# How to export a podcast for Spotify and Apple

Pick the platform in the export dialog — Spotify targets −14 LUFS, Apple Podcasts −16 — choose MP3, and export. The file arrives at the loudness the platform expects, so it drops into any podcast host without a re-master.

Full answer in the docs: https://mubert.com/tools/cast/docs/export-audio

## Step by step

1. **Pick the preset** — Spotify Podcast or Apple Podcasts — the LUFS target is printed on the preset, not typed by you.
2. **Choose the format** — MP3 is what you publish; every platform re-encodes it anyway. WAV is for handing to someone who will keep working on the audio.
3. **Take the bundle** — Alongside the audio: captions (SRT/VTT), the chapters files, and — on Plus and Max — the license record for any generated music.
4. **Upload to your host** — Cast is deliberately host-agnostic: no RSS, no lock-in. The bundle drops into any podcast host as-is.

## What changes with your plan — and what never does

Exporting is never metered and never watermarked: any plan exports a finished, publishable file as many times as you like. The plan sets the quality ceiling — MP3 128k on Free, 320k on Lite, WAV on Plus, broadcast-grade on Max — not what you are allowed to do.

## FAQ

### How do I export as MP3 or WAV?

Open Export, pick the platform you are publishing to, and choose MP3 or WAV. Cast renders the mix and normalizes it to that platform's loudness. Exporting costs no credits — on any plan, however many times you do it. Free exports are capped at 10 minutes per episode; Lite and up export full length. Beyond that, what changes with your plan is the quality you can reach, not what you can do.

More: https://mubert.com/tools/cast/docs/export-audio

### Can Cast publish to Spotify or Apple for me?

Cast finishes the episode; your host distributes it. Cast is deliberately host-agnostic — no RSS, no lock-in — and the file it hands you is already normalized to the target platform's loudness, so it drops into any podcast host without a re-master.

More: https://mubert.com/tools/cast/docs/publish-podcast

### Why can’t I download a WAV on Free?

There is no watermark on any plan — your episode is your episode, even on Free. What a plan sets is the quality ceiling: Free and Lite export MP3 (128k and 320k), WAV and lossless export are available on Plus, and broadcast-grade output (EBU R128) is on Max.

More: https://mubert.com/tools/cast/docs/cant-export-wav

### Where do my past exports live?

On the Exports page, for 7 days. Every rendered episode is listed there and can be downloaded again — with its license PDFs bundled in, if it was made on a licensed plan — so losing the downloaded file in that week never means re-rendering. After 7 days a rendered file expires; the project itself stays, and you can export it again.

More: https://mubert.com/tools/cast/docs/where-are-my-exports

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Canonical page: https://mubert.com/tools/cast/how-to/export-a-podcast-for-spotify-and-apple
Last updated: 2026-07-13