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Comprehensive, fluff-free technical breakdowns covering audio mastering, video compression codecs, browser DSP architectures, and podcasting standards.

Audio Engineering
8 min readOctober 14, 2025

The Best Audio Format for Podcasts: MP3 vs WAV vs AAC in 2026

A deep-dive technical guide on choosing the ideal audio file format, bitrate, channel configuration, and loudness standard for podcast syndication on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.

#Podcast#MP3#Audio Mastering#LUFS#AAC
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Marcus Vance
Head of Audio Architecture at MediaConvert
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