
Should podcast cover art be JPEG or PNG?
Either is accepted by every major platform, but JPEG compresses photographic/gradient-heavy covers to a much smaller file size at the same visual quality, which matters since most platforms cap the file around 500KB. PNG is only worth it for flat-color designs with sharp edges (like text-heavy logos) where JPEG compression artifacts would be more visible.