What's new from Buzzsprout

Adding podcast episodes to your website should feel as easy as publishing itself.

With the updated Buzzsprout WordPress plugin, you can add a player with a slash command, choose its size, and embed a specific episode or playlist, all without leaving the WordPress editor.

Update to version 2.0.0 to get started.

You can now publish video episodes to YouTube directly from Buzzsprout.

YouTube’s massive audience and powerful discovery features give your podcast more opportunities to reach new viewers, without adding extra steps.

Buzzsprout now publishes to all video podcast destinations: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Upload one file and distribute everywhere.

You can now publish video episodes to Spotify directly from your Buzzsprout account.

Upload once, and we’ll publish video to Spotify and Apple Podcasts, while sharing audio everywhere else.

With fewer platforms to manage, it’s easier than ever to get your episodes in front of more viewers.

Podcasting has always been about meeting listeners where they are, and now that includes video on Apple Podcasts.

Podcasters can now upload a single file to Buzzsprout, and easily send video to Apple Podcasts while continuing to distribute audio everywhere else.

Listeners can watch, listen, or read your episodes in one place, so you can reach more people without adding another publishing workflow.

Start a video podcast, today. 

Sometimes a listener sends the perfect message, and you want a quick way to reply privately. 

Now you can.

With Fan Mail Replies, podcasters can send a quick response to a listener right from Buzzsprout. It’s a simple way to thank someone, answer a question, or ask permission to share a message, without turning Fan Mail into another messaging app.

Each Fan Mail message gets one reply, so the interaction stays simple and easy to manage.

To try it out, enable Fan Mail for your podcast and reply the next time a listener writes in.

One of the best things about podcasting is hearing someone’s voice.

Fan Mail made it easy for listeners to send a quick text message. Now, when they want to say more, they can send a voicemail message too.



Voice messages give podcasters a more personal way to hear questions, reactions, and stories from their audience. They also make it easier to bring listeners into an episode by sharing a question or playing a message in the listener’s own voice.

Voicemail messages appear right inside Fan Mail alongside text messages, so everything stays in one place.

To try it out, enable Fan Mail for your podcast and invite listeners to send a voicemail in your next episode.

The Express Chapter Editor makes creating and updating chapter markers much faster.

Chapters can now be created or edited in plain text or JSON, making it easier to work with AI workflows, YouTube timestamps, or bulk updates.

Just open an episode’s chapter editor and click Express Chapter Editor to get started.

All new Buzzsprout plans now include podcast transcripts, making it easier to improve accessibility, help people discover your show, and repurpose each episode after you publish.

You can now create and edit chapter markers directly inside the Buzzsprout transcript editor.

If you are already reviewing a transcript or fixing speaker labels, you can now add chapters in the same place. That makes it easier to create a clear episode page on your Buzzsprout website without bouncing between tools.

We’ve launched a new Chapter Markers editor that makes it easier to hit the exact right moments in your episode. It includes a visual waveform and smooth controls for placing chapters.

You can now:

The new chapter marker editor will embed your chapters in your MP3 files, so more podcast apps can display them consistently without any extra work from you.

Buzzsprout now supports all major podcast chapter formats, including chapters embedded in MP3 files, Podcasting 2.0 namespace chapters, and Podlove Simple Chapters.