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Every year around this time, Spotify tallies up the minutes you've spent listening, crunches the numbers, and exposes your true musical tastes.
Spotify Wrapped, as it's called, takes all your data from the past year and gives it back to you, revealing how many minutes you listened to Spotify overall, the top tracks and artists you played, your top genres, your most-listened-to podcasts, and more. It debuted in 2016, and ever since 2019, it's been released in a story-like format that makes it easy to share on social media.
The info Spotify shares has gotten cheekier each year as users have braved the cringe and gotten more accustomed to posting their Wrapped results online. In 2023, there was an outcry when Spotify paired listeners with a city based on their playlists, and urged thousands of people to relocate to Burlington, Vt.
What Day Does Spotify Wrapped Come Out?
It's here! After hinting on X that we could expect Wrapped "soon," Spotify dropped the much-anticipated feature on Dec. 4, complete with a Google AI tie-in. (Historically, it's been released anywhere from Nov. 29 to Dec. 6.)
How to Find Your Spotify Wrapped
(Credit: Spotify)Spotify Wrapped will pop up when you open the app on your phone. However, that might not happen if you're running an outdated version of the software. To ensure you receive your yearly wrap-up in a timely fashion, head to either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, search for Spotify, and tap Update.
If you want to revisit the ghosts of Spotify Wrapped past, you can type the year you’re looking for and “wrapped” in Spotify's search box. You won’t get a breakdown of your listening habits, but you will get a playlist of your top 100 songs from each year.
In the coming year, get a preview of your Spotify Wrapped for 2025 with the site How Bad Is Your Streaming Music?, which, once linked to your Spotify account, will use AI to analyze (and roast) your year in listening.
If you're looking to revamp your listening, Spotify has several ways to find new music.