Spotify for Podcasters Editor

Casual Spotify-first shows

Anchor is fully absorbed into Spotify for Creators now. The editor is free, fine for trims and intros, and integrates with hosting. Real editing happens elsewhere — and as of January 2026, Spotify removed several tools that podcasters relied on, so the feature surface is shrinking, not growing.

Spotify rolled the Anchor editor into Spotify for Creators, and what remains is a free, browser-based audio editor aimed at hobbyist creators who want to publish quickly without buying software. You can trim clips, add intro and outro music from a built-in library, drop in voice messages, mark chapters, and publish straight to your show. The integration with hosting and Spotify-specific features like Q&A, polls, and monetisation is the real selling point, since everything lives in one dashboard alongside analytics. The honest update for 2026: as of January, Spotify removed some of the tools podcasters had grown reliant on, leaving creators without familiar features and pushing many to consider other hosting providers. RSS customisation has also become more limited. So the feature surface is shrinking, not growing — which makes the long-term planning question fuzzier than it used to be. As a zero-cost on-ramp for casual creators who want to start a show this weekend and don't care about future flexibility, the Spotify editor is still fine. Anyone planning to grow into ads, sponsorship, or polished production will outgrow it inside a few months and probably want to migrate to a real host like Buzzsprout or Captivate.