We take great care in reviewing every meditation track, yoga class, breathwork exercise, and other audio content submitted to Insight Timer. We want to maintain the quality and integrity of our meditation platform so our 30 million community members have access to trustworthy, high-quality practices. If your track was rejected, it didn't meet our Requirements and Guidelines for Teachers or our Image Requirements and Technical Specifications.
What happens when a track is rejected
Your track is automatically reverted to Draft status (which the system calls "TRACK NEEDS ATTENTION"). We'll send you a detailed notification via email and in your dashboard explaining what didn't meet our standards. This gives you the information you need to improve and resubmit.
Important: Check your spam or junk folder for rejection emails from publishers@insighttimer.com. Sometimes notification emails get filtered automatically. We send all teacher and publisher communications to this email address, so whitelist it to avoid missing important feedback.
Most common reasons for rejection
- Audio quality issues—Poor sound, distortion, corrupted files, dead air, or long periods of prolonged silence that don't serve the practice.
- Image problems—Cover art that doesn't comply with our image guidelines or technical requirements.
- Duplicate content—The same or nearly identical track has already been uploaded to the platform.
- Unnecessary silent meditation—Content that's essentially silence or timed meditation, which our app's built-in timer already provides.
- Incomplete metadata—Missing or unclear categories, benefits, descriptions, or other required information about your track.
- Weak description—A description that's vague, unclear, or shorter than 200 characters. We need clear paragraph-form descriptions so members understand what they're practicing.
- Formatting issues—Emojis or special characters in the title or description that interfere with our publishing system or user experience.
- External promotion—Audio or description that mentions websites, email addresses, social media accounts, or other external platforms you're promoting.
- Copyright concerns—Unclear copyright ownership, use of trademarked terms or practices without proper licensing, or intellectual property issues we can't verify.
- Unverified credentials—Specialized practices, benefits, origins, or categories claimed without proven accreditations or certifications backing them up.
- Artificial intelligence violations—The content doesn't meet our guidelines related to artificial intelligence use. We have specific requirements for AI-generated or AI-assisted content.
- General guideline violations—The track doesn't align with our broader content guidelines for meditation, mindfulness, sleep, yoga, breathwork, and related practices.
How to resubmit and get published
Once you receive the rejection notification with specific feedback, update your track to address the issues mentioned. Then resubmit it for approval. Our review team will evaluate your updated track and publish it within 5 working days, provided it now meets all our requirements and guidelines.
To prevent disapprovals and delays, we strongly recommend taking time to thoroughly read our complete Requirements and Guidelines for Teachers and our Image Requirements and Technical Specifications before your next submission. This helps you understand our standards upfront.
If you're publishing courses instead of individual tracks, see our guide to publishing audio courses for course-specific rejection reasons and requirements.