Setting up Listener Support

Listener Support allows you to add a Support button to your Spotify for Podcasters profile. You listener can pledge a monthly recurring amount to support your podcast, even if they don’t have a Spotify for Podcasters account. You'll need to have at least 2 published episodes and at least 100 listeners in the last 60 days in order to begin setting up Podcast Subscriptions.

Note: Listener Support is only available for US-based creators and US-based supporters. If you’re not located in the United States, check out our other monetization options.

Activating Listener Support

1. Go to your Monetize tab
2. Scroll down to Listener Support.
3. Click Activate Listener Support.
4. Set up a Stripe account (the third-party platform we use to process payments).
5. Add your payment information to activate Listener Support.
   Note: You can’t change your payment information once added.
6. You’ll receive an email titled "Welcome to Stripe!" Click the link to verify your email and account to start accepting payments from your listeners.

Note: Activation can take up to 24 hours. We'll notify you once it's active.

Important info about Listener Support

• You can only use a debit card or bank account to set up Stripe. Whichever account you use is where your money will go when you cash out your payments from your Spotify for Podcasters Wallet. Once you’ve added your payment information, it can't be changed.
• Go to the Monetize tab and click Cash Out to retrieve your funds. Learn more about cashing out and processing fees here
• You can’t enable Listener Support if you’re using Music + Talk to add copyrighted songs to your episodes. For legal reasons, monetization features can only be used by podcasts that don’t feature third-party music. If you’d like to enable Listener Support, you’ll need to remove all music from your episodes.
  Note: This doesn’t apply to music you own the rights to and added manually into your podcast episodes.

Customize your message to supporters

When listeners view your podcast profile, they’ll have the option to support your podcast. Add a customized message to tell listeners why they should support you and what the funds will be used for:

1. Log in to Spotify for Podcasters and go to your Monetize tab.
2. Scroll down to Listener Support and click More Options.
3. Customize your message in the box that appears on screen.
4. Click Save.

Using Listener Support with multiple accounts

If you have multiple podcasts on Spotify for Podcasters and use the same email address to set up Listener Support, your balance will be combined across your accounts. For example, if you have $5 from podcast A and $10 from podcast B, you’ll see a $15 balance in both accounts. 

If you don’t want to combine balances for multiple podcasts, just use a different email address each time you activate Listener Support and set up Stripe.

Note: Cashing out from either account will cash out your entire balance across all your podcasts.

Deactivating Listener Support

To remove the Support button from your page so that you no longer receive monthly donations from listeners:

1. Go to your Monetize tab
2. Scroll down to Listener Support.
3. Hit More options.
4. Select Disable Listener Support.

This will cancel all current listener subscriptions.