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Hi @shawnogordo – Yes, I have the images embedded in the ID3 tags too.

Hi @amandato – Thanks for the feedback and detailed reply. You’re correct that if you search for an episode in Apple Podcasts, it shows up in the search results with the right episode image. So it’s strange to me they wouldn’t present them on the details page for each episode, especially since they do so on iTunes. Oh well…

Anyway, yes, I realize it’s not always done. My podcast is not a traditional format at all. They have fully scripted fiction-meets-nonfiction stories, somewhat like twilight zone episodes that are fully produced with music, etc. So every episode is like a mini audiobook and each kind of needs its own branding (the same image is then used in social media posts with multiple quotes from the episode, etc). So it’s like sub-branding. So I agree with what you’re saying but I don’t think it works for my product.

If you wanted to take a look, seeing all the episodes in full-size (and organized by the “season”) might make more sense … https://evolvefaster.com

Anyway, thanks for all the feedback and ideas, guys. I think it makes sense now, Apple just isn’t using their own tag on the “details” page within the app, it seems.

I’m subscribed to the show. And when I click the “details” link in the app, it goes to the data (which comes from the wordpress post) page about the episode and the image on that page of the app is just showing the generic main image of the podcast.

Also, I have the podcast set (in powerpress) to show the latest episode first. It’s displaying this order correctly on iTunes. But in the Apple Podcasts app, my podcasts are listed in ascending order.

Everyone else in the industry seems to be using apple’s podcast meta data perfectly … except Apple! ha! My podcast looks awesome on Spotify app, for example, and they’re utilizing all the latest apple meta tags. ??

Hi Shawn,

Not sure if something changed in the Apple Podcasts app, but my individual episode images are not there anymore. As you said, if you subscribe to my podcast from iTunes, you can see that the images per episode are fine. (Same as with Spotify and all the other platforms where it’s posted.)

But when you view the podcast in the Apple Podcasts app on iOS, all the images for the individual episodes are just defaulting to the main podcast image. I swear this *was* working at one point, but it doesn’t appear to be now.

Any ideas would be most appreciated!

Thanks,
Scott

Thanks so much for the quick reply, Shawn. Yeah, I see it now too. It hadn’t updated in a couple days…then must have done so right after I submitted this post. Thanks for checking and for the details!