Monthly Storage

How does podcast storage work at Libsyn?

Our plans focus on storage and features. Monthly Storage is the amount of new content you can upload each month. Your storage quota resets on the 1st of each month, and files from the previous month no longer count against it.

With Libsyn, you never need to remove old files due to storage limits.

Files are archived automatically at the end of each month, and your storage quota resets.

Files include your episode files and any extras like images and PDFs you are also uploading in a calendar month. How your audio files are encoded affects the size of the resulting audio file you will upload to Libsyn. We recommend the following encoding settings for spoken word podcasts.

When your files archive they are still available to your audience and in your feed, they just no longer count against your current month’s storage quota.

Your file size depends on your encoding.

Here are our recommended settings for optimal storage.

Spoken Word Podcasts

Stereo Bit Rate: 192 kbps
(In Mono this gets cut in half)
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Channels: Mono

Most properly encoded audio files are about 0.5–1 MB per minute.

Music Podcasts

Stereo Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Channels: Stereo
Stereo Mode: Joint Stereo

Most properly encoded audio files are about 0.5–1 MB per minute.

Video Podcast

For smaller, faster-loading videos:
Format: QuickTime MP4/M4V
Codec: H.264

Lower resolutions (720p) utilize less space while Higher resolutions (1080p/4k) will utilize more

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