Spotify is one of the biggest music streaming services in the world. It offers a variety of music and podcasts including some exclusive content. In this post, I will show you how to download Spotify podcasts to your device storage so that you can listen to them offline.
Previously, I have written a post about downloading Spotify music to MP3. Similarly, you can also download Spotify podcasts to MP3 or MP4 in case you want to transfer and listen to the podcasts on another device.
Spotify Podcasts with Spotify App
The Spotify desktop or mobile app allows you to download podcasts for offline listening. If you only want to download Spotify podcasts for offline playback within the app, you can follow the steps below.
Regardless of whether or not you have a Spotify premium account, you can effortlessly download podcasts from Spotify for iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows.
Step 1. Open the Spotify mobile app or desktop app. Spotify web app does not allow you to download Spotify podcasts.
Step 2: Once you’ve found a podcast you’d want to download, hit the three-dot symbol to the right of the podcast episode.
Step 3: If you’re using an Android device, tap the Download icon. On an iPhone, you may also use the arrow icon. Afterward, those podcasts will be stored in Your Library automatically. Wait for the download to finish before continuing.
Note: Make sure you’ve switched on mobile data or are connected to a Wi-Fi network. You must check your account status online once every 30 days. If you don’t, you won’t be able to listen to the podcasts you’ve downloaded. If you want to save Spotify podcasts in MP3 or other formats without restrictions, keep reading the other methods.
Download Spotify Podcasts in a Smart Way
iTubeGo is a paid app to download Spotify podcasts and songs in a variety of standard audio formats in the background.
Spotify Premium and Free users may both utilize it for Windows and Mac. The best part, it retains all of the original audio quality and metadata. Let me show you how to use ItubeGo to save Spotify podcasts to an MP3 file.
Step 1. Download and install iTubeGo on your Windows or Mac.
Step 2. Launch it apps on your PC or Mac. Copy and paste the URL to a Spotify podcast you wish to download into iTubeGo.
Step 3. After navigating to the Preferences menu, you’ll be able to change the output format. It supports six different audio formats, and MP3 is the default output format.
Step 4. Modify the output location if needed and click Convert to begin recording and storing the target Spotify podcasts offline as an MP3 or other format.
In a short time, you can find the podcast folder to view all of the recorded episodes. This is only for audio podcasts. For Spotify video podcasts, you may use OBS or other screen recording apps for Mac or Windows.
Spotify Podcast to MP3 Shortcut
The Shortcuts app is a powerful tool by Apple that allows you to create custom workflows and automate tasks on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. I have made a Spotify Podcast to MP3 shortcut that lets you download Spotify podcasts to MP3.
This shortcut is available in Share Sheet, so you can run it from the Share Sheet in the Spotify app. You can also copy the Spotify Episode URL to run this shortcut.
Once you pass a Spotify episode link, it will load all available episodes and you can choose to download them all at once.
If you want to explore more Spotify shortcuts, you should check our Spotify shortcuts collection.
OnTheSpot – GUI Spotify Downloader
OnTheSpot is an open-source, Spotify downloader that allows you to download Spotify podcast and music to MP3. It is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac. You can set personalized paths for playlists and episodes for easy organization.
Once you install OnTheSpot on your computer, you can add your Spotify account. You can add multiple accounts to download multiple podcast episodes simultaneously. For detailed usage steps, you may refer to this post.
Conclusion
These 4 methods I listed may be the best options available to download Spotify podcasts in MP3 or other formats. You can choose one according to your needs. If you are not satisfied with these methods, we also offer a few other methods for downloading Spotify podcasts in our Premium Content.
I have the free version of Spotify. I did the download to my Android phone as spec’d above. The download took about 30 seconds. It downloaded to the Spotify app to Your Library, but it went one layer deeper to Your Episodes.
I had the same problem as Vilemo
J smith , parabéns pela dica!
free version did not download podcast at my end.
4th method, and much easier: Just use some other podcast provider that doesn’t try to make it impossible to download podcasts. Find the podcast at another podcast provider (e.g., PodBean, etc.) that allows downloads, and then on that other podcast provider site, just click on the download button. Wait for file to download. Play file wherever, whenever you want. Super easy.
(Note: I had same experience as other commenter here, namely, Video DownloadHelper extension saves only few first seconds of the podcast episode.)
that Video DownloadHelper extension saves only few first seconds of the podcast episode