Get your show on Apple Podcasts in one sitting.

If you have never submitted a feed to a podcast directory before, do not worry. The whole thing is a single web form, and you can do it in a quiet afternoon with a cup of coffee. Read through once, then go do it.

1. Find your RSS URL inside Hearthcast. Open your dashboard and look for the feed link next to your show. It is the long https://... URL that ends in .xml. That is the one Apple wants — copy the whole thing, including the https://.
2. Sign in to Apple with any Apple ID. If you already have one (you probably do — the one that signs you into iCloud), use that. If not, create one at appleid.apple.com. Any email works. You do not need an iPhone or a Mac to submit.
3. Open Podcasts Connect. Go to podcastsconnect.apple.com and sign in with the same Apple ID. The first time you visit, Apple will ask you to agree to a short terms-of-use page. Read it or skim it — your call — and tap Agree.
4. Tap + Add a Show (or New Show), then choose New Show. When asked for the feed URL, paste the Hearthcast RSS URL you copied in step one. Apple will pull your show's name, description, and cover art straight from the feed.
5. Fill in the show metadata. The form asks for title, description, category, and cover art. Copy these straight from your public Hearthcast show page so the listing matches what listeners see when they find you on the web. The category picker is a free-text field — pick the one that fits; you can change it later without re-submitting.
6. Tell Apple about yourself. Name, email, country — straightforward creator fields. Nothing here is shown to listeners.
7. Submit for review. Hit the big Submit button, and that's it. Apple sends you a confirmation email within a few minutes.
8. Wait for Apple's review. It typically takes 3 to 5 days, and occasionally longer. Apple does not push a status update outside the confirmation email, so a quick daily check on the email address you used is the easiest way to know you have been approved. You do not need to do anything while you wait.
9. Once approved, the show goes live on Apple Podcasts. New episodes you publish in Hearthcast after that point get picked up automatically — the index refreshes every few hours. You do not need to re-submit each episode.
10. What you do not need to worry about.Editing a description, moving a category, swapping cover art — Apple's dashboard handles all of it later, and Hearthcast will start using the new details the next time the feed refreshes. There is no penalty for going back and tweaking.

That's the whole process. If you would rather watch a human walk through it with you, the door is below.