Spotify Clips are gone: what to upload to Spotify now
If you are looking for how to upload Clips to Spotify, the option no longer exists: Spotify stopped new Clips uploads on 17 June 2026. Video on Spotify did not disappear, though. It split into three formats with different specs and places in the app. This guide explains each one, according to Spotify for Artists help checked on 16 October 2026.
What happened to Spotify Clips
Clips were short vertical videos that artists uploaded in Spotify for Artists to show on their profile and next to a song. According to Spotify for Artists help (checked 16 October 2026), new Clips uploads stopped on 17 June 2026:
- Clips you already uploaded stay live in Spotify for Artists and on Spotify, and appear in the Video tab of your artist profile, which is rolling out gradually.
- Clips inside Countdown Pages were renamed countdown videos and you can still use them.
- In their place, eligible artists can upload full-length videos directly: official music videos, live performances, studio sessions and covers.
So if a tutorial tells you to look for “Clips” in Spotify for Artists, it was written before June 2026.
The three video formats on Spotify now
| Format | Specs (Spotify for Artists help, 16 Oct 2026) | Where listeners see it |
|---|---|---|
| Canvas | Vertical 9:16, 3 to 8 seconds, 720 to 1080 px tall, MP4 or JPG | Now Playing view, instead of the cover art, while the song plays |
| Countdown video | Vertical with audio, longer than 3 s and shorter than 30 s, at least 1280 × 720 px | The Countdown Page of an upcoming release; gone once the release is live |
| Full-length video (beta) | Landscape 16:9, 30 s to 20 min, at least 1920 × 1080 px, under 50 GB | Video tab of the profile and “Switch to video” while the song plays |
The vertical short that Clips used to cover is now split between the Canvas (a silent-feeling loop, no lip sync) and the countdown video (with audio, before the release). For everything after release day, the vertical clips go to TikTok, Reels and Shorts: see video sizes for Reels, TikTok and Shorts.
Countdown videos
Countdown videos are short videos on the Countdown Page of an upcoming release, made to tease the music, show behind the scenes and build expectation. You add them when you create or edit the Countdown Page of an eligible release, and you can change or remove them until the release goes live. After that, the Countdown Page and its videos are no longer shown.
What works best in under 30 seconds with audio:
- A piece of the chorus with the lyrics on screen, the same moment you will use on TikTok and Reels.
- A studio or rehearsal moment: a take, the beat dropping, the band trying the song.
- The story in one sentence: you, to camera, saying what the song is about and when it comes out.
Ideas for each format are in pre-release teaser ideas. Spotify lists the countries where listeners can see countdown videos; most of Latin America, the United States, Canada, Europe and several Asian markets were on the list on 16 October 2026.
Full-length videos
Spotify now lets eligible artists upload official music videos, live performances, studio sessions and covers in Spotify for Artists → Video & Visuals → Upload Video (desktop). It is a beta with a waitlist; delivery through labels and distributors is still the main path for audio and video.
What the upload asks for, according to Spotify (16 October 2026):
- A music-first video, landscape 16:9, between 30 seconds and 20 minutes, at least 1920 × 1080, under 50 GB.
- The song it features: one from your catalog, “Unreleased audio”, or, for a cover, the original song.
- Title (Spotify recommends the song title, without the artist name or “Live”), version, video type, original release date, thumbnail, 18+ / explicit, and optionally songwriters and a Video ISRC.
Spotify says videos longer than 30 seconds can earn royalties and may be eligible for charts, like audio. The video goes live within 24 hours of processing, and analytics show about 24 hours later.
Canvas
The Canvas did not change: it is the 3-to-8-second vertical loop that replaces the cover art in the Now Playing view. Spotify's guidelines recommend footage without singing or talking (it won't sync with the lyrics), no fast cuts or flashing, and leaving out the song title and artist name, which the app already shows. Ideas and examples are in Spotify Canvas ideas.
What to prepare for your next release
| When | Piece | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Before release | Countdown video on the Countdown Page | Vertical, with audio, 3–30 s |
| Release day | Canvas for the song | Vertical 9:16 loop, 3–8 s |
| Release day | Music video, live or session (if you have beta access, or through your distributor) | Landscape 16:9, 30 s–20 min |
| Release week | Clips of the chorus for TikTok, Reels and Shorts | Vertical 9:16 with captions |
With TONTRIA Clips you paste the song's Spotify or YouTube link and get the Canvas loop and the coming-soon and out-now pieces; you upload a show, a session or the music video and it proposes vertical clips with karaoke captions for the countdown video and for social media. The full calendar is in the release week content plan.