AI Podcast Cover Art Maker
Cover art that still reads at 55 pixels in a podcast app.
Podcast art has one brutal constraint: it is browsed as a thumbnail the size of a fingernail. This AI podcast cover generator composes for that first — a single strong image idea, a title set large enough to survive the shrink, and contrast that holds up against a dark app background. Describe the show, or attach a photo of the host, and export at 3000 × 3000 with no watermark.
- Free to start
- No credit card
- Export in seconds
Generated from a one-line prompt — no template picked.
Podcast Cover Maker examples
Every design below came out of a single sentence. The prompt that made it is written underneath.
True crime cover
Business show cover
Design podcast cover
Album artwork
Why use this instead of a template
Legible as a tile
Title type sized against the smallest display, not the largest — the test that most hand-made covers fail.
Genre-aware mood
True crime, business, comedy and interview shows read differently. Naming the genre shifts palette, texture and type accordingly.
Season and episode variants
Once the cover exists, ask for a season-two treatment or an episode tile that keeps the identity but changes the accent.
Directory-ready export
Square PNG or JPG at 3000 × 3000, which satisfies Apple Podcasts and Spotify without a resize.
How the podcast cover maker works
Four steps, and only the first one costs credits.
- 1
Name the show and genre
The exact title in quotes, plus the mood you want a browser to feel.
- 2
Generate the square
You get a 1:1 cover with the title set and the imagery composed behind it.
- 3
Check it small
Preview at thumbnail scale. If the title thins out, ask in chat for heavier type or more contrast.
- 4
Export at 3000 px
Download and upload to your host — the size both major directories ask for.
Sizes & specs
What you get, and the dimensions it arrives at.
- Recommended size
- 3000 × 3000 px
- Minimum accepted
- 1400 × 1400 px
- Aspect ratio
- 1:1
- Colour space
- RGB, 72 dpi or higher
- Export formats
- PNG or JPG at 1×, 2× or 3×
- Watermark
- None — on the free plan too
- Credits per design
- 2
Who it's for
The jobs people bring to this tool most often.
New shows
A launch cover before episode one, without waiting on a designer.
Rebrands
A fresh identity for a show that has outgrown its first cover.
Limited series
A distinct treatment that still belongs to the parent show.
Episode tiles
Per-episode art for guests and topics.
Music releases
Single and album artwork on the same square canvas.
Audiobooks
Square covers derived from an existing book jacket.
Podcast cover art sizes and requirements
Every directory takes the same square file, so one export satisfies all of them if it meets the strictest spec:
- Apple Podcasts — 1400 × 1400 min, 3000 × 3000 max
- Square, JPG or PNG, RGB, 72 dpi or higher. The upper end is the one to generate at; nothing is gained by submitting smaller.
- Spotify — square, 3000 × 3000 recommended
- Accepts the same file. Meeting Apple’s maximum covers Spotify and every other host in one go.
- RGB, not CMYK
- Cover art is screen-only. A print colour profile is the quiet reason some uploads come back looking washed out.
- The size that actually decides it — about 55 px
- That is how big a cover is in a "recently played" row. Design for that and the 3000 px version takes care of itself.
Generating at 3000 × 3000 means one file satisfies every directory, and downsizing is something the apps do for you rather than something you should do first.
What separates a cover that works
Strong podcast art commits to one idea and lets it fill the square. Covers that fail include a photo, a wordmark, a tagline, a host name and a network logo — none of which survive tile size. The rules worth following:
- One idea, filling the square
- A single object, a single face or a single typographic gesture. The title should be the second thing you notice, and nothing should be the third.
- A short show title
- Two or three words hold at 55 pixels. A long title plus a subtitle turns into grey texture at that size.
- High contrast against dark
- Podcast apps are mostly dark interfaces. A cover with a dark background and mid-grey type disappears into the list.
- No URLs or episode numbers
- They are unreadable small, and they date the artwork. Anything that will be untrue in six months does not belong on the cover.
- No platform branding
- Apple and Spotify logos or names on your artwork can get an upload rejected. Keep the square yours.
When a generated cover feels busy, ask for elements to be removed rather than shrunk. Subtraction is almost always the refinement that fixes a cover at tile size.
Keeping episode art on-brand
Once a show has a cover, episode tiles should look related without being identical. Hold the type treatment and the layout, and change one variable — the accent colour, the photograph, the texture.
Because refinements happen in chat against the existing design, you can ask for "same cover, guest photo instead of the forest, accent in amber" and get a tile that clearly belongs to the same series.
Podcast Cover Maker FAQ
Give the show title in quotes, the genre, and the feeling you want a browser to have. Generate the square, shrink it on screen to check the title still holds, and ask in chat for heavier type or more contrast if it does not. Export at 3000 × 3000 and upload to your host.
3000 × 3000 pixels square is the safe answer: it meets the Apple Podcasts maximum and Spotify recommendation at once. The absolute minimum Apple accepts is 1400 × 1400.
Yes. Attach a headshot as a reference and the cover is composed around it — cropped, lit to match the palette, and with the title placed clear of the face rather than across it. This is the usual route for interview and solo shows where the host is the draw.
No. Nothing is stamped on your export, including on the free plan, so the file can be uploaded to Apple Podcasts or Spotify exactly as it downloads.
URLs, episode numbers, dates and long taglines — all unreadable at tile size, and the last three date the cover. Leave off Apple or Spotify logos too, since platform branding on artwork can get an upload rejected.
The layout is composed for thumbnail legibility, and you can preview at small scale before exporting. If the title looks thin, ask in chat for heavier type or more background contrast.
Yes — music artwork uses the same 1:1 canvas and the same size guidance, so the tool works for singles, albums and audiobook covers.
Yes. Start from your show cover and ask for a variant with a new photo or accent colour, and the episode tile keeps the show identity.
Yes. Covers you generate are yours to publish on any podcast host or music distributor.
Related design tools
Same generator, different output. One account covers all of them.
Make your first podcast cover now
Type one sentence. The free plan includes credits and needs no card.