I have a published podcast on SoundCloud and submitted the RSS Feed URL to Spotify and got approved, but have been waiting on validation from Apple for over 24 hours. I went on Itunes connect as instructed, pasted my RSS Feed URL and hit "validate", 24 hrs later and still waiting. Is this normal?
When you had validated it in Podcasts Connect, and hopefully got 'prepared for submission', you clicked the 'Submit' button? That clears you through the automated technical check (and you should have received an email acknowledging the submission).
Now the feed has to be checked by humans for content, to make sure you haven't breached any of the prohibitions. This can take several days, sometimes a couple of weeks - it just depends on how busy they are at the time. Once, we hope, accepted you will receive an email telling you so and giving you the URL of your itunes Store/Apple Podcasts page. Make sure any messages aren't getting spam-trapped.
When you had validated it in Podcasts Connect, and hopefully got 'prepared for submission', you clicked the 'Submit' button? That clears you through the automated technical check (and you should have received an email acknowledging the submission).
Now the feed has to be checked by humans for content, to make sure you haven't breached any of the prohibitions. This can take several days, sometimes a couple of weeks - it just depends on how busy they are at the time. Once, we hope, accepted you will receive an email telling you so and giving you the URL of your itunes Store/Apple Podcasts page. Make sure any messages aren't getting spam-trapped.
I haven’t even gotten past the validation part to hit submit. It says Validating... but I cannot hit submit at all. It’s been over a day and no one from Apple seems to be able to know what I’m talking about :(
Try clearing your browser's cache, or using another browser. If that doesn't work, try contacting Podcasts Support. Go to https://itunespartner.apple.com/en/podcasts/overview and click the 'Contact Us' link at the bottom of the page.
Taking over 24 hrs. to validate my podcast RSS Feed URL
