diff --git a/lib/pinchflat/media/media_item.ex b/lib/pinchflat/media/media_item.ex
index a11b5c0..40353db 100644
--- a/lib/pinchflat/media/media_item.ex
+++ b/lib/pinchflat/media/media_item.ex
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Media.MediaItem do
     :source_id,
     :short_form_content,
     :upload_date,
+    :duration_seconds,
     # these fields are captured only on download
     :media_downloaded_at,
     :media_filepath,
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Media.MediaItem do
     field :short_form_content, :boolean, default: false
     field :media_downloaded_at, :utc_datetime
     field :upload_date, :date
+    field :duration_seconds, :integer
 
     field :media_filepath, :string
     field :media_size_bytes, :integer
diff --git a/lib/pinchflat/metadata/metadata_parser.ex b/lib/pinchflat/metadata/metadata_parser.ex
index 53ca066..1173001 100644
--- a/lib/pinchflat/metadata/metadata_parser.ex
+++ b/lib/pinchflat/metadata/metadata_parser.ex
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Metadata.MetadataParser do
       original_url: metadata["original_url"],
       description: metadata["description"],
       media_filepath: metadata["filepath"],
-      livestream: metadata["was_live"]
+      livestream: metadata["was_live"],
+      duration_seconds: metadata["duration"] && round(metadata["duration"])
     }
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/pinchflat/podcasts/rss_feed_builder.ex b/lib/pinchflat/podcasts/rss_feed_builder.ex
index 54eb104..f429a73 100644
--- a/lib/pinchflat/podcasts/rss_feed_builder.ex
+++ b/lib/pinchflat/podcasts/rss_feed_builder.ex
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Podcasts.RssFeedBuilder do
       <link>#{media_item.original_url}</link>
       <description>#{safe(media_item.description)}</description>
       <pubDate>#{generate_upload_date(media_item)}</pubDate>
+      <itunes:duration>#{media_item.duration_seconds}</itunes:duration>
       <enclosure
         url="#{media_stream_path(url_base, media_item)}"
         length="#{media_item.media_size_bytes}"
diff --git a/lib/pinchflat/yt_dlp/media.ex b/lib/pinchflat/yt_dlp/media.ex
index 6b2a363..4ca2bc6 100644
--- a/lib/pinchflat/yt_dlp/media.ex
+++ b/lib/pinchflat/yt_dlp/media.ex
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.YtDlp.Media do
     :original_url,
     :livestream,
     :short_form_content,
-    :upload_date
+    :upload_date,
+    :duration_seconds
   ]
 
   defstruct [
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.YtDlp.Media do
     :original_url,
     :livestream,
     :short_form_content,
-    :upload_date
+    :upload_date,
+    :duration_seconds
   ]
 
   alias __MODULE__
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.YtDlp.Media do
       description: response["description"],
       original_url: response["webpage_url"],
       livestream: response["was_live"],
+      duration_seconds: response["duration"] && round(response["duration"]),
       short_form_content: response["webpage_url"] && short_form_content?(response),
       upload_date: response["upload_date"] && MetadataFileHelpers.parse_upload_date(response["upload_date"])
     }
diff --git a/priv/repo/migrations/20240328221845_add_duration_to_media_items.exs b/priv/repo/migrations/20240328221845_add_duration_to_media_items.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28a13e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/repo/migrations/20240328221845_add_duration_to_media_items.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+defmodule Pinchflat.Repo.Migrations.AddDurationToMediaItems do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def change do
+    alter table(:media_items) do
+      add :duration_seconds, :integer
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/pinchflat/downloading/media_downloader_test.exs b/test/pinchflat/downloading/media_downloader_test.exs
index e303501..efc59fd 100644
--- a/test/pinchflat/downloading/media_downloader_test.exs
+++ b/test/pinchflat/downloading/media_downloader_test.exs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Downloading.MediaDownloaderTest do
       assert {:ok, _} = MediaDownloader.download_for_media_item(media_item)
     end
 
-    test "it saves the metadata filepatha to the database", %{media_item: media_item} do
+    test "it saves the metadata filepath to the database", %{media_item: media_item} do
       expect(YtDlpRunnerMock, :run, fn _url, _opts, _ot ->
         {:ok, render_metadata(:media_metadata)}
       end)
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Downloading.MediaDownloaderTest do
       assert [["de", _], ["en", _] | _rest] = updated_media_item.subtitle_filepaths
     end
 
+    test "it extracts the duration_seconds", %{media_item: media_item} do
+      assert media_item.duration_seconds == nil
+      assert {:ok, updated_media_item} = MediaDownloader.download_for_media_item(media_item)
+      assert is_integer(updated_media_item.duration_seconds)
+    end
+
     test "it extracts the thumbnail_filepath", %{media_item: media_item} do
       expect(YtDlpRunnerMock, :run, fn _url, _opts, _ot ->
         metadata = render_parsed_metadata(:media_metadata)
diff --git a/test/pinchflat/metadata/metadata_parser_test.exs b/test/pinchflat/metadata/metadata_parser_test.exs
index 2d4e8d4..dd55a19 100644
--- a/test/pinchflat/metadata/metadata_parser_test.exs
+++ b/test/pinchflat/metadata/metadata_parser_test.exs
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.Metadata.MetadataParserTest do
 
       assert result.livestream == metadata["was_live"]
     end
+
+    test "it extracts the duration in seconds", %{metadata: metadata} do
+      result = Parser.parse_for_media_item(metadata)
+
+      assert result.duration_seconds == round(metadata["duration"])
+    end
   end
 
   describe "parse_for_media_item/1 when testing subtitle metadata" do
diff --git a/test/pinchflat/yt_dlp/media_test.exs b/test/pinchflat/yt_dlp/media_test.exs
index 3d617c1..0b12621 100644
--- a/test/pinchflat/yt_dlp/media_test.exs
+++ b/test/pinchflat/yt_dlp/media_test.exs
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.YtDlp.MediaTest do
                original_url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiZPUDkDYbk",
                livestream: false,
                short_form_content: false,
-               upload_date: Date.from_iso8601!("2021-01-01")
+               upload_date: Date.from_iso8601!("2021-01-01"),
+               duration_seconds: 60
              } == Media.response_to_struct(response)
     end
 
@@ -174,5 +175,27 @@ defmodule Pinchflat.YtDlp.MediaTest do
 
       assert %Media{upload_date: nil} = Media.response_to_struct(response)
     end
+
+    test "parses the duration" do
+      response = %{
+        "webpage_url" => "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiZPUDkDYbk",
+        "aspect_ratio" => 1.0,
+        "duration" => 60.4,
+        "upload_date" => "20210101"
+      }
+
+      assert %Media{duration_seconds: 60} = Media.response_to_struct(response)
+    end
+
+    test "doesn't blow up if duration is missing" do
+      response = %{
+        "webpage_url" => "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiZPUDkDYbk",
+        "aspect_ratio" => 1.0,
+        "duration" => nil,
+        "upload_date" => "20210101"
+      }
+
+      assert %Media{duration_seconds: nil} = Media.response_to_struct(response)
+    end
   end
 end